Bachelor business degree in online

Business Editors/Education Writers

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2004

DeVry University announced that DeVry University Online will begin offering new concentrations in security management and hospitality management as part of its bachelor's degree program in business administration. The new concentrations will be available beginning with the Summer 2004 semester.

"DeVry University, through both its online and traditional degree programs, is committed to continuously offering quality, career-oriented curriculum designed to meet the evolutionary needs of businesses in a myriad of sectors," said Daniel Hamburger, executive vice president at DeVry Inc. and head of DeVry University Online. "These two exciting new concentrations in our bachelor's degree program in business administration are a reflection of that commitment and are designed to ensure that graduates are prepared to have an immediate, positive impact in the workplace."

The security management program combines key concepts and skills needed to identify and analyze international and domestic security threats and to formulate appropriate strategies and implement applicable action plans to achieve corporate and public management goals.

The hospitality management program encompasses all aspects of the leisure and hospitality industries - travel, tourism, conventions and meetings, and food service - including overseeing such areas as customer-service, facilities management, labor relations, financial operations, contract negotiations and security.

DeVry University offers four undergraduate and seven graduate programs online. Other concentrations within the undergraduate business administration program include accounting, business information systems, e-commerce, health services management, human resource management, operations management, project management, sales & marketing, and small business and entrepreneurship.

As one of the largest degree-granting higher education systems in North America, DeVry University provides high-quality, career-oriented associate, bachelor's and master's degree programs in technology, business and management. Approximately 49,000 students are enrolled at its 69 locations that are in 20 states and Canada, as well as through DeVry University Online. DeVry University is based in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. For more information about DeVry University, visit http://www.devry.edu.