HRIM 329 SP15 - Tentative Course Outline
DATE

TOPIC
READING & ASSIGNMENT
(Read before class on specified date)

RE
JAN 12

Syllabus, Intro to Class & Course

In class – identify partners
JAN 14

Intro to the Food Service Industry
MYSTERY SHOPPER PROJECT

GISSLEN CH.1

JAN 16

Intro (cont.), History and Trends
ANGEL (Restaurant and Organization websites)
JAN 19

Martin Luther King Day: NO CLASS

Do a good deed today!
JAN 21

Trends, Menu Intro, and Guest Service
Mystery Shopper Project due
GISSLEN CH4, Pg 59-67, 86-87
ANGEL (resources)
JAN 23

Menu as a Control Tool and Menu Planning
CYCLE MENU PROJECT
GISSLEN, CH. 5 (review)
DOPSON CH. 6, Pgs. 236-242

JAN 26

Menu Writing and Menu Psychology/Layout
STATIC MENU PROJECT
ANGEL (articles and links)
JAN 28

Cycle Menu Writing Workshop
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE
Cycle Menu DRAFT due
JAN 30

Cycle Menu (final version) Project due
(peer review and one more revision opportunity)

MANDATORY ATTENDANCE

FEB 2

HM Alum – Guest Speaker
Revenue and Expense (skills practice)

MANDATORY ATTENDANCE
DOPSON CH.1

FEB 4

Static Menu Writing Workshop (review ANGEL articles)
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE
Static Menu DRAFT due

FEB 6

NO CLASS: Work with partners on menu project

FEB 9

Sales History/Forecasting /Review for Exam

DOPSON Ch. 2 &
ANGEL practice quiz
FEB 11

EXAM 1

FEB 13

Basics at a Glance/Equipment – Large and Small

GISSLEN CHAPTER 3
Basics at A Glance (ANGEL)

FEB 16

Equip (cont.) & Basic Cooking Principles (review and study on your own)

GISSLEN CHAPTER 6

FEB 18

Mise En Place & Standardized Recipes
B@G Quiz (in class)/Static menu (final) Project due
GISSLEN CHAPTER 7, CH 4, pgs 68-75
DOPSON, CH 3, pgs 59-63

FEB 20

Recipe Conversions & RECIPE PROJECT intro

GISSLEN, CH 4, pgs 75-81
Handout
FEB 23

Gisslen Software Demo/Recipe Homework
(Last Name: A-L* in 118 Mateer, M-Z in Rm 11)

MANDATORY ATTENDANCE*
CulinarE Companion Recipe Software
FEB 25

Gisslen Software Demo/Recipe Homework
(Last Name: M-Z* in 118 Mateer, A-L in Rm 11)
Cooking Principles ANGEL Quiz due (11:55pm)
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE*
CulinarE Companion Recipe Software
FEB 27

Recipe Writing Workshop
Recipe Software Homework (from lab) due
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE
Recipe DRAFT due

MAR 2

Guest Speaker – Beth Stephens
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE

MAR 4

Managing The Cost Of Food
Recipe Project (fish or lasagne) due

DOPSON CH 3, pgs 64-131
DOPSON CH 5, pgs 177-197
DOPSON CH 9, pgs 383-385
Handouts
MAR 6

Managing The Cost Of Food (cont.)

MAR 9-13

Spring Break

MAR 16

Catch-up/Review for Exam

ANGEL practice quiz
MAR 18

EXAM 2

MAR 20

Managing Costs & the F&B Production Process
Begin Cost Control Summary Homework

DOPSON, CH 5, pgs 197-235
GISSLEN, CH 4 Pgs 81-89

MAR 23

Purchasing and Cost Calculations: EP/AP/Yield % and Intro to Book of Yields (packet)

MANDATORY ATTENDANCE
BOOK OF YIELDS (Intro pgs.)

MAR 25

Recipe Costing (Beef and Broccoli)
In class Costing/Pricing