MASTER SYLLABUS

Course number & title:          Business 336    - Food Production I     

Department(s):                       Hotel Restaurant Management

Credit hours:                          3

Prerequisites:                         None

Fees and charges:                  $75

Effective catalog date for this master syllabus:    2006/2007

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1. Catalog description:
The course is designed to teach those with management responsibilities how quality foods are produced.  Additionally, purchasing criteria and guidelines for the major groups of foods purchased by quantity buyers will be discussed.  Topics including all the major food groups, cost implications, and cooking theory will be conducted by lecture format.  Culinary techniques and practical productions concentration will be provided at two-team member stations in a laboratory environment.

2. Course content:

1.      Kitchen Organization

2.      Kitchen Equipment

3.      Menu Design

4.      Recipe Development

5.      Meats, Poultry, Seafood (including convenient products)

6.      Stocks, Soups, Sauces  (including convenient products)

3. Student learning objectives:

1.      To recognize the quality of food products.

2.      To prepare standard basic food items (i.e. sauces, stocks, soups, etc.)

3.      To develop an idea of how to utilize convenient products.

4.      To learn how to use cooking equipment and utensils.

5.      To see the present day possibilities in food preparation and marketing.

6.      To gain an overview of food purchasing.

4. Student assessment criteria:
Menu project, lab tests, lab work, sanitation, and tests

 
5. Additional information (optional):
Text:     On Cooking, 4th edition, by Labensky & Hause, Prentice Hall