Moore School of Business
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The Moore School of Business is part of the University of South Carolina and provides South Carolinians as well as students from all over the world with an education in business. The school is regarded as a pioneer in the field of International Business and still receives high national rankings for its IB programs.
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History
The University of South Carolina put fourth efforts to open a school of commerce as early as 1914. The school was founded in 1919 and under the leadership of dean George Olson was firmly established by the early 1920s.
During the 1980s the school pioneered in the field of International Business and established itself as one of the national leaders in that area. The initial graduate program MIBS was highly regarded and garnered continuously high rankings. In 2002 the program was restructured and is now called IMBA. The program works in close cooperation with the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in Austria.
The school also started offering a specialization in international business for undergraduate students. Starting with 2002-03 academic year the program became an official major.
In the late 1990s, 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. The first name was dropped shortly thereafter and the school is now officially called The Moore School of Business.
In 2001 Joel A. Smith III, a former Bank of America Executive was appointed to be the dean of the MSB.
Today approximately 3,000 students learn at the MSB, making it the second biggest college at the University of South Carolina. Over 2,500 are enrolled in undergraduate programs and almost 500 students are working on their graduate degree.
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 Hipp-Close building and to increase the school's endowment.
Programs
Bachelor of Science
- Accounting
- Finance
- Insurance and Risk Management
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Management Information Systems
- Real Estate
Masters
- International MBA
- Professional MBA
- Master of Accountancy
- Master of Arts in Economics
- Master of Human Resources
- Master of Taxation
Doctorate Degrees
- Ph.D. in Business Administration
- Ph.D. in Economics
Rankings
- Ranked #1 undergraduate international business education, U.S. News & World Report, 2003–04
- ranks first for the seventh time
- Ranked #2 International Business, graduate, U.S. News & World Report, Best Graduate Schools issue, 2002
- Ranked first among public universities
- 15th year in a row that the program has been ranked either first or second nationally
- The Financial Times ranked the Moore School of Business 36th in the world for its master's program in 2004
- The Moore School of Business ranked No. 39 in 2003–04 by U.S.News & World Report
Student organizations
- American Marketing Association
- Beta Alpha Psi
- Beta Gamma Sigma
- Business Student Council
- Delta Sigma Pi
- Financial Management Association
- Gamma Iota Sigma
- Marketing Scholars
- Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Noted faculty
- Jeffrey S. Arpan, D.B.A.D.
- Timothy W. Koch, Ph.D.
- Gregory R. Niehaus, Ph.D.
- Rodney L. Roenfeldt, D.B.A.
- Kendall Roth, Ph.D.
External links
- Official Website (http://mooreschool.sc.edu/)
- Overview fom all-business-schools.com (http://www.all-business-schools.com/schools/ID140/)