Craft Beverage Management and Quality Assurance (BAS)
Bachelor of Applied Science
(90 credits)
This program is delayed until Fall 2025
Program Description
Combine your interests in science, technology, business, and creativity in a unique way. Distill spirits and craft signature brews in the fast-growing craft beverage industry. Students in our Craft Brewing & Distilling program work alongside experienced local brewers, distillers, and cider makers to learn what it takes to be a part of this field and develop the industry.
The Craft Brewing and Distilling program prepares students to enter industry with an advanced familiarity of the scientific, technological, business, and creative elements that are essential for successful leadership in the craft beverage industry. This degree focuses deeply on the technical, business, and analytical skills necessary to manage or establish a successful brewery, cidery, distillery, or other craft beverage enterprise. Students learn how businesses are established and grown, products are developed from concept to glass, and how to test commercial beverages for quality using industry accepted analytical instrumentation and techniques.
Career Opportunities
Craft Brewer
Distiller
Production Manager
Brewery Owner
South Puget Sound Community College believes that all students need to develop a broad range of abilities that will not only make them more effective in their professional pursuits but will enhance their capacity to relate well to others in their daily lives.
At the completion of the Craft Brewing & Distilling Program, the successful student will be able to:
Recognize and adapt interpersonal behaviors, written communication, and oral communication styles to effectively collaborate in a multicultural world
Work within and adhere to a complex regulatory environment related to the brewing, distilling, and cider making industry
Demonstrate creativity and innovation in business practices related to brewing, distilling, and cider making
Examine and implement ethical environmentally responsible business practices related to product sourcing and production
Create and market craft beverages that appeal to a diverse multicultural audience
The SPSCC college-wide abilities are embedded into each program:
Effective Communication
Information Literacy
Analytical Reasoning
Multicultural Awareness
Social Responsibility
Students transferring into this program must have completed a two-year degree such as:
The AAS-T from SPSCC in Craft Brewing and Distilling,
A technical Associate degree in a related program such as viticulture or brewing,
A technical Associate degree in Business Administration /an Associate in Business-DTA
Students without microbiology or equivalent will have to complete CBD207 in Q1 as a pre-req for CBD 312.
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Students without general chemistry or equivalent will have to complete CBD205 in Q2 as a pre-req for CBD 313.
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Students without relevant equipment experience or equivalent will have to complete CBD115 in Q3 as a pre-req for CBD 315.
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Students who choose to take 1cr of Cooperative Work Experiencein Q4 may need to take additional credits to meet the 90cr minimum for the BAS degree.
In this case, students should CHOOSE one course (5cr) from the following list to complete in Q5 or Q6 (or earlier):BUS220, BUS260, or POLS&203.
As an alternative, students can opt to complete additionalcredits in Cooperative Work Experience (up to 3cr total).
South Puget Sound Community College has provided pathways and associated recommended courses for ease of student selection based upon a student’s career interest. Please review the pathway maps for required and recommended courses.
