Culinary Management Degree Requirements

In order to be prepared to pursue your degree or diploma, there are a number of requirements we ask that you meet so you are ready to hit the ground running when it comes to your studies. The admissions requirements detail the prerequisites from an academic standpoint that have to be met. The technical requirements detail what you’ll need for your online learning experience.

If you have any one of the following three qualifications you are prepared for our Culinary Management program:

Have completed the following cooking labs from an accredited, post-secondary culinary arts program (must have earned a minimum grade of 'C' in each class)

• Concepts & Theories of Culinary Techniques
• Fundamentals of Classical Techniques
• American Regional Cuisine
• Latin Cuisine
• Garde Manger
• Classical European Cuisine
• World Cuisine
• Asian Cuisine
• A la Carte Kitchen
• Art Culinaire
• Introduction to Baking Techniques 

- OR –

Completed an American Culinary Federation approved Apprenticeship Program

- OR –

Hold any of the following current ACF Certification levels:

• Certified Master Chef-CMC
• Certified Master Pastry Chef-CMPC
• Certified Executive Chef-CEC
• Certified Executive Pastry Chef-CEPC
• Certified Culinary Educator-CCE
• Certified Chef de Cuisine-CCC
• Personal Certified Executive Chef-PCE

The prospective student must be a high school graduate with a minimum, cumulative, final high school CGPA of 1.5 or higher, or hold a General Education Development (GED) Certificate, or associate's degree or higher as a prerequisite for admission. Students must also complete the Culinary Management Preliminary Acceptance form.

Online Orientation

Each student who enrolls at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh — Online Division is required to complete an online student orientation prior to the start date of the student's first course. The online orientation helps the student become familiar with different features of the online classroom environment and prepares the student for his or her role as an active learner in the online classroom.

Software Requirements

• Adobe Acrobat Professional
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Adobe Photoshop
• Microsoft Office Professional
• Microsoft Visio
• Norton Antivirus
• Windows Media Player

Minimum Technology Requirements

Both PC and Mac users should have at least a 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphic card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM, as well as a DVD-ROM drive.

• PC: As a general guideline, students should not have computer specifications less than a Pentium 4 CPU or AMD Athlon 64 processor and one of the following Operation Systems with 4GB of RAM and at least 10 GB of hard-disk space available for installation:
  • Windows XP with Service Pack 3
  • Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended)
  • Windows 7
• Mac: As a general guideline, students should not have computer specifications less than a Multicore Intel processor, MAC OSX v10.5.7 or v10.6, 4GB of RAM and a DVD-ROM drive. Students should also have at least 10GB of hard-disk space available for installation.

Web Browser Requirements

PC: At least one of the following browsers with Java enabled:

• Internet Explorer 9.0 (recommended)
• Internet Explorer 8.0 (supported)
• Mozilla Firefox 4.0 (recommended)
• Mozilla Firefox 3.5 (supported)
• Google Chrome 5.0 and higher (supported

Mac: At least one of the following browsers with Java enabled:

• Safari 5.0 (recommended)
• Safari 4.0 (supported)
• Mozilla Firefox 4.0 (recommended)
• Mozilla Firefox 3.5 (supported)
• Google Chrome 5.0 and higher (supported)

Hardware Requirements

• CD or DVD burner
• Color Inkjet Printer
• Color Flatbed Scanner
• Digital Camera

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