Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management (HRIM) option
PROFESSOR HUBERT B. VAN HOOF, Head of the Department
This major helps provide preparation for management positions in hotels, restaurants, institutions, and other hospitality organizations. The program is designed to give the student a broad general education and a strong management and problem-solving orientation balanced with the requisite technical skills, all of them essential for career progression to upper-management positions in the hospitality professions. The program also helps prepare students for graduate study.
HOTEL, RESTAURANT, AND INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT OPTION: This option helps prepare students for management positions in any segment of the hospitality industry, including hotels, restaurants, institutional or non-commercial operations, clubs, resorts, and casinos. The management focus helps provide students with the analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills necessary to effectively function as hospitality professionals.
MANAGEMENT DIETETICS OPTION: This option helps prepare graduates for general management positions within the food services operated by or for medical organizations, health and life care facilities, college feeding, governmental agencies, and community feeding programs. The management dietitian is qualified to solve both nutrition and food service problems. Graduates may also choose to work in the management of commercial food service operations. Together with the necessary clinical experience, the option satisfies the eligibility requirements for membership in the American Dietetic Association.
The B.S. degree program consists of two options: (1) Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management and (2) Management Dietetics. A minimum of 120 credits is required for the B.S. degree with the HRIM option; a minimum of 128 credits is required for the B.S. degree with the Management Dietetics option.
Curriculum
Scheduling Recommendation by Semester Standing given like (Sem: 1-2
GENERAL EDUCATION: 45 credits
(10-22 of these 45 credits are included in the REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR)
(See description of General Education in front of Bulletin.)
FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR:
(Included in ELECTIVES or GENERAL EDUCATION course selection)
UNITED STATES CULTURES AND INTERNATIONAL CULTURES:
(Included in ELECTIVES or GENERAL EDUCATION course selection)
WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM:
(Included in REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR)
ELECTIVES: 0-10 credits
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR: 75.5 - 102 credits
[1]
(For the HRIM option, this includes 10.5 credits of General Education
courses: 6 credits of GQ courses; 3 credits of GS courses; 1.5 credit
of GHA courses. For the Management Dietetics option, this includes
22 credits of General Education courses: 6 credits of GQ courses;
7 credits of GN courses; 6 credits of GS courses; 3 credits of GHA
courses.)
COMMON REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR (ALL OPTIONS): 56 credits
PRESCRIBED COURSES (53 credits)
CMPSC 203 GQ(4), MKTG 221(3), STAT 200 GQ(4) (Sem: 1-4), HRIM 201(3),
HRIM 202(1), HRIM 271(2), HRIM 329(3), HRIM 330(2), HRIM 335(3),
HRIM 336(3), HRIM 350(3), HRIM 365 IL(3), HRIM 380(3), HRIM 430(3),
HRIM 435(3), HRIM 442(3), HRIM 466 US(3), HRIM 490W(3), HRIM 492(1)
(Sem: 5-8)
ADDITIONAL COURSES (3 credits)
ECON 002 GS(3) or ECON 014 GS(3) (Sem: 1-4)
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OPTION: 22.5 credits
HOTEL, RESTAURANT, AND INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT OPTION: (22.5 credits)
PRESCRIBED COURSES (10.5 credits)
HRIM 405(3), HRIM 480(3), NUTR 100 GHA(1.5), NUTR 119(3) (Sem: 5-6)
SUPPORTING COURSES AND RELATED AREAS: (12 credits)
Select 12 credits of HRIM courses from an approved department list,
up to 4 credits of any foreign language, and other courses in consultation
with an advisor.
MANAGEMENT DIETETICS OPTION: (46 credits)
PRESCRIBED COURSES (43 credits)
B M B 211(3), BIOL 141 GN(3), CHEM 110 GN(3), CHEM 202(3), MICRB
106 GN(3), MICRB 107 GN(1) (Sem: 3-4), NUTR 120(3), NUTR 251
GHA(3), NUTR 358(2), NUTR 360(3), NUTR 370(1), NUTR 400(1), NUTR
445(3), NUTR 446(3), NUTR 452(3), NUTR 453(3), NUTR 456(2) (Sem: 5-8)
ADDITIONAL COURSE (3 credits)
PSYCH 100 GS(3) or SOC 001 GS(3) (Sem: 1-4)
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[1] A student enrolled in this major must receive a grade of C or better, as specified
in Senate Policy 82-44.
For more in-depth information on the curriculum coursework, go to: http://www.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/$hhmenu.htm. Then click on “Majors & Minors”, then “Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management.
For a Description of Courses, go to: http://www.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/$crmenu.htm and scroll down to Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management Courses.
Recommended Academic Plans
Semester-by-semester academic plans recommend, in table form, the courses students might schedule each semester as they pursue a particular degree. These tables serve several University purposes and assist multiple constituencies: students, advisers, departments, deans, registrars, admissions officers, and family members. The plans:
- Identify normal academic progress and course offerings needed, and reveal course sequencing;
- Assist students and advisers in planning students' schedules both short-term and long-range, registrars and departments in planning course offerings, and registrars and deans in determining when students should change campus;
- Help prospective students and their families to anticipate the academic workload and courses needed to earn a degree and students to anticipate when courses will be offered in order to appropriately schedule prerequisites;
- Serve as tools to help advisers learn the curriculum.
Semester scheduling recommendations by for all baccalaureate majors can also be found in the University Bulletin.
For information on the Recommended Academic Plan for Hotel, Restaurant,and
Institutional Management (HRIM at University Park for students who
start at non-University Park locations), go to the following link:
HRIM
Non-Up Academic Plan 8 Semester, (pdf, 56kb).
For information on the Recommended Academic Plan for Hotel, Restaurant,
and Institutional Management (HRIM at University Park), go to the
following link:
HRIM UP Academic Plan 8 Semester, (pdf, 57kb).
OBTAINING A MINOR IN HRIM:
A minor is available in Information Sciences and Technology for
Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management majors. For more
information, go to:
http://ist.psu.edu/academics/MinorsDisplay.cfm?MinorID=3
For more information on undergraduate study in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management at Penn State, please send e-mail to Albert Bartlett (bartb@psu.edu) professor-in-charge of the Undergraduate Study in HRIM, or contact:
School Hospitality Management
The Pennsylvania State University
201 Mateer Building
University Park, PA 16802-6502