Facilities
Baking & Pastry Arts Lab
Put your techniques to the test in our expansive lab—outfitted with world-class equipment like the MIWE Condo four-deck oven with integrated loader.
Baking & Pastry Arts
Associate of Applied Science Degree (A.A.S.)
About this program
Breathtaking wedding cakes expertly decorated and ready to steal the show. Rich and stunning pastries baked to perfection. At Penn College, we take pride in the craft. To bake is to create. To design something inspired. We perfect skills and master methods. Understand theory and apply it in practice. Technique is topped off with leadership lessons and the know-how to manage a bakery of your own.
Careers
- Head baker
- Pastry chef
- Bakery entrepreneur
- Bakery operations manager
- Mid-level positions in baking & candy making
Courses
At Penn College, we believe your educational experience should go beyond specialized skills. Real-world ready means taking a broader approach that builds communication skills, inspires collaboration, and encourages exploration of arts, history, and science.
Specialization requires in-depth knowledge and high-level proficiency. Students learn and apply major-specific concepts, skills, and methods.
- Purchasing (FHD117)
- Sanitation (FHD118)
- Introductory Baking (FHD137)
- Cakes and Decorations (FHD138)
- Professional Bakery Production (FHD214)
- Foundations of Professional Cooking (FHD101)
- Careers in Hospitality (FHD104)
- Menu Planning and Cost Control (FHD125)
- Cake Decorating II (FHD264) or
- Introduction to the Modernist Kitchen (FHD151)
- Nutrition Application (FHD116)
- Principles of Chocolate Works (FHD141)
- Facilities Planning (FHD268)
- Classical and Specialty Dessert Presentation (FHD270)
- European Cakes and Pastries (FHD288)
- Baking and Pastry Arts Internship (FHD279)
- Directed Baking Business Elective (BKB)
- Bakery Operations and Product Development (FHD326)
- Grand Pastry Display (FHD290)
- Customer Service and Retail Baking Operations (FHD327)
- Advanced Breads (FHD215)
Perspectives are points of view, offering a variety of ways of understanding, interacting, and influencing the world. Students identify, explain, and utilize the approaches used by academics and professionals to study, analyze, or understand problems, and offer solutions.
Facilities
Le Jeune Patisser at the Market
Develop products from conception to the final sale in the Advanced Baking & Pastry Operations class. Students create items from their menu, then sell their products at Le Jeune Patisser at the Market - a small retail space on campus, open to the public.
Student Experience
"Penn College offers so many opportunities I wouldn’t be able to get anywhere else! How many people can say they went to the Kentucky Derby to work every year with the support of their college and professors?!"
Gloria Boronow
Baking & Pastry Arts
Industry Partners
Work with experts to become an expert
Penn College's strong partnerships impact every step of your journey – from your first day in the classroom and labs, to career placement (oftentimes before graduation) and beyond.
Related Programs
Follow your passion
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Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.)
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Associate of Applied Science Degree (A.A.S.)
Student Life
Lead and put your skills to the test
American Culinary Federation
This national organization promotes the image of American chefs. Students are encouraged to join and obtain their ACF certification. Graduates of this program who maintain an active Junior membership in the local ACF chapter are eligible to certify as a Certified Culinarian for free.
Student Organizations at Penn College
Your college experience is about more than the classroom. Join one of 65+ clubs and organizations, or create your own.
News
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Study Abroad
Gain global experience
See the world via Williamsport. Take your education abroad and get hands-on experience learning about your industry on a global scale.
Internship
Your knowledge in practice
Show them what you've got. Internship experiences allow students to get a taste of career opportunities before they graduate. In fact, many lead to job offers!
Student Experience
The community as their classroom
Beyond the classroom
There’s more to learning than lectures and labs. Opportunities like the Kentucky Derby are one of the many ways that our students bring learning to life.
More Information
Dress Code: Professionalism is the signature of this degree, and is the expectation for performance and appearance. Uniform and personal appearance standards are strictly enforced. Students are required to be clean-shaven (neat mustache above the lip is allowed), have properly contained hair (top of ear and back of collar for men; tied up and under hat for women, utilizing a net if necessary - no protruding bangs). In labs, no excessive makeup and no jewelry are allowed, including rings, watches and earrings or visible piercings of any style.
Students transferring from associate degree programs at Penn College or another college will have their transcripts evaluated by Penn College officials prior to acceptance in the major.
Alternative Credit refers to academic credits earned through means other than traditional college course completion, including: credit by exam, articulation, proof of competency gained in high school, work/life experience, and advanced placement.
Visit the Alternative Credit Options page in our Course Catalog for general requirements and procedures and for information on credit through Advanced Placement.
View the Baking & Pastry Arts Tool List & Uniform Policy
Uniforms and tools are available for purchase through The College Store.
- Mr. Daniel R Dalton, Three Rivers Program Manager, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
- Mr. Francis A Daniele, Chef/Owner, Joanna's Italian Bakery
- Ms. Diane L Dorner, '79, District Supervisor, Carrols Corporation
- Mr. James M Fry
- Mr. Drew Kendall, Chef, Wegmans
- Mr. Chris Kowalewski, Chief Growth Officer & Senior VP of Sales, Compass Group North America
- Ms. Samantha Liedtka-Gundlach, '10, Owner, Samantha's Kitchen
- Mr. George Logue, III, '10, Co-owner/Chef, Herman & Luther's
- Ms. Erin Oggier, '06, Executive Chef, Brock & Company
- Mr. Kristan T Patterson, Chief Artisan Baker, Penn State University Bakery
- Mr. Gary R Rice, President/Owner, Rice's Food Equipment & Consulting, Inc.
- Mr. Joseph A Wisniewski, '92
Contact
Coordinator of Admissions Operations
Sarah Yoder
SASC, Rm. 1072
800.367.9222 ext. 7338
sshott@pct.edu