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Culinary Arts General Education Requirements

Below are the courses you will choose from for the General Education Requirements for the Culinary Arts, A.A.S. degree. If you are pursuing a CTS instead, you do not need any of the below to complete those programs.

The following are approvated Fine Arts, Humanities, Social and Behavioral Science, and Natural Science courses that meet program requirements for a degree. Courses used to fulfill General Education requirements do not narrowly focus on those skills, techniques, and procedures specific to a particular occupation or profession; rather these courses provide a broad-based foundation in the subject area. Students may not use a course in their major to fulfill their General Education Requirements

English
  • ENGL 101 - English Composition I OR
  • ENGL 110 - Intensive English Composition I

Please note: Entering Culinary Arts, A.A.S students must be taking, have already taken or eligible to take ENGL 101 or ENGL 110 to be admitted to the program.

Math
  • MATH 120 - Contemporary Math OR
  • MATH 128 - Applied Algebra OR
  • MATH 130 - College Algebra

Please note: MATH 120 - Contemporary Math will satisfy Delgado's Math graduation requirement but will not transfer towards a four-year degree. MATH 130 - College Algebra will satisfy Delgado's graduation requirements and may transfer to a four-year degree.

Humanities

Courses to fulfill the general education requirements in humanities must be selected from the following:

  • ARCH 180 - History and Theory of Architecture
  • ASLS 101 - American Sign Language I
  • ENGL 205 - Introduction to Fiction
  • ENGL 206 - Introduction to Poetry and Drama
  • ENGL 211 - American Literature I
  • ENGL 212 - American Literature II
  • ENGL 221 - British Literature I
  • ENGL 222 - British Literature II
  • ENGL 240-241 - Current Topics in Literature
  • ENGL 243 - Ethnic Literature
  • ENGL 244 - African-American Literature
  • ENGL 253 - The Bible as Literature
  • FREN - Any French course with FREN prefix
  • HIST - Any HIST Course
  • HUMA 105 - Humanities Through the Arts
  • HUMA 150 - Structure of Western Thought: Ancient Greece
  • HUMA 201 - Humanities: An Introduction
  • HUMA 220 - Modernism in the Arts
  • HUMA 260 - Activism and Change
  • PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL 175 - Introduction to Ethics
  • SPAN - Any Spanish course with SPAN prefix
  • SPCH 130 - Fundamentals of Communication
  • SPCH 230 - Public Speaking
Natural Sciences

Courses to fulfill the general education requirements in natural science must be selected from the following:

  • BIOL - Any biology course with BIOL prefix except BIOL 072, 095, 114, 161, and 163
  • CHEM - Any chemistry course with CHEM prefix
  • GEOL - Any geology course with GEOL prefix
  • PHYS - Any physics course with PHYS prefix except PHYS 105
  • SCIE - Any physical science course except SCIE 202
Social/Behavioral Sciences

Courses to fulfill the general education requirements in social science must select from the following:

  • ANTH - Any anthropology or geography course with ANTH prefix
  • ECON 201 - Macroeconomics
  • ECON 202 - Microeconomics
  • POLI 180 - Introduction to American Government
  • PSYC - Any psychology course with PSYC prefix except PSYC 290
  • SOCI 151 - Introduction to Sociology
  • SOCI 155 - Social Problems
  • SOCI 250 - Studies in Cultural Diversity
  • SOCI 255 - Marriage and the Family
  • SOCI 257 - Social Gerontology: Aging and the Life Cycle