For more than 20 years, the Department of Management at the University of Toronto Scarborough has provided exceptional undergraduate studies in Management and Economics to its students.  Currently, the Department offers a challenging and innovative Management BBA Program with a popular Co-op option, taught by 42 full-time and approximately 22 part-time faculty members, delivered in a striking new building, and supported by a thriving student association. 

Here are some of the milestones of our journey:

2012: Beginning this fall, Management is the first to offer an International Business Program (MIB) at the University of Toronto. The Specialist in Management & International Business (co-op) is unique because it includes one required work term abroad.

2011: Management moves into the new IC building which offers more student study rooms, lecture halls and classrooms equipped with state-ofthe-art digital technology; a high-tech trading floor with double-monitor workstations and an LCD stock ticker; and a microprocessor lab.

2007: The Department of Management begins offering courses at U of T Scarborough for the Master of Industrial Relations and Human Resources (MIRHR) advanced graduate degree.

2006: MESA sponsors its first undergraduate business conference, LIVE (Leading Innovative Visions to Executions) bringing together Management students from across Canada to participate in a prestigious interactive and practical business competition.

2005: To be consistent with U of T Scarborough practice, the Division of Management is renamed the Department of Management.

• 2004: The Division’s new building, designed by the internationally-recognized architects Kuwabara, Payne, McKenna, Blumberg, is opened.

2003: Professor Sandford Borins completes two terms as Chair of the Division and is succeeded by Michael Krashinsky, Professor of Economics in the Division.

• 2000: The Division establishes the Wynne and Beryl Plumptre Faculty Research Fellowship to honour Wynne Plumptre, a distinguished Canadian economist who was Principal of the Scarborough campus from 1965 to 1972 and his wife Beryl, also a well-known Canadian economist. The Fellowship is funded by donations from the Plumptre family and friends, as well as proceeds from the Prudential program.

• 1999: MESA holds its first annual banquet.  The banquet is attended by faculty, students and affiliated employers and features awards recognizing outstanding faculty and employers.

• 1998: The Division’s Economics Program is restructured to emphasize a closer linkage with the Rotman School of Management. In recognition of the Program’s distinctiveness, the degree given is changed to the BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration). The Division’s name is changed to the Division of Management.

1996: U of T Scarborough’s small Co-op Program in Administration is restructured to become the Co-op Programs in Management, with the same academic requirements as the Management program in addition to three work terms. The Program grows rapidly and currently enrolls just under half Management students. In 2007, the Program placed roughly 500 students in work terms. 

1993: The Division establishes a Certificate Program at Prudential Insurance Company’s Canadian head office in Scarborough, delivering Management courses onsite from 7 to 9 a.m. to Prudential employees. The Program runs until 1998, when the head office is relocated out of Toronto. Prudential marks the completion of the Program by donating three major scholarships to the campus.

• 1993: The Management and Economics Students' Association (MESA) was founded.

• 1992: The Division develops a new Program incorporating a broad Introduction to Management course (MGTA02), a set of core courses covering all the functional areas of management and economics, and a rich menu of electives. MGTA02 will grow to become the most popular course in the history of U of T Scarborough. The Division is authorized to give the B. Comm. Degree to Management graduates.