Our Culinary Arts Degree Program prepares you for positions in food service operations, such as hotels and resorts, restaurants, healthcare facilities, country clubs, and catering. Through hands-on instruction, you gain the practical kitchen applications of quality food preparation and knowledge needed for success in the culinary industry.

Our flexible program offers both part-time evening and full-time day tracks.

Program outcomes

• Demonstrate core concepts in culinary theory and excute fundamental techniques to a variety of classical and contemporary dishes in global cuisines;
• Demonstrate cost control measures to track goods and services, and to evalute revenue and expenses and their effect on profitability;
• Apply professional communication and teamwork skills while exhibiting effective decision-making skills with respect to individuals and diverse team settings;
• Apply appropriate problem-solving techniques relating to professional, ethical, and profitability in a business environment;
• Apply appropriate safety and sanitation principles to products, tools, and equipment within the foodservice industry

Students Occupationally and Academically Ready (SOAR)

If you have attended a career or technical program during high school, you may be eligible to earn college credits towards the culinary arts degree. Find out how through the Students Occupationally and Academically Ready (SOAR) program.

Program Curriculum

• ^A Satisfies Aesthetic Sensibility
• ^C Satisfies Cultural Awareness & Diversity
• ^E Satisfies Ethical Perspectives
• ^I Information Literacy is Reinforced
• ^O Satisfies Oral Communication
• ^Q Satisfies Quantitative Reasoning
• ^S Satisfies Scientific Reasoning
• ^T Satisfies Technological Fluency
• ^W Satisfies Written Communication