Culinary Foundations

The Culinary Foundations Certificate of Achievement is comprised of courses designed for the individual seeking to acquire culinary skills for employment within the food service industry. The program of study includes courses in knife skills, ingredient identification, cooking methods (i.e., sauteing, poaching, grilling), hands-on food production, and food costs. When completed, the courses may be applied to the Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management CA or AS degree. 

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The Certificate of Achievement is comprised of courses designed for the individual seeking to acquire culinary skills for employment within the food service industry. The program of study includes courses in knife skills, ingredient identification, cooking methods (i.e., sauteing, poaching, grilling), hands-on food production, and food costs. When completed, the courses may be applied to the Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management CA or AS degree. 

Item 1.            Program Goals and Objectives

 

The Culinary Foundations Certificate of Achievement is comprised of courses designed for the individual seeking to acquire culinary skills for employment within the food service industry. The program of study includes courses in knife skills, ingredient identification, cooking methods(i.e., sauteing, poaching, grilling), hands-on food production, and food costs.When completed, the courses may be applied to the Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management CA or AS degree. 

 

Program Outcomes

·        Apply the concepts and techniques of food safety, sanitation, personal hygiene, and professionalism in food handling and preparation.

·        Discover classical cooking terminology.

 

 

Item 2.            Catalog Description

 

The Culinary Foundations Certificate of Achievement is comprised of courses designed for the individual seeking to acquire culinary skills for employment within the food service industry. The program of study includes courses in knife skills, ingredient identification, cooking methods(i.e., sauteing, poaching, grilling), hands-on food production, and food costs.When completed, the courses may be applied to the Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management CA or AS degree. 

 

Item 3.            Program Requirements

 

Requirements	Dept. Name/#	Name	Units	Laney GE	Sequence
	CULIN 212	Introduction to Cooking Arts	4		Yr 1, Fall
		or
	CULIN 234*	Introduction to Cooking Techniques	4		Yr 1,  Summer
	CULIN 214	Hospitality Careers and Skills Development	1		Yr 1, Fall
	CULIN 215	Culinary Math Fundamentals	1		Yr 1, Fall
	CULIN 217	Recipes, Formulas, and Food Costs	1		Yr 1, Fall
	CULIN 223	Stocks, Soups and Sauces	1		Yr 1, Spring
	CULIN 224	Dynamics of Heat Cooking	1		Yr 1, Spring
	CULIN 227	Thermodynamic Cooking Techniques	3		Yr 1, Spring
Major Requirements:			14
Total Units			14

*: Course only offered in summer session.

 

Item 4.            Master Planning

 

The Culinary Foundations Certificate of Achievement is comprised of courses designed for the individual seeking to acquire culinary skills for employment within the food service industry. The program of study includes courses in knife skills, ingredient identification, cooking methods(i.e., sauteing, poaching, grilling), hands-on food production, and food costs.When completed, the courses may be applied to the Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management CA or AS degree.

 

Item 5.            Enrollment and Completer Projections

 

The enrollment data for the courses included in the Culinary Foundations CA is shown in the table below. These are the numbers of grades (other than “W”) earned.  Only regular semesters (fall and spring) are taken into account. 

 

The data shows a robust growth in the number of students at Laney College who are in majors that require rigorous training in lower-division computer science courses. 

 

Enrollment Data – Number of Letter Grades (other than W)Earned

 

Course	F17 & S18	F18 & S19	F19 & S20
CULIN 212-- INTRODUCTION TO CULINARY ARTS	78	46	53
CULIN 214-- HOSPITALITY CAREERS AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT	71	44	64
CULIN 215-- CULINARY MATH FUNDAMENTALS	111	81	101
CULIN 217-- RECIPES, FORMULAS, AND FOOD COSTS	88	52	87
CULIN 223-- STOCKS, SOUPS AND SAUCES	57	38	45
CULIN 224--DYNAMICS OF HEAT COOKING	56	41	36
CULIN 227--THERMODYNAMIC COOKING TECHNIQUES	60	32	37

 

 

Item 6.            Place of Program in Curriculum/Similar Programs

 

a)     There are no active inventory records that need to be changed in connection with the approval of the proposed program.  

b)     This program does not replace any existing program on the college’s inventory. 

c)     Laney did offer a CP in Culinary Foundations but that is being deactivated to be replaced by this certificate.  

 

 

Item 7.            Similar Programs at Other Colleges in Service Area

 

Laney is the only college in the district that offers culinary curriculum.  Outside of our district, no other college in our service area offers a CA in Culinary Foundations.

 

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)

Requirements	Dept. Name/#	Name	Units	Laney GE	Sequence
	CULIN 212	Introduction to Cooking Arts	4		Yr 1, Fall
		or
	CULIN 234*	Introduction to Cooking Techniques	4		Yr 1,  Summer
	CULIN 214	Hospitality Careers and Skills Development	1		Yr 1, Fall
	CULIN 215	Culinary Math Fundamentals	1		Yr 1, Fall
	CULIN 217	Recipes, Formulas, and Food Costs	1		Yr 1, Fall
	CULIN 223	Stocks, Soups and Sauces	1		Yr 1, Spring
	CULIN 224	Dynamics of Heat Cooking	1		Yr 1, Spring
	CULIN 227	Thermodynamic Cooking Techniques	3		Yr 1, Spring
Major Requirements:			14
Total Units			14

*: Course only offered in summer session.

The Culinary Foundations Certificate of Achievement is comprised of courses designed for the individual seeking to acquire culinary skills for employment within the food service industry. The program of study includes courses in knife skills, ingredient identification, cooking methods (i.e., sauteing, poaching, grilling), hands-on food production, and food costs. When completed, the courses may be applied to the Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management CA or AS degree.

Laney is the only college in the district that offers culinary curriculum. Outside of our district, no other college in our service area offers a CA in Culinary Foundations.