The Culinary Institute of America

  • Bachelor's Degree: Baking and Pastry Arts Management

    Today's baking and pastry leader is equal parts artist, culinarian, and astute businessperson. In the CIA's Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS) in Baking and Pastry Arts Management degree program, you will gain the ideal management and cultural knowledge for careers in management, or for creating your own business in the future. And, after you complete your CIA associate degree, you can complete this bachelor’s program in just 17 months.

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    After completing your CIA associate degree in baking and pastry arts, in the junior and senior years of this bachelor's degree program you will:

    • Take business-related courses such as Financial Management, Marketing and Promoting Food, and Foodservice Management.
    • Explore other countries, cultures, and their foods through language and history courses.
    • Hone your leadership skills in classes like Psychology of Human Behavior, Leadership and Ethics, and Professional Food Writing.
    • Have opportunities for in-the-field learning during exciting travel experiences.
    • Map out your own education plan with a variety of electives and exciting concentrations that help you explore interests and career directions before employment.

    Prerequisites

    You must have an AOS degree in baking and pastry arts from The Culinary Institute of America to be accepted into this program.

    Curriculum

    JUNIOR/SENIOR YEAR

    Required Liberal Arts Courses (24 Credits)

    CourseCredits
    Survey of Mathematics or Science Fundamentals3 credits
    Literature and Composition3 credits
    Principles of Macroeconomics or Principles of Microeconomics3 credits
    History ( Select two)
    History and Cultures of Asia
    History and Cultures of Europe
    History and Cultures of the Americas
    		6 credits
    Social Science (Select one)
    Anthropology of Food
    Principles of Macroeconomics
    Principles of Microeconomics
    Psychology of Human Behavior
    Social Psychology
    		3 credits
    Foreign Language* Chinese, French , Italian, or Spanish
    Elementary Chinese I
    Elementary Chinese II
    Elementary French I
    Elementary French II
    Elementary Italian I
    Elementary Italian II
    Elementary Spanish I
    Elementary Spanish II
    Intermediate French
    Intermediate Italian
    Intermediate Spanish
    		6 credits

    Liberal Arts Electives (Select one) (3 Credits)

    CourseCredits
    American Freedom: A People's History of the Constitution or Ecology of Food or Feasting and Fasting in Latin America or Introduction to Creative Writing or Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art or Reading Film or Shakespeare: Play and Performance3 credits

    Required Business Management Courses (15 Credits)

    CourseCredits
    Financial Accounting
    		3 credits
    Foodservice Management
    		3 credits
    Human Resource Management
    		3 credits
    Marketing and Promoting Food
    		3 credits
    Finance or Managerial Accounting3 credits

    Business Management Electives (Select three) (9 Credits)

    CourseCredits
    Beverage Operations Management or Business Planning or Consumer Behavior or Current Issues in Hospitality Technology or Foodservice Management in Health Care or Foodservice Technology or Leadership and Ethics or Organizational Behavior or Personal Finance9 credits

    Additional Required Courses (6 Credits)

    CourseCredits
    Food, Wine, and (Agri)culture
    		2 credits
    Food, Wine, and (Agri)culture Trip
    		1 credit
    Culinary Course (Select one)
    Advanced Cooking
    Advanced Pastry
    Culinary Science
    Senior Thesis: Baking and Pastry Arts
    Senior Thesis: Culinary Arts
    		3 credits

    Free Electives (Select from) (6 Credits)

    CourseCredits
    Advanced Wine Studies or Brewed: History, Culture, and Production or Field Experience and Action Plan or Honors Thesis Seminar or Introduction to Food Jobs or Professional Food Writing or Science of Nutrition or Spirits and Principles of Mixology or Women in Leadership6 credits
    Total Credits: 63 Junior/Senior Year
    *The foreign language requirement must be fulfilled by the end of junior year.

    TOTAL CREDITS FOR AOS & BPS: 132

    Costs


    The CIA is very committed to making your CIA education as affordable as possible. Our costs are comparable to similar colleges, and here's even better news—approximately 90% of our students receive some form of financial aid.

    Don't let applying for financial assistance keep you from going to the world's premier culinary college. No matter what your individual circumstances are, we will work with you to help make attending the CIA an affordable investment in your future in the world of food.

    Spring is a great time to get started on your education at The Culinary Institute of America. Tuition grants for baking and pastry arts majors enrolling in our spring entry dates make our outstanding New York campus even more affordable! You can save up to $3,000. Find out how.

    Careers

    Baking and Pastry Careers

    If you dream of opening your own bustling bakery or stylish café, creating and styling spectacular cakes, or preparing hundreds of desserts for an elegant catered affair, a career in pastry is for you. As a pastry chef, you'll make the chocolates, confections, pastries, and plated desserts that delight customers. With jobs as varied as pastry cook, pastry chef, executive pastry chef, chocolatier, and boulanger, opportunities abound in places like hotels, restaurants, resorts, bistros, bakeries, and private clubs. Pastry chefs must be both artistic and detail-oriented while working in a fast-paced environment.

    See our extensive list of alumni working in the industry.

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