HC 239 - Bake Shop/Field Experience

Credit Hours: 4

This course is conducted in local retail bake shops, restaurants, and commissaries in the Western New York area. It is planned for students who have completed the first-semester coursework in their program. The course instructors assign the student an operation. They meet with a representative of their assigned operation to discuss their career goals and set up a field experience schedule.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

experience various assigned baking and service duties in a commercial bake shop or other operation;
experience and practice preparation and production control systems;
develop and improve communication skills; build positive relationships with staff;
collaboratively solve problems specific to the operation; and
apply the fundamentals of baking in a commercial setting.

Prerequisites: HC 130
Corequisites: HC 237
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