Advanced Culinary Techniques

The Advanced Culinary Techniques Certificate of Achievement is designed specifically for culinary industry workers. It is a program of Applied Professional Training meant for hospitality employees, seeking to advance their careers into upper management and/or ownership. 

Through individual hands-on practice, team work and personalized guidance by instructors, the Laney College ACT CA program provides students the opportunity to perfect existing skill set, gain hands-on experience with modern international techniques, and gain managerial expertise. 

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This certificate was created to address occupational needs for students who want to advance into careers of management. 

Item 1.            Program Goals and Objectives

The Advanced Culinary Techniques Certificate of Achievement is designed specifically for culinary industry workers. It is a program of Applied Professional Training meant for hospitality employees, seeking to advance their careers into upper management and/or ownership.

Through individual hands-on practice, team work and personalized guidance by instructors, the Laney College ACT CA program provides students the opportunity to perfect existing skill set, gain hands-on experience with modern international techniques, and gain managerial expertise.

Program Outcomes

·      Apply the concepts and techniques of food safety, sanitation, personal hygiene, and professionalism in food handling,preparation, proper service techniques, and dining room management including the use of commercial equipment and tools.

·      Synthesize classical cooking terminology andstation organization.

·      Apply the procedures in order to run a cost effective food service establishment, including: menu analysis, labor cost, and human resource practices to manage restaurant staff.

Item 2.            Catalog Description

The Advanced Culinary Techniques Certificate of Achievement is designed specifically for culinary industry workers. It is a program of Applied Professional Training meant for hospitality employees, seeking to advance their careers into upper management and/or ownership.

Through individual hands-on practice, team work and personalized guidance by instructors, the Laney College ACT CA program provides students the opportunity to perfect existing skill set, gain hands-on experience with modern international techniques, and gain managerial expertise.

Item 3.            Program Requirements

Requirements	Dept. Name/#	Name	Units	Laney GE	Sequence
Core Courses (13 units):	CULIN 41	International Cuisine	7		Yr 1, Fall
	CULIN 50	Principles of Food, Beverage, and Labor Controls	3		Yr 1, Fall
	CULIN 51	Supervision in the Hospitality Industry	3		Yr 1, Fall
Major Requirements			13
Total Units			13

 

Item 4.            MasterPlanning

The Advanced Culinary Techniques Certificate of Achievement is designed specifically for culinary industry workers. It is a program of Applied Professional Training meant for hospitality employees, seeking to advance their careers into upper management and/or ownership.

Through individual hands-on practice, team work and personalized guidance by instructors, the Laney College ACT CA program provides students the opportunity to perfect existing skill set, gain hands-on experience with modern international techniques, and gain managerial expertise.

Item 5.            Enrollment and Completer Projections

The enrollment data for the courses included in the Advanced Culinary Techniques 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	F16 & S17	F17 & S18	F18 & S19
CULIN 041—International Cuisine	34	26	30
CULIN 050—Principles of Food, Beverage, and Labor Controls	37	25	30
CULIN 051--Supervision in the Hospitality Industry	37	21	31

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)    There are no related programs offered by the college. Laney does offer an AS in Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management 

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 Advanced Culinary Techniques. 

Requirements	Dept. Name/#	Name	Units	Laney GE	Sequence
Core Courses (13 units):	CULIN 41	International Cuisine	7		Yr 1, Fall
	CULIN 50	Principles of Food, Beverage, and Labor Controls	3		Yr 1, Fall
	CULIN 51	Supervision in the Hospitality Industry	3		Yr 1, Fall
Major Requirements			13
Total Units			13

This certificate was created directly from the suggestions of the Culinary Arts advisory committee. Overwhelmingly, there is a need for workers in the industry that have addition managerial knowledge and some cooking exposure which will be covered in this certificate.

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