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Baking and Pastry Arts

Certificate Program

School of Business, Innovation, and Legal Studies
Grupp 401 • Phone (215) 968-8227
Certificate Code No. 3150

This certificate program prepares students to pursue employment as a baker, decorator or pastry professional. Positions as a pastry professional are available in restaurants, hotels, casinos, foodservice locations and country clubs. Students who complete this program may apply these credits toward the completion of the Baking and Pastry Arts degree program.

Graduates of this program are able to:

identify the tools and equipment found in the kitchen;
safely utilize the tools and equipment found in the kitchen;
perform various baking and pastry making tasks following industry accepted safety and sanitation rules and regulations;
competently prepare baked goods and pastries;
demonstrate appropriate, creatively expressed decorating techniques used to finish cakes, various bakery products, and desserts; and
exhibit work habits and ethical behavior that model a food service professional.

Certificate Requirements

Course	Credits
COLL101 Orientation to College	1
CULN130 Baking and Decorating	3
CULN138 Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts	2
CULN139 Wedding Cake Assembly and Decoration	2
CULN151 Bread Fabrication-Basic	2
CULN152 Bread Fabrication-Advanced ^A	2
CULN156 Chocolate - Essential Skills ^A	2
CULN158 Cookies	1
CULN159 Plated Desserts ^A	1
CULN160 Advanced Baking: Pastry ^A	2
CULN165 Advanced Baking: Cakes ^A	2
HOSP106 Safety and Sanitation	2
Total Credit Hours	23

Recommended Semester Sequence

First Semester

Course	Credits
COLL101 Orientation to College	1
CULN130 Baking and Decorating	3
CULN138 Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts	2
CULN151 Bread Fabrication-Basic	2
HOSP106 Safety and Sanitation	2
Total Credit Hours	10

Second Semester

Course	Credits
CULN139 Wedding Cake Assembly and Decoration	2
CULN152 Bread Fabrication-Advanced ^A	2
CULN156 Chocolate - Essential Skills ^A	2
CULN158 Cookies	1
CULN159 Plated Desserts ^A	1
CULN160 Advanced Baking: Pastry ^A	2
CULN165 Advanced Baking: Cakes ^A	2
Total Credit Hours	13

^A Course requires prerequisite.