Posted by Karlo R. Pabon on July 24, 1998 at 13:10:36:
I wanna be a Chef. I had been evaluating the Food & Hospitality Services program from El Centro College in Dallas TX. I would like to have some feedback about the college and their program. But the most important question is: Does their Food & Hospitality Serv. program suitable for starting my career? Any feed back would be helpful. THANK YOU!!!
This is what they offer:
FOOD AND HOSPITALITY SERVICE (2yrs program)
(El Centro College - Dallas, TX -URL: http://www.ecc.dcccd.edu/)
Associate Degree
The Food and Hospitality Service Program trains students to assume responsible positions in the
Food Hospitality industry. Courses are designed to cover the various operational functions of
restaurants, clubs, cafeterias, coffee shops and other types of hospitality service.
CREDIT
SEMESTER I HOURS
FHSV 1370 Principles of Food & Beverage
Administration* OR
FHSV 1372 Organization and Management* OR
FHSV 1374 Principles of Hotel Administration 3
FHSV 1376 Food Service Equipment 3
FHSV 1377 Basic Food Preparation 3
FHSV 1379 Food Service Sanitation and Safety 3
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3
MATH 1371 Business Mathematics 3
18
SEMESTER II
FHSV 1371 Dining Room Service Management 3
FHSV 1375 Supervision for Hospitality Services 3
FHSV 1378 Advanced Food Preparation 3
FHSV 1380 Food Purchasing, Handling & Storage 3
FHSV 1381 Nutrition and Menu Planning 3
SPCH 1311 Introduction to Speech Communication 3
18
SEMESTER III
FHSV 2470 Quantity Food Preparation and Service 4
FHSV 2374 Food Marketing** OR
FHSV 2379 Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics** OR
FHSV 2380 Child Nutrition OR
FHSV 2372 Hotel-Motel Sales Development** 3
FHSV 7471 Cooperative Work Experience 4
++Elective Humanities/Fine Arts 3
+++Elective Natural Science 3
17
SEMESTER IV
FHSV 1382 Food Service Cost Control 3
FHSV 2471 Advanced Quantity Food Preparation and Service 4
FHSV 7472 Cooperative Work Experience
PSYC 1370 Applied Psychology and Human Relations OR 4
PSYC 2301 Introduction to Psychology 3
+Elective 3
17
Minimum Hours Required 70
+Electives--must be selected from the following:
FHSV 1373 Front Office Procedures 3
FHSV 1383 Elementary Bakery Training 3
FHSV 1385 Bakery Operations and Management 3
FHSV 2170 Hotel-Restaurant-Institution-Special Topics 1
FHSV 2270 Hotel-Restaurant-Institution-Special Topics 2
FHSV 2370 Hotel-Restaurant-Institution-Special Topics 3
FHSV 2371 Hotel-Restaurant-Institution-Special Topics 3
FHSV 2373 Hotel-Motel Law 3
FHSV 2374 Food Marketing 3
FHSV 2375 Garde-Manger Training 3
FHSV 2376 Saucier Training 3
FHSV 2377 Advanced Pastry Shop Training 3
FHSV 2378 Beverage Operations and Service 3
FHSV 2379 Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics 3
ACCT 2301 Principles of Accounting I OR 3
ACCT 2401 Principles of Accounting I 4
BUSI 2301 Business Law 3
ECON 1303 Economics of Contemporary Social Issues 3
ECON 2301 Principles of Economics I 3