The Career Academy Programs are designed
for students to explore and begin a
career path, while in high school and to
earn college credits toward a degree or
diploma. You'll get hands-on training,
learn in-demand skills, and earn college
credits. There are several exciting
Career Academy programs to choose from.
Do you want to learn to create
world-class dishes? Then, study the
culinary arts at DMACC. Learn to prep,
prepare, and provide first-rate
hospitality in the DMACC Culinary Arts
Career Academy Program. You'll get
hands-on experience in everything from salads
and soups, to entrees and desserts. This
program has taught me not only how to
create a bunch of different foods and
dishes, but to work under pressure. I like
this program, because it's helping me
reach my dream of becoming a chef. My
favorite thing to do in class is prepare
all the food and then eat it. It's a lot
more fulfilling when you actually make
it. After completing the DMACC Culinary
Arts Program students are ready to use
their skills in restaurants, resorts, and
hotels. Or, go on for more training as a
chef or in hospitality management. This
program is great, because it gives
students the opportunity. Once, they
graduate from the program or complete
the program they can go straight to work
and be competitive in the market.
Students who take this course often go
on to the Iowa Culinary Institute at the
Ankeny Campus and once they complete
that they become executive chefs, sous
chefs, kitchen managers. In this program
we have the state-of-the-art equipment
that is used in the industry and the
students get hands-on experience with
that equipment before they go out into
the industry. Then they don't really
have to be retrained on the equipment
once they get out there, because they've
already worked with it in class. On the
first day class we have to teach them
how to properly hold a knife, how to cut
vegetables, how to wash and clean things.
By the time they get to the end of
class they're breaking down chicken
carcasses, they're breaking down meat, and
they're making
several dishes that they didn't think
they can make. The DMACC Culinary Arts
Program is a great foundation for a fun and
exciting future in the world of food.
Participating students have a head start
on enrolling at DMACC after they
graduate from high school, to complete
their education and training. DMACC offers
small class sizes, caring faculty, and
state-of-the-art facilities that provide a
practical education, where Career Academy
students can earn a degree and become
sought after by employers upon
graduation. For more information talk to
your counselor about the DMACC Career
Academy or go to dmacc.edu.
