Originally founded in 1949 as the Department of Engineering Administration, the Michigan Technological University School of Business and Engineering Administration offered undergraduate degrees in Accounting, Economics, Engineering Administration, Industrial Management, Industrial Relations, Marketing, Management, Management Science, Information Systems, Pre Law, and General Business as well as the MSBA degree at the graduate level. The School was associated with the Michigan Tech Bureau of Industrial Development. The Bureau, in conjunction with business students and faculty, engaged in research and development programs. In 1997, the School changed its name from School of Business and Engineering Administration to School of Business and Economics to reflect the refocusing of the School’s activities and more accurately communicate the School’s mission to integrate the University's technological prominence with experience-based learning to develop leaders in global business and innovation and to advance knowledge through research.