culinary science Bachelor’s Degree You’re curious about how ingredients work— and why. Question everything you think you know about cooking and baking, and become a better, more innovative food professional.
• Practice precision cooking, employing a newfound knowledge of flavor science, sensory perception, ingredient functionality, and research methodology. • Learn from guest lectures and equipment demos by experts at companies like Campbell’s, Unilever, Target Research Group, Rational, and Winston Industries. • Build a foundation of practical skills and knowledge in culinary arts or baking and pastry arts. • Experience culinary science careers firsthand, through class visits to leading businesses like Givaudan and Star Kay White. • Get real-world experience during a semesterlong internship at one of 2,000+ CIA-approved businesses, and in the college’s award-winning restaurants.
Cool Courses Culinary Research and Development Work in teams to create and develop a product to present to the faculty and industry guests. Recent Cul Sci students designed meal kits (think: Blue Apron), bringing them from concept, product development, and consumer testing to packaging, marketing, and distribution. Ingredient Functionality Fun with hydrocolloids (xanthan gum, gellan gum, and other food substances that form gels) and more! Through cool experiments—like making a popping mango gel with sodium alginate and calcium lactate in a fruit purée—you’ll begin to understand the power of your ingredients. Modern Industrial Tools and Techniques Ready for a (food development) challenge? This course has lots of them! Learn to think outside the box as you bring your food R&D knowledge and cooking skills together in hands-on projects like taking a classic Escoffier recipe and modernizing it for mass production. More cool courses: catalog.ciachef.edu 132 Credits Bachelor of Professional Studies in Culinary Science To learn more about program requirements, visit ciachef.edu/culinary-science and click on the Curriculum tab.
Hot Careers You can go just about anywhere in the food world with a Culinary Science degree! • Culinary education • Food manufacturing • Food quality, compliance, and safety • Foodservice operations in hospitals, schools, corporations, and the military • Product development, packaging, and marketing • Research and development • Restaurants • And more!
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