The Culinary Institute of America

  • Bachelor's Degree: Culinary Arts Management

    To be a leader in the increasingly complex and ever-changing foodservice industry, you must be a skilled culinarian, an astute businessperson, and a creative trendsetter. In the CIA's Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS) in Culinary 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 culinary 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 such as American Food Studies: Farm-to-Table Cooking and Advanced Wine, Beverage, and Hospitality.

    Prerequisites

    Prerequisites for Admission

    You must have an AOS degree in culinary 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.

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    Careers

    Great Food Careers Start Here

    With a CIA degree, you don’t just have a foot in the door—you have thousands of feet in the door. Our alumni are an accomplished, supportive network throughout the industry, whatever your career goals. You can:

    And with so many possibilities out there, our Career Services staff is ready to help you every step of the way, not only for that ideal first job, but for a lifetime of great opportunities. There’s no network like the CIA network!

    The list of celebrated CIA alumni is as diverse as it is extensive. They’ve found success doing what they love. They fully embraced the idea that Food is Life®.

    Now it’s your turn.

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