Banquet and Catering Service Technology Option

Location(s): Harrison County Campus

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(Harrison County Campus)

The Banquet and Catering Service Technology program is an option in the Culinary Arts program. This option offers study in areas of food production, management, and service for fast food operations, quantity food operations, and catering businesses. Emphasis is placed on technical skills in preparing students for entry-level job opportunities in production and management in both commercial and institutional food service settings.

This program leads to an Associate of Applied Science Degree and is preparatory for employment upon graduation from MGCCC. Where a transfer to four-year college or university is desired, a conference should be scheduled with an MGCCC advisor.

All students completing a career or technical program must complete an MGCCC Board-approved Technical Skills Attainment where applicable. Students should see an advisor for further details.

Banquet and Catering Food Service Certificate

Semester One

CUT 1114 - Culinary Principles I Credit(s): 4
CUT 2223 - Menu Planning Credit(s): 3
CUT 2243 - Dining Room Management Credit(s): 3
HRT 1213 - Sanitation and Safety Credit(s): 3
HRT 2613 - Hospitality Supervision Credit(s): 3

Semester Two

CUT 1124 - Culinary Principles II Credit(s): 4
CUT 1613 - Nutrition Credit(s): 3
HRT 1224 - Restaurant and Catering Operations Credit(s): 4
HRT 2233 - Hospitality Cost Control Credit(s): 3

Total Credits: 30

Banquet and Catering Food Service Diploma

Semester Three

Technical Electives Credit(s): 15*

Total Credits: 15

Total Clock Hours: 630

Associate of Applied Science Degree

Semester Four

ENG 1033 - Technical English or ENG 1113 /1114 - English Composition I Credit(s): 3/4
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Credit(s): 3☨
Social/Behavioral Science Elective Credit(s): 3+
Math/Natural Science Elective Credit(s): 3/4#
BAD 2533 - Computer Applications in Business and Industry Credit(s): 3
or CSC 1123 - Computer Applications I

Total Credits: 15/17

Note:

Please refer to “The Credit by Non-Traditional Means ” section of this catalog regarding stipulations for receiving articulated credit.

*Any instructor/school chair approved field related elective.

☨If a student takes a foreign language as the one humanities requirement, that course must be an advanced foreign language that includes the following: Occupational Spanish (MFL 1203), French II (MFL 1123), Spanish II (MFL 1223), Japanese II (MFL 1423), Italian II (MFL 1723), French III (MFL 2113), Spanish III (MFL 2213), Italian III (MFL 2713), French IV (MFL 2123), Spanish IV (2223), or Italian IV (MFL 2723).

+SPT 2173 - Interpersonal Communication is recommended; economics, psychology, sociology, marriage and family, or human growth and development.

#MAT 1033 - Technical Mathematics , MAT 1313 /1314 - College Algebra or Higher; however, MAT 1723 - The Real Number System and MAT 1733 - Geometry, Measurement, and Probability are not applicable or Any Lab Science.