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Mission Statement & Learning Outcomes

The mission of the Whitworth Department of Economics & Business is to develop ethical global professionals.

The SGCM vision is to excel in academic excellence, rigor and scholarship, in service to our students and community, in responsible resource stewardship and in the promotion of global understanding and experience.

The learning outcomes of this major prepare students to do the following:

• Understand the sources and uses of data and to know how to evaluate and use data and other information.
• Think and function independently as professionals, and in particular to be able to foresee and solve problems.
• Understand the legal, economic, business and organizational cultures and environment that frame graduates' professional work.
• Communicate well, both within and across cultural and national barriers, and work effectively in teams of diverse individuals; and
• Begin to be able to integrate spiritual and ethical values with their chosen professional vocations.