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Program information

If you’re interested in restaurant management, our Food Service Administration: Restaurant Management AAS degree program will give you the skills you need — from food service to business and human relations — to be successful. Learn in our Rome Campus’ full-service kitchen and dining room, where you'll get hands-on experience in providing service to guests in real-world applications. 

See semester-by-semester degree plan.

Upon completion of the two-year program, students should be competent in all of the following areas:

  • Execution of the correct application of key cooking methods
  • Ability to weigh and measure with accuracy the ingredients needed for their practical exam
  • Ability to work with others in a group to attain a common goal
  • Safe food handling techniques
  • Information literacy in the use of traditional and contemporary information technology, and in identifying, accessing, and appropriately using authoritative sources of information

Transfer options

Graduates have successfully transferred to:

  • Niagara University 
  • SUNY Cobleskill 
  • SUNY Morrisville 

Career opportunities

  • Restaurant manager 
  • Hotel restaurant manager 

Contact us

Vincent Petronio, Dean
Email: vpetronio@mvcc.edu
Phone: 315-792-5497
Office: Payne Hall 344, Utica Campus