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Culinary Arts & Food Service Management

Bachelor of Science The Hospitality College and the College of Culinary Arts joint degree program allows students to leverage the strengths of both colleges. This program provides a unique combination of culinary skills and hospitality management. This curriculum provides ample opportunity for the food service professional of tomorrow to build upon their leadership and management abilities, critical thinking skills, personal accountability and ethical behavior, problem solving techniques, strong financial analysis skills and customer awareness. The Culinary & Food Service Management degree develops a solid culinary foundation and management philosophy in its graduates and prepares them for bright and rewarding careers in the food service industry. Graduates will also identify and communicate long-range vision and strategy for a food service company.

Graduates of the Culinary & Food Service Management bachelor’s degree program can attain positions in a variety of areas including, but not limited to: restaurant managers, kitchen managers/sous chefs, food& Beverage directors, catering managers, banquet managers, room service managers, or dining room managers, depending upon the concentrations selected.

Students focus their studies by choosing a concentration. One of the following may be of particular interest to Culinary & Food Service Management majors:

• Adventure, Sport and Nature Based Tourism
• Beverage Service Management
• Casino and Gaming Operations
• Culinary Food Arts (Labs)
• Culinary Arts Capstone Labs
• Nutrition and Wellness Cuisine
• International Hospitality Operation Management
• Marketing Management
• Private Management Services Concentration
• Resort Management
• Meeting & event Management
• Sommelier Concentration

This program includes a unique hands-on rotational internship experience at a Johnson & Wales-owned facility, or at one of our partner properties.

Student’s Hospitality and Culinary electives may be fulfilled through any of the following options:

• Study Abroad of 13.5 credit hours
• Experiential education of 13.5 credit hours
• Any courses with an EHSP attribute selected from within the Hospitality College
• Or a second concentration options

This bachelor’s program is for graduates of the Baking & Pastry or Culinary Arts associate degree program.

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