2024-2025 Catalog

Baking/Pastry Arts, Certificate

Certificate—37 credit hours

Curriculum Code 1323

This program prepares students for entry-level positions in the baking and pastry area of culinary arts.

Required Career Courses

37 credit hours as follows:

BUS-120Business Mathematics

3

RTM-100Food Service Sanitation

2

RTM-101Intro to Hospitality Industry

3

RTM-102Quantity Food Production I

4

RTM-103Basic Food Theory

2

RTM-209Baking/Pastry I

4

RTM-210Nutrition for Food Service Managers

3

RTM-211Baking/Pastry II

4

RTM-212Basic Cake Decorating

2

RTM-213Artisan Breads

2

RTM-214Chocolate & Confectionary Artistry

2

RTM-231Hospitality Supervision

3

RTM-240Purchasing and Cost Control

3

Suggested Schedule

Semester 1 (15 credit hours)

RTM-100Food Service Sanitation

2

RTM-101Intro to Hospitality Industry

3

RTM-103Basic Food Theory

2

RTM-209Baking/Pastry I

4

RTM-211Baking/Pastry II

4

(Note: RTM-100 is a 4 week course)
(Note: RTM-101, RTM-103, RTM-209, and RTM-211 are 8 week courses)

 

Semester 2 (15 credit hours)

BUS-120Business Mathematics

3

RTM-102Quantity Food Production I

4

RTM-210Nutrition for Food Service Managers

3

RTM-212Basic Cake Decorating

2

RTM-231Hospitality Supervision

3

(Note: RTM-102, RTM-210, and RTM-212 are 8 week courses)

Semester 3 Summer (2 credit hours)

RTM-213Artisan Breads

2

(Note: RTM-213 is a 4-week course)
(Note: RTM-213 is only offered in the early summer session.)

 

Semester 4 (5 credit hours)

RTM-214Chocolate & Confectionary Artistry

2

RTM-240Purchasing and Cost Control

3

(Note: RTM-214 is a 8 week course)