Culinary Arts

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• Culinary Arts AAS
• Culinary Arts Diploma
• Pastry and Baking Certificate
• Culinary Entrepreneurship Certificate

General Education/MnTC Requirements
The Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) is the general education curriculum for the Minnesota State system. Choose MnTC courses according to the requirements listed on your Program Requirements Guide. Refer to the MnTC course list for each Goal Area:

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC)
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Textbook and Supply Costs
Students should expect to spend approximately $1,300.00 for books, uniforms, and culinary supplies. This cost is in addition to the cost of tuition and fees.​​

• Hotel and restaurants
• Resorts and private clubs
• Catering and corporate dining
• Government, school facilities and health care facilities

• Bon Appetit
• Radisson Hotels & Resorts
• The Saint Paul Hotel
• Lund Food Holdings, Inc.
• Lake Elmo Inn
• Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant
• Sysco Foods
• Minneapolis Hilton Towers​

​Saint Paul College has transfer articulation agreements between the following program and post-secondary institutions for the baccalaureate degree programs listed below. 

For more information please go to ​www.saintpaul.edu/Transfer.​​

Culinary Arts AAS Degree

• ​BA Individualized Studies, Metropolitan State University
• BS Culinology, Southwest Minnesota State University