History
The University of South Carolina (USC) began efforts to open a school of commerce as early as 1914. USC founded the school in 1919 and dean George Olson firmly established the school by the early 1920s. The school grew with the university. In 1958, the school established the Masters of Business Administration program. By 1963, AACSB gave the school full accreditation.
The Professional Masters of Business Administration (PMBA, but then called MBA-ETV) started in 1970. The PMBA program allows people in South Carolina to receive an MBA by taking part-time classes at remote locations and over the internet. Then in 1974 the school established its Masters of International Business (MIBS). National publications hold the program in high esteem and the program continuously garners high rankings in international business.
In 1998, Wall Street financier and USC graduate Darla Moore donated $25 million to the business school. In her honor the school was renamed Darla Moore School of Business, although sometimes shortened to the Moore School.
The school combined its MIBS and MBA programs to form the IMBA program in 2002. The same year, the school started offering a specialization in international business for undergraduate students as a major.
On April 23, 2004 the Business School announced another gift by Darla Moore. She donated $45 million with the challenge to the University to match that sum. The funds are dedicated to a complete renovation of the Close-Hipp building and to increase the school's endowment.
Today over 4,800 students are educated at the Moore School, making it the second largest college at the University of South Carolina. Over 4,000 are enrolled in undergraduate programs and almost 800 students are working on their graduate degree.
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