Historical Highlights for the School

• 1919 - School of Commerce founded
   
• 1944 - Department of Retailing created
   
• 1946 - School of Commerce becomes School of Business Administration; Master of Science in Business Administration established
   
• 1953 - Bureau of Business and Economic Research (now Division of Research) opened
   
• 1959 - Master of Business Administration established
   
• 1960 - Charles E. Daniel Center for Management Education opened
   
• 1962 - Undergraduate AACSB Accreditation granted
   
• 1963 - Graduate AACSB Accreditation granted
   
• 1965 - School of Business Administration becomes College of Business Adiministration; Ph.D. in Business Administration established; Master of Accountancy established
   
• 1967 - Ph.D. in Economics established
   
• 1969 - USC-Business Partnership Foundation formed
   
• 1970 - MBA-ETV (now Professional MBA) launched
   
• 1973 - H. William Close Building completed
   
• 1974 - Master of International Business Studies established
   
• 1979 - Franklin L. Roddey Small Business Development Center of South Carolina opened
   
• 1982 - Riegel & Emory Human Resource Research Center opened
   
• 1983 - Francis M. Hipp Building completed Master of Personnel and Employment Relations (now Master of Human Resources) established
   
• 1986 - Master of Taxation established
   
• 1990 - School of Accounting created Center for International Business Education and Research opened
   
• 1994 - International Master of Business Administration established
   
• 1997 - Center for Applied Real Estate Education and Research opened; The Faber Center for Entrepreneurship opened
   
• 1998 - THE DARLA MOORE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DEDICATED
   
• 2004 - Executive International Master of Business Administration launched