About Culinary Arts
Professional cooking, baking, and kitchen management. Courses carry the CULA subject code and are offered through the College of Education, Health & Human Sciences. Numbers below 300 are introductory, 300–499 advanced undergraduate, and 500 and above graduate. Prerequisites are enforced at registration.
How the sequence works
Of the 9 CULA courses listed, 3 are introductory (numbers under 300), 3 are advanced undergraduate (300–499). 1 course has no prerequisite and is a reasonable first step. Later courses assume the earlier ones, so read prerequisites before you plan a term — they are enforced at registration and an override from the Culinary Arts department is the only way around them.
CULA 1100 — Culinary Foundations 4 cr
Knife skills, stocks and sauces, cooking methods, mise en place, and kitchen safety and sanitation.
Prerequisite: none.
CULA 1300 — Baking and Pastry Foundations 4 cr
Yeast breads, quick breads, pastry doughs, custards, and basic cakes and their science.
Prerequisite: CULA 1100.
CULA 2100 — Garde Manger 3 cr
Cold kitchen: salads, charcuterie, terrines, canapés, and buffet presentation.
Prerequisite: CULA 1100.
CULA 2300 — World Cuisines 3 cr
Ingredients, techniques, and dishes from major regional cuisines, cooked in rotation.
Prerequisite: CULA 1100.
CULA 2500 — À la Carte Kitchen 4 cr
Running a station in the teaching restaurant — timing, consistency, and plating under service pressure.
Prerequisite: CULA 2100.
CULA 2700 — Advanced Pastry and Confections 3 cr
Laminated doughs, plated desserts, chocolate, and sugar work.
Prerequisite: CULA 1300.
CULA 3100 — Menu Development and Food Cost 3 cr
Menu design, costing, yield testing, purchasing, and pricing for profitability.
Prerequisite: CULA 2300.
CULA 3300 — Kitchen Management and Supervision 3 cr
Scheduling, training, ordering, inventory, and leading a kitchen team.
Prerequisite: CULA 2500.
CULA 4900 — Capstone: Restaurant Operations 4 cr
Students plan and run a full-service concept in the teaching restaurant for a run of service.
Prerequisite: senior standing.
Planning and advising
Your degree audit shows exactly how CULA courses apply to your requirements; this list only shows what is offered. If you are choosing between two courses, deciding when to take a heavy one, or wondering whether a course will run next term, your academic adviser can tell you. Course availability by term is set close to registration and is not guaranteed by anything on this page.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every course, prerequisite, credit value, and department on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real curriculum or a course you can enroll in.