Culinary Arts Degree Highlights
Prepare for a culinary career with a culinary arts degree.
Let your passion for cooking grow into a rewarding, fulfilling culinary career as a sous chef, chef de cuisine, or even food service director. The Culinary Institute of Michigan’s culinary degree is designed to give you a well-rounded foundation to prepare you for chef and other kitchen supervisory positions.
- Develop your cooking skills while learning about all aspects of restaurant operations, including management, table service, and menu planning.
- Train in state-of-the-art facilities that are equipped with the same tools professionals work with on the job.
- Get hands-on instruction from experienced culinary professionals in small classes that allow you the attention you deserve.
Why Earn a Culinary Degree?
As a CIM student, you’ll learn advanced culinary skills and techniques through a combination of classroom learning and hands-on workshops in our state-of-the-art facilities. Once you graduate from the culinary arts major, you’ll be prepared to take your Certified Culinarian exam and launch a career you’ll love.
Culinary Classes Curriculum
CIM’s culinary arts program is a two-year degree consisting of 60 credit hours (48 hours of culinary arts major courses and 12 hours of general education requirements). Our curriculum includes culinary skills, restaurant techniques, and menu planning and analysis.
Sample Courses
Culinary Skills I
Restaurant Techniques
Menu Planning and Analysis
Additional Culinary Arts School Requirements
Students must complete the following culinary classes with a grade of C or better to graduate: Global Cuisine and Buffet Production, Restaurant Techniques. The culinary arts program also includes a 200-hour supervised work experience requirement.
Program Locations
This program is offered at the following campus locations:
Accreditation
The Muskegon and Port Huron culinary arts program is accredited by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission (ACFEFAC). Graduates are eligible to become Certified Culinarians upon graduation. CIM is one of two institutions statewide and one of only six in the U.S. to earn the “Recognition of Quality Culinary Education” designation from the Prestigious Global Food Authority World Association of Chefs’ Societies.
Culinary Classes Available
The culinary arts degree is offered in-person on our campuses in Muskegon and Port Huron. In Michigan, our students come from Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, Cadillac, Dearborn, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Owosso, Traverse City, and many other locations. Beyond Michigan, our online graduates hail from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and other states.
On Campus Available
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Core courses for this degree program are not offered through Baker Online.
For those interested, a selection of general education and prerequisite courses are available through Baker Online each semester.
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Core courses for this degree program are not offered through Online Live.
For those interested, a selection of general education and prerequisite courses are available through Online Live each semester.
Online Live