Associate degree · Initial professional preparation
Culinary Arts AAS Degree
Austin Community College · Highland Campus, Austin · United States
- Official award
- Associate of Applied Science
- Duration
- two years for full-time students (per program map)
- Delivery
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
Award and recognition
Basic to advanced food preparation, sanitation, dining room service, nutrition, and a capstone and practicum.
- Qualification category
- Associate degree
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- Austin Community College
- Issued by the school
- No: awarded by another body
- On completion
- An Associate of Applied Science degree in Culinary Arts.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Culinary arts
- Entry level
- Beginners welcome
Stated by the schoolSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)Accreditation
Scope: Institutional
Stated by the schoolAccreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)Accreditation
Scope: Culinary Arts program, as stated by the school
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- two years for full-time students (per program map)
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- English
- Credits
- 60 US semester creditCredit systems differ between countries and are not interchangeable.
- Final project or exam
- CHEF-2331 Advanced Food Preparation (capstone)
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Internship and placement
Required internship
An internship or externship is part of the program requirements.
- Student responsibilities
- CHEF-2364 Practicum (or Field Experience)-Culinary Arts/Chef Training
No placement is guaranteed unless the school states so. Restaurant names or logos on a school’s site do not prove a current training partnership.
Admissions
Costs
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Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, funding.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. How verification works.
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