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