Hospitality and Restaurant Management
This dynamic curriculum prepares you to enter managerial positions in the hospitality and restaurant industries. In Arkansas's growing economy, the leisure and travel-related industries provide a wide array of opportunities for career satisfaction and advancement. The curriculum in hospitality and restaurant management will provide you with business skills in marketing, economics, accounting and business management as well as in foods, hospitality, restaurant and hotel management.
The Inn at Carnall Hall
The historic Inn at Carnall Hall is an extension of the Hospitality and Restaurant Management (HRMN) academic program of study. The Inn serves as a teaching/learning laboratory for both students and faculty. Read more >>
Career Opportunities
- Hotel and Resort Management
- Restaurant Management
- Club Management
- Catering
- Event Management
- Foodservice Operations
- Destination Marketing
- Contracted Services Management
- Kitchen Management
Internships
Required internships provide practical, hands-on experience in hotels, restaurants and the tourism industry. There are also opportunities to work in the hospitality industry while you attend the University through the cooperative education program. Required internships allow students to acquire practical experience and specialized knowledge from supervised work in a hotel, restaurant, or other hospitality-related business. Sample of sites include:
- The Inn at Carnall Hall
- The Crescent Hotel
- Pioneer Hotel in Maui
- Club Corporation of America
- Bordino's Restaurant
- Embassy Suites
- Big Cedar Lodge
- Marriott Four Seasons
- Broadmoor Hotel
Study Abroad Opportunities
Global Studies Program
Forty-one students from the School of Human Environmental Sciences participated in study abroad programs, international internships and study tours during the 2007 spring semester and summer session. The students -- majoring in apparel studies, interior design, family development and food, human nutrition and hospitality – represent a sharp increase from the 16 HES students who studied abroad in 2006 Archived story: A record number of HES students study abroad in 2007
(In the photo: Hospitality major Lindsey Hill completed a summer study program at the University of the Arts in Florence, Italy. )
Clubs
- Hospitality and Restaurant Managment Club
- Student Dietetic Association
- Phi Upsilon Omicron