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Get a jump on your Culinary Arts training and education before your graduate, for free! Earn up to 16 college credits in this Career Academy. Study baking, safety and sanitation, food prep, and more. You will leave high school with two internships under your belt, too. After you graduate, keep working toward your EICC Culinary Arts Certificate, Diploma, or AAS degree.

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Clinton and Muscatine Community College

Term 1 - Fall, 7 credits

HCM:100 Sanitation and Safety (ServSafe Certificate), 2 credits
HCM:154 Basic Food Prep, 2 credits
HCM:180 Food Fundamentals, 2 credits
HCM:932 Internship, 1 credits

Term 2 - Spring, 7 credits

HCM:116 Fundamentals of Baking, 3 credits
HCM:265 Mathematics for Hospitality, 3 credits
HCM:932 Internship, 1 credit

Term 3 - Summer, 5 credits

CSC:110 Introduction to Computers, 3 credits
Award: Culinary Arts Certificate (16 credits)
HCM:932 Internship, 3 credits

Term 4 - Fall, 16 credits

HCM:155 Garde Manger, 3 credits
HCM:156 Intermediate Food Prep, 3 credits
HCM:233 Menu Planning and Nutrition, 3 credits
HCM:530 Culinary Capstone, 1 credit
HCM:932 Internship, 3 credits
SPC:112 Public Speaking, 3 credits

Award: Culinary Arts Diploma (32 credits)

Term 5 - Spring, 13 credits

HCM:160 Advanced Food Preparation, 3 credits
HCM:199 Batch Cooking, 2 credits
HCM:200 Dining Service, 2 credits
HCM:301 Beverage Control, 3 credits
HCM:353 Menu and Profit Engineering, 3 credits

Term 6 - Fall, 13 credits

HCM:212 Industry Management, 3 credits
HCM:932 Internship, 2 credits
HUM:105 Working in America, 3 credits
MKT:181 Customer Service Strategies, 2 credits
PSY:213 Industrial Psychology OR SOC:110 Intro to Sociology, 3 credits

Award: Culinary Arts AAS degree (62 credits)

Scott Community College

Term 1 - Fall, Spring, Junior Year of high school, 6 credits

CSC:110 Introduction to Computers, 3 credits
HCM:116 Fundamentals of Baking, 3 credits

Term 2 - Dav T1, Senior Year of high school, 5 credits

HCM:100 Sanitation and Safety (ServSafe Certificate), 2 credits
HCM:265 Mathematics for Hospitality, 3 credits

Term 3 - Dav T2, Senior Year of high school, 2 credits

HCM:180 Food Fundamentals, 2 credits

Term 4 - Dav T3, Senior Year of high school, 2 credits

HCM:154 Basic Food Prep, 2 credits

Taken During One of the Senior Year Terms, 1 credit

HCM:932 Internship, 1 credit

Award: Culinary Arts Certificate, 16 credits

Term 1 - Spring, Junior Year of high school, 5 credits

CSC:110 Introduction to Computers, 3 credits
HCM:100 Sanitation and Safety (ServSafe Certificate), 2 credits

Term 2 - Fall, Senior Year of high school, 4 credits

HCM:154 Basic Food Prep, 2 credits
HCM:180 Food Fundamentals, 2 credits

Term 3 - Spring, Senior Year of high school, 6 credits

HCM:116 Fundamentals of Baking, 3 credits
HCM:265 Mathematics for Hospitality, 3 credits

Taken Either Fall or Spring of Senior Year (Fridays), 1 credit

HCM:932 Internship, 1 credit

Award: Culinary Arts Certificate, 16 credits

Summer Term - 3 credits

HCM:932 Internship, 3 credits

Fall Term - 16 credits

HCM:155 Garde Manger, 3 credits
HCM:156 Intermediate Food Prep, 3 credits
HCM:233 Menu Planning and Nutrition, 3 credits
HCM:530 Culinary Capstone, 1 credit
HCM:932 Internship, 3 credits
SPC:112 Public Speaking, 3 credits

Award: Culinary Arts Diploma (32 credits)

Spring Term - 13 credits

HCM:160 Advanced Food Preparation, 3 credits
HCM:199 Batch Cooking, 2 credits
HCM:200 Dining Service, 2 credits
HCM:301 Beverage Control, 3 credits
HCM:353 Menu and Profit Engineering, 3 credits

Fall Term - 13 credits

HCM:212 Industry Management, 3 credits
HCM:932 Internship, 2 credits
HUM:105 Working in America, 3 credits
MKT:181 Customer Service Strategies, 2 credits
PSY:213 Industrial Psychology OR SOC:110 Intro to Sociology, 3 credits

Award: Culinary Arts AAS degree (62 credits)

Your Career in Culinary Arts

Do more than cook and bake at home. Become a chef and start feeding the world. With your EICC training, you can have a fast-paced and creative career. Work in restaurants, schools, hotels, cafeterias – wherever food is made!

"EICC’s Career Academies allow students to build workplace skills, set career goals, and make the transition from high school to college smooth."

Emersyn Keefer, Culinary Arts Career Academy, Business Professional, AAS Degree

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Concurrent Advisors

Joe Shovlain

Concurrent Advisor
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Advises High School Concurrent: Clinton, Career Academies

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College & Career Transition Counselors/Coaches

Holly Hansen

College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
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563-441-4004
Serves Cal-Wheat and DeWitt Central High Schools

Lorene McLaughlin

College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
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563-244-7192
Serves Bellevue and Maquoketa High Schools

Marla Schultz

College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
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563-244-7131
Serves Clinton and Easton Valley High Schools

Concurrent Advisors

Anabelia Calderon-Flores

Concurrent Advisor
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563-288-6035
Advises Durant and Muscatine High Schools

College & Career Transition Counselors/Coaches

Mikayla Cardenas

College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
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Serves Muscatine High School

Patricia Madden

College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
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Serves Durant and North Scott High Schools

Theresa Putnam Genz

College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
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Serves Columbus Junction and Louisa-Muscatine High Schools

Sara Schnepper

College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
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Serves Wilton and West Liberty High Schools

Concurrent Advisors

Molly Gleason

Concurrent Advisor
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563-336-5241
Advises Assumption, Davenport Central and Davenport North High Schools

Lori Perez

Concurrent Advisor
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563-441-4057
Advises Davenport West and North Scott High Schools

Jill Spengler

Concurrent Advisor
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563-441-4137
Advises Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley High Schools

College & Career Transition Counselors/Coaches

Patricia Madden

College & Career Transition Counselor/Coach
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Serves North Scott High School