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1960 - 1996 (Creation)
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- Department of Economics
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91 cm of textual records
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Administrative history
The Department of Economics and Commerce was established by the Board of Governors in February 1964, and began to offer courses within the Faculty of Arts leading to B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees when the University opened in 1965. The Department was responsible, through its Head, for the promotion of research and the development and delivery of programs in the fields of economics and commerce.
The Department expanded rapidly in size, growing from an initial 5 faculty members in 1965 to 52 in 1979. During this period it had greatly expanded its program offerings, including the important addition of a Master of Business Administration program in 1968. In September 1979 the Department underwent a re-organization, when it was subsumed by the new School of Business Administration and Economics in the Faculty of Arts. The School consisted of two departments: Business Administration and Economics. The School existed only until November 1981, when a separate Faculty of Business Administration was established. The Department of Economics has continued to exist in the Faculty of Arts.
The Department was administered by a Chair and departmental committees, whose number and composition changed over time. The Chair was responsible for the overall administration of the Department, and reported to the Dean of Arts. In addition to its departmental committees, the Department adopted in 1969 a Constitution and By-laws for its Graduate Program in Economics. It stated that the Program would have three committees: the Graduate Studies Committee, the Curriculum Committee, and the Admissions Committee.
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Series includes records made and received by the Department of Economics and Commerce in the course of its development and administration. Activities and topics documented in the records include the establishment, organization, and operation of the department; development of department policies and procedures; committee formation and meetings; department publications and publicity; student, staff, and faculty relations; development, administration, and delivery of programs and courses; salary and tenure; scholarly activities of the department; and budget. The records primarily consist of correspondence, reports, meeting agendas and minutes, contracts, posters, brochures, publications, statistics, and press clippings.
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The arrangement was provided by the archivist. Files are arranged chronologically.
Note that the records of the Institute of Fisheries Analysis contain university records from the Department of Economics and Commerce (DEC). As the records of DEC were so intermingled with the records of the IFA, the archivist decided to leave all records together in the IFA fonds. During arrangement and description the files and loose items, which were easily attributed to DEC, were separated from the other items and files, and assigned to a separate series within the fonds.
For further information on this anomaly see the Institute of Fisheries Analysis (IFA) fonds notes, and scope and content.
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For other material relating to the Department of Economics and Commerce, see the Department of Economics fonds finding aid (F-8).
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- Department of Economics (Subject)