Preface and Acknowledgements
...our enrolled at the present time. It gives a general cultural training but with special emphasis on accounting, statistics, political economy, history, and modern languages. The graduates from the School have found positions in various fields in the commercial world and as far as we can learn have shown that their training has been of real value to them in business and industry. We feel, however, ...

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The Depression and World War II - (1929 - 1945)
...tment of Accounting should be called the Department of Commerce, and expand its teaching of Business Administration and other applied subjects, e.g., Personnel Management, Industrial “Engineering”, etc.”  President Robert Newton, June 21, 1944 With the end of World War I in 1918, it appeared that the University of Alberta and, by extension, the School of Business woul...

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Foreward / Time Capsule - - Page 2
... Management was established in 1952. Extensive study of other schools led to broadening of the Accounting focus. Hu Harries was appointed as Director of the School of Commerce in 1959. Chapter IV: The Turning Point (1960–1975) Hu Harries Faculty status was granted in 1960. The MBA program began in 1964. AACSB accreditation was first achieved in 1968. New ...

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Initial Years of the School - (1916 - 1937) - Page 1
...th Annual Convocation Programme for May 10, 1916, refers to students from a variety of Disciplines: Accounting, Architecture, Dentistry, Land Surveying, Law, Medicine and Pharmacy and provides the following description: “Since Convocation 1915 the following persons have passed the examinations for License to Practise  conducted by The University on behalf of the Affiliated Profession...

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Initial Years of the School - (1916 - 1937) - Page 5
...sp; [UAA, 68-9, 272, RG3] A reasonable assumption would be that this was to be another course in accounting....

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