Culinary Arts Technology

Associate in Business
Credit Requirements: 70 Semester Credit Hours

The Culinary Arts degree program prepares students for positions as professional cooks in food service operations including hotels, motels, resorts restaurants or catering operations. Students study both theory and practical applications of the requirements of quality food preparation.

All culinary courses are presented in culinary theory with application in kitchens located on Palmer Campus in downtown Charleston. Culinary facilities on the Main Campus in North Charleston will open in 2005. The degree program is accredited by the American Culinary Federation (ACF). Graduates are eligible for ACF certification.

 

Recommended Sequence of Courses


First Semester - Fall

 

CPT 101

Introduction to Computers

3

 

HOS 101

Principles of Food Production I

3

 

HOS 103

Nutrition

3

 

HOS 120

Bakeshop Production

3

 

HOS 140

The Hospitality Industry

3

 

HOS 155

Hospitality Sanitation

3

Total 18


Second Semester - Spring

 

ENG 101

English Composition I

3

 

HOS 115

Quantity Food Preparation

5

 

HOS 220

Advanced Bakeshop

3

 OR

HOS 221

Retail Baking

3

 

HOS 256

Hospitality Management Concepts

3

 

SPC 205

Public Speaking

3

 OR

SPC 209

Interpersonal Communication

3

Total 17


Third Semester - Summer

 

CWE

Cooperative Work Experience

3

 OR

HOS 262

Hospitality Software Applications

3

 OR

HOS 254

Catering Management

3

Total 3


Fourth Semester - Fall

 

HOS 160

Purchasing for Hospitality

3

 

HOS 201

A la Carte I

3

 

HOS 245

Hospitality Marketing

3

 

MAT 120

Probability and Statistics

3

 OR

MAT 155

Contemporary Mathematics

3

 

PSY 201

General Psychology

3

Total 15


Fifth Semester - Spring

 

HOS 145

Dining Room Operations

3

 

HOS 159

Hospitality Accounting Applications

3

 

HOS 227

Garde Manger

5

 

HOS 265

Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Law

3

 

ELE HUM

Select one course from the Humanities Electives

3

Total 17

For Humanities Electives, see page B-3.