Associate of Science - Culinary Arts - Hospitality Management - Transfer Degree

Students completing this program will be able to... • Demonstrate the proper application of dry, moist, and combination cooking methods to a variety of food products. • Demonstrate current food service sanitation procedures. • Serve food according to professional industry standards. • Create menus that incorporate menu planning principles that maximize sales and profits. • Apply management functions to food and beverage operations. • Define the goals of various hospitality elements and related products and services

The associate in science in hospitality management for Transfer (AS-T) degree is intended to meet the lower division requirements for Hospitality majors (or similar majors) at a CSU campus that offers a hospitality management baccalaureate degree. This degree is designed for students interested in gaining the basic concepts of hospitality management and to prepare them for jobs with local and global hotels, restaurants, airlines, cruise lines, sports arenas, entertainment, and amusement parks. On completion, students are ready to transfer into hospitality management and related degree programs at a CSU. In order to earn the degree, students must: • Complete 60 CSU-transferable units. • Complete the California State University-General Education-pattern (CSU GE); or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) pattern, including the Area 1C requirement for oral communication. • Complete a minimum of 18 units in the major. • Attain a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0. • Earn a grade of “C” or higher in all courses required for the major.

Students transferring to a CSU campus that accepts the degree will be required to complete no more than 60 units after transfer to earn a bachelor’s degree. This degree may not be the best option for students intending to transfer to a particular CSU campus or to university or college that is not part of the CSU system, or those students who do not intend to transfer. Some courses in the major satisfy both major and CSUGE/IGETC general education requirements; however, the units are only counted once toward the 60-unit requirement for an associate’s degree. Some variations in requirements may exist at certain four-year institutions; therefore, students who intend to transfer are advised to refer to the catalog of the prospective transfer institution and consult a counselor.