The Art Institute of Pittsburgh offers an online Bachelor of Science in hotel and restaurant management. Students at the institute have the assurance of receiving a quality online degree; the school is regionally accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. The degree is designed to prepare students for entry-level careers in catering, management and other diverse careers in the field. The bachelor's degree requires 180 credits for graduation. Students take courses in a variety of fields. Of these, 60 credits are general education requirements and 12 hours are electives; the remainder are required courses in hotel and restaurant management. Some of these include food and beverage operations management, hospitality industry financing, strategic planning and marketing and introduction to foods, cooking and preparation techniques.
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
1400 Penn Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
877-872-8869
aionline.edu
Penn State University offers an online Associate of Science in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management. Penn State University (PSU) is one of the most recognizable names in higher education. The university now offers various online programs through its "World Campus". These programs are fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The degree program requires 64 to 66 credit hours. Of these, 21 are general education requirements and 44 are required courses for the major. Courses of study include areas such as food and safety sanitation, quantity food production analysis, introduction to management in hospitality management and hotel and restaurant merchandising and management.
Penn State World Campus
Pennsylvania State University
128 Outreach Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-5403
worldcampus.psu.edu
The University of Delaware offers an online Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management (HRIM). The school also offers a non-credit certificate program for professionals already working in the industry who may need to fulfill continuing education requirements. The degree program requires 120 credit hours. Of these, 50 hours are required in the HRIM field, while 13-15 of these hours are business courses in accounting, finance and marketing, among others. HRIM courses include areas such as introduction to hospitality information management, food service, quantity food service management, management of food and beverage operations and even a laboratory course in quantity food service management.
Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management
University of Delaware
Raub Hall
14 W. Main St.
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-6077
www.pcs.udel.edu