Culinary Arts College Degree Online
The first question that comes to mind is: Is getting a
culinary arts college degree online even feasible? How do you learn to cook via the computer? That's a great question. Obviously there are limitations to what courses you can take when considering a
culinary arts degree online. Individuals who already have hands-on lab experience from achieving an associates degree in a culinary school would be the prime candidates for getting a second, perhaps bachelor's level culinary arts degree online.
Culinary arts college degrees require much more than just cooking. According to an article by Jennifer Croley written in "Online Education in Culinary Arts", January 7, 2006, "Culinary arts management is about the business and logistics of food. Business topics relevant to restaurant management and the hospitality industry are integral parts of a
culinary arts management program and are easily adaptable to online education. As with traditional programs, online students have deadlines, but programs don’t revolve around set class times. This offers students more flexibility on accessing lectures and working on assignments. . . Earning a bachelor’s degree in culinary arts is a fairly new phenomenon. Even the world famous Le Cordon Bleu Institute does not offer a degree program. Chef Odette Smith, an instructor for The Art Institute Online, notes that “until recently, the only degree programs widely available to chefs were associate’s programs. Now that bachelor’s programs are becoming more available, the educational standard is being raised.”
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What is involved in getting a
culinary arts college degree online? First, you must consider whether an online school is something that would suit you personally. Deciding to take courses online requires a different type of discipline simply because you must dedicate specific time set aside on a regular basis to spend while you may have various types of other activities going on around you, ie children running in and out, phone calls, laundry, etc. You will need to be disciplined enough to pretend that you are actually in a classroom so you can work. You will use the internet to get and give the information you need whether it be accessing lectures, submitting your assignments, getting feedback from the professors, interacting in online group discussions, accessing your grades and communicating with instructors via email. If you need to, your instructors should be available via phone as well. You will need a computer, an internet connection and, although not required, a high speed internet connection is recommended. If you are the kind of person who is easily distracted then getting a culinary arts degree online won't be for you. If you can set aside the time you need without distraction, getting a degree online is convenient and saves time and money in the long run.
So what colleges offer a
culinary arts degree online? Here are a few we could find as a result of our research that do. All you need to do is visit their sites and apply online, or, if you don't like the automated sites where you really can't find out very much information and are required to enter your own personal information for having an admissions rep contact you, go to your favorite search engine and type in the schools name and location and look for the direct url to their website. That is where you will find the most information on each school of interest.
Culinary Arts College Degrees online are offered by the following schools. The Art Institute Online offers a Bachelor’s Completion Program and they can be contacted: 210 Sixth Ave. 32nd Floor - Admissions Dept. Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2598 1.888.624.0300 ; the Professional Career Development Institute offers a Gourmet Cooking & Catering Diploma: 430 Technology Parkway, Norcross, Georgia 30092 1.800.417.2407; and Virginia College offers a Bachelor’s Completion Program and their phone number for admissions is: 877.429.2433, Birmingham, Alabama.
