Associate Degree in Baking and Pastry Arts

Your future is in your hands with the CIA's Associate in Occupational Studies (AOS) in Baking and Pastry Arts degree. In this 21-month program, you will:

• Practice new skills and techniques in extensive hands-on baking and pastry classes—you’ll get right into the kitchen and bakeshop during the very first week.
• Benefit from a balance of foundation, hands-on, and theory courses.
• Take academic courses such as Food Safety, Nutrition, Culinary Math, Introduction to Gastronomy, College Writing, and Introduction to Management.
• Flex your creative muscles crafting hearth and specialty breads, desserts, pastry, pâtisserie, and confections.
• Put your new skills into action in an 18-week externship.

Review the Curriculum Chart to see what courses you will be taking while you will be earning your associates degree in baking and pastry arts.

Hone Your Skills in the Apple Pie Bakery Café

In the associate degree in baking and pastry arts program, you'll gain six weeks of real-world experience in the Apple Pie Bakery Café Sponsored by Rich Products Corporation, for which you will provide all the delicious baked goods and serve the public. You'll learn firsthand the secrets of running a successful bakery café operation from the front and the back of the house.

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