Program Learning Outcomes

Baking and Pastry Certificate

Program Learning Outcomes
  • Prepare individuals to obtain baking and pastry employment upon completion.
  • Provide shortened additional and advanced training for individuals already working in the industry.
  • Understand basic and advanced baking and pastry techniques, terms, mise en place, sanitation, and safety.
  • Produce basic baking and pastry items, including cookies, breads, custards, quick breads, pies, meringues, and pâte à choux.
  • Produce advanced baking and pastry items, including cakes, cake decoration, filling, dessert sauces, petit fours, and rolled-in doughs.

A.A.S. in Culinary Arts

Program Learning Outcomes
  • Utilize basic and advanced cooking, baking, and pastry techniques, terminology, methods, mise en place, sanitation, and safety.
  • Produce basic and advanced baking and pastry items, including cookies, breads, custards, quick breads, rolled-in doughs, pies, meringues, pâte à choux, cakes, cake decoration, fillings, dessert sauces, and petit fours.
  • Produce basic pantry items, including salads, sandwiches, forcemeats, hors d'oeuvres, appetizers, sauces and dressings, cold soups, savory mousse, and display platters.
  • Produce basic and advanced cooking items, including knife cuts, stocks, sauces, poultry fabrication, fish fabrication, breakfast items, meat fabrication, advanced sauces, potatoes, starches, as well as restaurant-quality entrees, salads, appetizers, and soups.

Entry Kitchen Certificate

Program Learning Outcomes
  • Prepare individuals to obtain entry-level baking and pastry or cooking employment upon completion.
  • Understand basic cooking, baking, and pastry techniques, methods, terms, mise en place, sanitation, and safety.
  • Produce basic baking and pastry items, including cookies, breads, custards, quick breads, pies, meringues, and pâte à choux.
  • Produce basic culinary items, including knife cuts, stocks, sauces, poultry fabrication, fish fabrication, and breakfast items.
  • Provide shortened additional and advanced training for individuals already working in the industry.

Professional Kitchen Certificate

Program Learning Outcomes
  • Understand basic and advanced cooking techniques, methods, terms, mise en place, sanitation, and safety.
  • Produce basic culinary items, including knife cuts, stocks, sauces, poultry fabrication, fish fabrication, and breakfast items.
  • Produce advanced culinary items, including meat fabrication, advanced sauces, potatoes, starches, restaurant-quality entrees and appetizers, and soups.
  • Prepare individuals to obtain culinary employment upon completion.
  • Provide shortened additional and advanced training for individuals already working in the industry.