Food and Beverage Management Certificate

The food and beverage management certificate program is a one-year program that students can complete in two semesters. Designed to give students basic skills hospitality industry employers are seeking for entry-level positions, the program includes an internship, which allows the student to gain actual experience with local employers.

(Major Code 4840; CIP Code 12.0504)

Hospitality Management

Career Certificate

First Semester

ENGL 121  Composition I*.......................................3
          Prerequisite: ENGL 106 or appropriate placement
          test score or EAP 113 and EAP 117
HMGT 120  Food Service Sanitation..............................1
HMGT 121  Perspectives of Hospitality Management...............3
HMGT 123  Professional Cooking I*..............................3
          Prerequisite or corequisite: HMGT 120
HMGT 128  Supervisory Management...............................3
MATH 120  Business Mathematics*................................3
          Prerequisite: MATH 111 with a grade of "C" or higher
          or appropriate score on the math assessment test
          Total Semester Credit Hours.........................16

Second Semester

HMGT 230  Professional Cooking II*.............................3
          Prerequisites: HMGT 120 and HMGT 123
HMGT 126  Food Management*.....................................4
          Prerequisites: HMGT 123 and  HGMT 230
          and HMGT 277 and
          admission to the hospitality management program
          NOTE:  HMGT 126 requires prerequisite override for
          the certificate only.
HMGT 271  Seminar in Hospitality Management: Purchasing........3
HMGT 273  Hospitality Cost Accounting*.........................3
          Prerequisites: MATH 120 or higher and HMGT 121
HMGT 275  Seminar in Hospitality Management: Internship*.......3
          Prerequisite: Admission to the hospitality management
          program
          Total Semester Credit Hours.........................16
          TOTAL PROGRM CREDIT HOURS...........................32
*Prerequisite/Corequisite required