Baking School Highlights
Sweeten your future in pastry school.
The Culinary Institute of Michigan’s associate degree in baking and pastry arts focuses on both the art and the business behind baking. Interested in a career as a pastry chef, assistant chocolatier, cake designer, or bread baker? Through this baking degree you’ll get an up-close look at how bakeries operate, inside and out while learning about inventory control, staff selection, and employee training.
- Learn how to create the beautiful and irresistible treats that delight visitors at bakeries, fine restaurants, country clubs, and elegant hotels.
- 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 baking and pastry classes that allow you the attention you deserve.
Why Go to Pastry School?
As a CIM student, you’ll learn advanced baking skills and techniques through a combination of classroom learning and hands-on workshops in our state-of-the-art facilities. Once you graduate from baking school, you’ll be prepared to take your Certified Pastry Culinarian exam and launch a career you’ll love.
Baking Degree Curriculum
CIM’s degree in baking is a two-year program consisting of 60 credit hours (48 hours of baking and pastry arts major courses and 12 hours of general education requirements). Our baking school curriculum includes classic pastry fundamentals, chocolate and confections, and a showpiece and specialty cake design lab.
Sample Courses
Classic Pastry Fundamentals
Chocolate and Confections
Showpiece and Specialty Cake Design
Baking Fundamentals
Baking Science
Petit Fours and Plated Desserts
Food and Beverage Management
Food Safety and Sanitation
Additional Pastry School Requirements
Students must complete the following baking and pastry classes with a grade of C or better to graduate: Classic Pastry Fundamentals, Petit Fours and Plated Desserts, and Cafe and Bakery Operations. The associate degree in baking and pastry arts also includes a 200-hour supervised work experience requirement.
Program Locations
This program is offered at the following campus locations:
Accreditation
CIM’s baking and pastry arts program is accredited by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission (ACFEFAC). Graduates are eligible to become Certified Pastry 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.
Baking and Pastry Classes Available
This pastry arts program 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