BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BAKING AND PASTRY ARTS

Today’s baking and pastry leader is equal parts artist, culinarian, and business visionary. In the CIA’s 38-month Bachelor of Professional Studies (B.P.S.) program, you will gain extensive experience in the bakeshop. You’ll also learn the principles of effective leadership and explore subjects that will broaden your perspective and stimulate your creativity.

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You will also:

• Develop proficiency in creating hearth and specialty breads, desserts, pastry, pâtisserie, and confections
• Practice basic cooking and explore nutrition, writing, menu development, communication, food safety, and cost control
• Gain practical experience in an 18-week paid externship
• Explore the diverse languages, history, and baking and pastry traditions of the world
• Discover how to make your baking and pastry business profitable by studying marketing, computers, and finance
• Learn how best to work with and supervise others through subjects such as interpersonal communication, psychology, ethics, and management

Go West!

One of the benefits of pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Baking and Pastry Arts at The Culinary is that it allows you to take part in our West Coast Food & Wine Seminar, a three-credit course that comes between your junior and senior years. For one month, you'll explore California's flavorful food scene, with visits to as many as 60 sites, including local wineries and farms, meat and fish purveyors, coffee roasters, chocolatiers, and area restaurants.

Visit a vineyard. Pluck a fresh fig from a tree. Enjoy a caviar tasting at a sturgeon farm. It's an unforgettable experience that offers wonderful tastes, sights, and smells, along with valuable lessons in issues like sustainable agriculture and produce distribution.