BAS in Culinary Science and Food Service Management
Combine the art and science of food with a culinary science degree and Culinology® certification program at TWU.
Program features
- Combines with your associate of applied sciences in culinary arts for degree completion in little as two years, or 120 credit hours*
- High quality, affordable education and career preparation
- Apply your culinary knowledge to nutrition, food science and research methods
- Personalize your degree program with upper-level course electives that target your desired certification as either a research chef or culinary scientist
- Created in collaboration with community colleges and culinary schools to fulfill the growing demand for research chefs and culinary scientists
- Small classes with accessible, knowledgeable and supportive faculty, including flavor scientists and an emulsion chemist
- Classes take place on TWU’s Denton campus
*Individual requirements may vary.
Why Culinary Science and Food Service Management at TWU?
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The only school that seemed to accommodate everything that I wanted to do was TWU. By graduation, I was already working at the job I wanted to be at… a position I had always dreamed of.
Culinary science careers
Earning your Culinary Science and Food Service Management degree and Culinology® certification at TWU allows you to enter the ever-changing food product development and manufacturing industries at a level above your peers. Culinary science careers include:
- Executive chef, research chef or chef scientist
- Food service administrator in hospitals or schools
- Food service manager
- Business owner/entrepreneur
Salaries in these professions vary widely. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median income for food scientists is $82,090
You also have the option of continuing your education and boosting your future earning potential with a TWU graduate degree in nutrition, exercise and sports nutrition or food science and flavor chemistry.
Culinary Science degree requirements
As a full-time student, you can complete the 120 required semester credit hours in just two years with:
- 42 hours of Texas core curriculum, which can be transferred from previous programs or community colleges
- 29 hours required for the culinary science and food service management major
- 26 hours of other required courses and electives
A full list of courses and requirements are available in the course catalog.
Admission requirements
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