Sample courses that might be required for a degree in Culinary Arts:

Culinary Courses

• Food Safety
• Intro to Gastronomy
• Nutrition
• Culinary Fundamentals
• Product Knowledge
• Meat
• Seafood
• Banquet Cookery
• A la Carte Cooking
• High Volume Production Cookery
• Baking and Pastry
• Garde Manger
• World Cuisines
• Menu Development
• Customer Service
• Wine Studies
• Contemporary Restaurant Cooking
• Contemporary Restaurant Service
• Formal Restaurant Cooking
• Formal Restaurant Service

Business/Management Courses

• Management
• Controlling Costs and Purchasing Food
• Financial Accounting
• Foodservice Management
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Leadership and Ethics

Colleges also require you to take core undergraduate courses as well as electives. These vary from college to college. Here are some examples:

Arts and Humanities

• Arts
• History
• Languages
• Literature
• Music

Math

• Algebra
• Calculus
• Computer Science
• Logic
• Statistics

Natural Sciences

• Astronomy
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Environmental Science
• Physics

Social Sciences

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Government
• Psychology
• Sociology