This Sample Program Pathway is designed to provide an example of course selections in a term by term sequence. Please see an Academic Advisor for a plan specific to your academic needs.
Description: This course is an introduction to food preparation techniques and culinary theory. Basic concepts of kitchen organization and operation, basic terminology, use of standardized recipes, weights and measures, product evaluation, recipe conversion, food composition and introduction to commercial equipment and work methods. American Culinary Federation competency skills included. HMT 1107 must be completed prior to registering for this course or may be taken at the same time. Four lab hours per week.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035
Description: This course will provide an overview of the Hospitality and Tourism Industry. Topics include in-depth views of the restaurant and culinary industry, lodging industry, meeting and events, tourism, casinos, cruise-lines and more. Hospitality Interactive simulation, My Hospitality Lab, and service scenarios will provide an experience of fun socialistic learning. Successful students of this course will receive a Hospitality Reception and Service Specialist short term certificate.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035
Description: Sanitation and safety involves key concepts such as harmful micro-organisms, contamination and food-borne illnesses, the nine steps within the flow of food from supplier to service, minimum internal cooking temperatures/times for proteins, food safety management systems, sanitary facilities and pest management control. Students must successfully pass a national sanitation exam to pass the course. Students who are culinary or baking majors may not register for kitchen lab courses without a current servsafe certification.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035
Description: In English Composition I students learn reflective, analytical and argumentative writing strategies, incorporating sources and personal experience. Students will negotiate between public and private rhetorical situations and purposes to achieve academic literacy. They will write multiple drafts using a recursive writing process as they work toward fluency in style and mechanics.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035 or Other (Placement Test Score)
Description: This course is specifically for Culinary Arts and Baking & Pastry Arts majors. The math requirement for this course will form the foundations needed for costing of food and beverage, recipe conversion, bakers scaling (of liquid verses dry weights), edible product yield percentages, and menu cost cards. Students will be expected to demonstrate proficiency in converting improper as well as mixed number fractions, (add, subtract, multiply, and divide) decimals, solve complicated word problems and more.
Prerequisites: MAT 0050 or Other (satisfactory score on math placement test) and Restricted to Majors
Term hours subtotal:
12
Description: This course provides students with skills to perform maintenance, cleaning, and sanitation of commercial kitchen equipment typically found in restaurants for the purposes of avoiding costly repairs and maintaining longevity. Layout of equipment in terms of efficiency and cost is also a part of this course. One classroom, two lab hours per week.
Description: Students will fabricate primal cuts of meat, poultry, fish, and pork with emphasis given to portion control, purchasing, costing, and utilization of byproducts. The product produced in this course will be used in menu development for the Tartan Terrace Restaurant. Four lab hours per week for eight weeks.
Prerequisites: HMT 1101
Description: Practical application of basic baking ingredients, weights and measures, terminology and formula calculations. Use of mixes and frozen bakery products to create commercial-grade finished products for restaurant service. One classroom, four lab hours per week.
Description: In-depth analysis of financial costs associated with hospitality operations. Although the primary focus will be on restaurants, other operational costs from lodging, meeting and events, etc. will be introduced. Topics include financial statement interpretations, breakeven calculations, butcher test computations, inventory systems and in-depth labor cost control function.
Prerequisites: HMT 1105 and MAT 1125 or ACC 1100 or ACC 1210
Description: Focusing on development of effective small group decision-making and leadership skills, stressing better methods of expressing oneself and understanding others through learning group communication, theory and participating in small group decision-making experiences.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035 or Other (Any other college level English course)
Term hours subtotal:
12
Description: This course is designed to provide students with the principles of supervision in the hospitality and tourism industry and the associated responsibilities. Topics include managing resources, team building, productivity cost formulas and the unique supervision techniques used in restaurants, lodging, bakeries, kitchens, and meeting and event planning. The course emphasis will be on leadership.
Prerequisites: HMT 1105
Description: The history and process of different wines, ales and spirits, including pronunciation and selection of wines with food and identifying the required glassware for all drinks. Mixology, establishing a par stock and reorder point, discussion of Ohio’s drinking laws and bartender’s legal and social responsibilities, and bar design and layout.
Prerequisites: HMT 1105
Description: Menu design and development, standardizing recipes, cost controls and pricing. Practical applications in varieties of table service, catered events and customer service processes. Two classroom hours per week and a total of thirty lab hours to be conducted as part of the Tartan Terrace Dining Room service experience.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035
Description: Preparation of culinary cuisine with a wide variety of plate production techniques including soups, sauces, vegetables, fruits, grains, salads, meats, game, poultry, fish and seafood. Apply food pairing, plating, and garnishing techniques to culinary cuisine. Skill training based on American Culinary Federation competencies. Includes recipe conversion, product evaluation and maintenance of a safe, sanitary kitchen. One classroom, six lab hours per week.
Prerequisites: and HMT 2207 and HMT 2200 or HMT 2201 and HMT 1101 and HMT 1107 and Other (Note: HMT 2201 AND HMT 2207 may be taken concurrently with HMT 1112) or Approval of Department
Term hours subtotal:
12