-ne PaulR CancrColl!-wur Business Adminisu<U.ion decided to add a m:w rm~jur 10 1 heir rat.:'llog this year~ Global economic clevdopmcm combined business and mission work, allowing students to get experience in both. "Students today have a deep sense of personal service," Budd Hebert, professor of business, said. "I kept finding that as a businessperson, I am allowed to go into countries that missionaries aren't allowed to go into. This major allows businesspeople to see themselves as ministers. Students choosing this major say, 'I want to take economics with passion for the Lord."' Global economic development taught students economic skills beneficial to small communities in various places around the world, focusing on villages in South America. "The idea behind this major is service," Hebert said. "The name reflects that it's global; you will study economics, but once you begin to look at the curriculum, you see it is talking about ministry and missions, and that gets integrated into your course work very quickly." With a new major also came new classes. The College of Business added three classes to the department to Finishing projects and class work during finals on Dec. 13, students make use of the new computer labs in the Mabee Building. In addition to the new labs, the renovation included new classrooms, offices, break out rooms and a cafe. Ashe[ Parsons fT+ Business teach students key points in the field. "The students do the business core," Herbert said. "They also take the new courses that are specific to global economic development: Development Theory, Microcredit Enterprise and Business Missions." Each college on campus has a mission statement that reflected the Harding mission statement, altered to fit each department individually. The College of Business' goal was to prepare Christian professionals for lives of service, with global economic development being the most obvious major fitting this mission. ':All of the College of Business majors are a reflection of our mission," Bryan Burks, dean of the College of Business, said. "This one is going to be perceived as one that is all about service." Since the major was so new, it did not have many students or patrons participating as of yet, but numbers were expected to increase rapidly over the coming years. Burks had high expectations for the program. "Certain students will want to use business to change the world at a grassroots level," Burks said. "I think this degree will change business, as well as the world." Mallory Davis Students in Steve Williams' marketing class watch commercials made by students as part of a class project on Dec. 2. "I liked learning about the tools to make a business successful in marketing class," sophomore economics and international business m'\ior Sabrina Ruiz said. Ashe[ Parsons
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