Hospitality/Culinary Arts A.A. Degree

Program Description

The Hospitality/Culinary Arts Associate of Arts Degree is designed to prepare students for fast-growing industry that includes commercial restaurants, institutions, health care facilities, school food services, and related food service industries at the middle management level. Skills gained from this certificate include basic to advanced techniques in food preparation, middle-management implementation, and entrepreneurship skills. Students will also be prepared to build and manage diverse teams. To graduate with a specialization in Hospitality/Culinary Arts, students must complete all requirements for the certificate plus the general breadth requirements for the Associate Degree (minimum total = 60 units)

The pathway below represents an efficient and effective course taking sequence for this program.  Individual circumstances might require some changes to this pathway.  It is always recommended that you meet with an academic counselor to develop a personalized educational plan.

Division

Applied Technology, Transportation & Culinary Arts

Department

Culinary Arts

Career and Academic Pathway (CAP)

Business, Information Technology, Hospitality

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate how to use a knife and the basic knife cuts.

  2. Calculate food costs as it applies to menus by pricing a menu as part of the final in this course.

  3. Explain optimal quantity, and the price and standard specifications of ordering.

  4. Recall the top five problems that the restaurant industry encounters.

  5. Recall how to derive the “Break-even Point” of a restaurant.

  6. Define and recall the purchasing function.

  7. Recall the seven areas of a HACCP plan.

  8. Be prepared to transfer a core curriculum to an accredited, four-year college or university with junior class standing in Culinary Arts or a related major.

Program Map

GE General Education
O Available Online
Program Requirement
P Program Prerequisites

1st Semester

15-18 units

2nd Semester

15-18 units

3rd Semester

15-19 units

4th Semester

12 units

5th Semester

15 units