Pastry CERTIFICATE


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The Pastry Arts Certificate of Technical Studies serves students seeking occupations in hotels, restaurants, pastry shops, in-store and individually owned bakeries. This program is designed to
provide trained personnel for entry-level positions in the baking/pastry industry.

Students are eligible for admission to the Pastry Arts CTS if they meet the following criteria:

  • Possess a high school diploma or equivalent.
  • Score on the ACT, SAT or Delgado College Placement Test sufficient to place the student in the following college courses:
    • English 101
    • MATH-095
    • No remedial reading
  • Students not eligible to register for MATH-095 must enroll and pass MATH-091 with a grade of "C" or better before acceptance into the Pastry Arts program.
  REQUIRED COURSES IN MAJOR*  
  DEPT-No.     Course Name  CH 
  CULA-103     Applied Foodservice Sanitation   3  
  PAST-101   Introduction to Baking and Pastry   3  
  PAST-102   Baking and Pastry Skills Lab I   3  
  PAST-103   Baking and Pastry Skills Lab II   3  
  PAST-150   Work Experience I   3  
  PAST-204   Specialty Decorations / Showpieces     4  
  PAST-250   Work Experience II   3  

  Total Credit Hours 22

 * Required grade of "C" or higher.

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