Walton College

The Walton SCM curriculum is designed to be experiential. Indeed, industry is the lab in which supply chain students learn.

Walton SCM students are given opportunities to learn, experience, and apply supply chain knowledge and skills through industry project-based courses, internships, student clubs, global study abroad, and industry case competitions.

Through our integrated curriculum model, students are equipped with the foundations and experiences to excel in careers in the supply chain industry.

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The opportunities for supply chain internships in northwest Arkansas are endless.

And all supply chain majors in our program are required to participate in an internship. Each week we sit down with a student to discuss what they’ve learning from their internship experience. Watch the interviews.

Intern Spotlights

Walton Supply Chain students enter the work force with industry experience, strategic and operational understanding of the supply chain, skills and tools to analyze today’s data driven challenges, and the managerial competence to achieve company goals.

With transcontinental research partnerships with other universities, as well as faculty-led study abroad programs focused on supply chain, Walton College is growing it's reputation as a logistics knowledge center for industry and scholarship.

China Partnerships

The department of SCMT has partnered with two universities in China to develop undergraduate bilingual talent. Combined, the two programs consist of approximately 400 students who study for 3 years in China then have an opportunity to transfer to Fayetteville campus and receive a degree from UA Walton College in Supply Chain Management.

Soochow University is strategically located in Suzhou which boasts one of the leading manufacturing and logistics hubs in China.This along with the close proximately to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing provides a robust regional connection to industry and students.Kunming University of Science and Technology is strategically located in the Southwest most Yunnan Province in China which is the primary logistics connection to key neighbors of Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar.

From a research perspective the department is engaged in two significant projects.

One, with multi year funding from the Walmart Foundation, helping lead supply chain food safety researchin China with university collaborators at China Agriculture University in Beijing, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, and South China Agriculture in Guangzhou.

The other is beginning our 4th year of research with the Ministry of Transportation and Alibaba's Logistics group Cainiao. This longitudinal research is focused on retail supply chain issues and a benchmark comparison of US and China macro economic logistics cost.

Faculty Interview: China Initiatives

John Kent is the Director of Supply Chain China Initiatives at the University of Arkansas, and has made significang strides in facilitating relationships with universites in China.

Study Abroad

U of A Faculty-Led: International Business Seminar in Brazil

Brazil is very relevant from a supply chain perspective as one of the world’s largest economies. Students study and visit companies in Rio de Janeiro and Recife. Learn more.

U of A Faculty-Led: International Business Seminar in China

Emphasis on the changing business environment in China, and exposure to opportunities and challenges of international logistics.

Faculty leadership for the trip comes from Supply Chain Professor John Kent. Learn more.

More Study Abroad Destinations

Faculty-led study abroad programs expose Walton College students to international business realities, preparing them to work and succeed in a global economy. View destinations.