1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

College of Health and Human Services

The Department of Culinary Arts offers a four-semester (sixteen calendar months), competency-based, noncredit certificate program. This distinctive program provides hands-on learning experiences, including fundamental culinary theory and on-the-job work experience, giving each student the necessary skills and knowledge to begin a successful career in the field of culinary arts. During the last semester of study, students are placed with a distinguished employer in a prestigious resort or restaurant for a paid externship experience.

This contemporary approach to learning enables students to achieve advanced levels of proficiency in both culinary techniques and business management skills while they advance through this certificate program. The Culinary program holds accreditation by the American Culinary Federation Educational Institute. Web browsers may visit the site at http://old.www.iup.edu/culinary/.

This program is offered at the Academy of Culinary Arts in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.