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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. Bakers and decorators work in retail bakeshops or supermarket bakeries. Positions as a pastry professional are available in restaurants, hotels, casinos, foodservice locations, and country clubs. Graduates of this program can enter the industry as a cake decorator, baker or pastry cook. 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
CULN160
Advanced Baking: Pastry A
2
CULN165
Advanced Baking: Cakes A
2
HOSP106
Safety and Sanitation
2
Total Credit Hours 21

Recommended Semester Sequence

First Semester

Course Credits
COLL101
Orientation to College
1
CULN130
Baking and Decorating
3
CULN151
Bread Fabrication-Basic
2
HOSP106
Safety and Sanitation
2
Total Credit Hours 8

Second Semester

Course Credits
CULN139
Wedding Cake Assembly and Decoration
2
CULN152
Bread Fabrication-Advanced A
2
CULN156
Chocolate - Essential Skills A
2
Total Credit Hours 6

Third Semester

Course Credits
CULN138
Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts
2
CULN158
Cookies
1
CULN160
Advanced Baking: Pastry A
2
CULN165
Advanced Baking: Cakes A
2
Total Credit Hours 7

A Course requires prerequisite.

  • Business Administration
  • Accounting & Analytics
  • Baking and Pastry Arts
  • Business
  • Culinary Arts
  • Emergency Management
  • Fire Science
  • Hospitality Management
  • Event Planning and Management
  • Paralegal/Legal Studies
  • Technical Entrepreneurship
  • Accountancy Certificate
  • Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate
  • Business Analytics Certificate
  • Creative Arts and Entrepreneurship Certificate
  • Culinary Arts Certificate
  • Emergency Management Certificate
  • Entrepreneurship Certificate
  • Fire Science Certificate
  • Management Certificate
  • Paralegal Certificate
  • Social Media Marketing Certificate
  • ACBSP Accreditation Assessment Information
  • Information Sessions

Business, Innovation, and Legal Studies

215-968-8227 business@bucks.edu 401 Grupp

Business, Innovation, and Legal Studies

215-968-8227 business@bucks.edu 401 Grupp
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