September 2019 MBA Curriculum / Grading
Welcome to Quantic! Here's the course syllabus for your program. It's strongly recommended that you follow the schedule below to complete your required lessons per week.
**Final Score**
Your final score in Quantic will consist of a weighted average of the following:
- 10%: SmartCase scores (your best score for each SmartCase)
- 70%: Midterm and Final Exam scores
- 20%: Projects & Presentations
Learn more about how grades are calculated
here.
**Community**
Quantic will use Slack as a platform for getting to know your classmates and engaging in additional discussion. We will post exercises, articles, and videos each week in Slack to extend what you're learning and give you opportunities for extra practice.
**Projects & Presentations**
You will be graded on your performance on several projects, and presentations. For the group projects, you can choose to work alone or in groups of up to 5. Learn more about how projects are graded
here.
**Exams**
The Midterm will focus on the material learned in the first 3 concentrations (Accounting, Markets & Economies, and Data & Decisions). Learn more about the Midterm
here.
The Final Exam will focus on the remaining 5 concentrations. See below for the midterm and final exam window dates. Learn more about the Final Exam here.
**Course Schedule**
| Week 1: September 9 |
Accounting I: Fundamentals Accounting II: Revenues and Expenses |
| Week 2: September 16 |
Stocks and Bonds Accounting III: Financial Statements |
| Week 3: September 23 |
Accounting IV: Working with Ratios Managerial Accounting |
| Week 4: September 30 |
Accounting Group Project Creating Financial Statements in Excel (optional, but recommended if you have Excel) |
| Week 5: October 7 |
Accounting Group Project Due Submit Accounting Group Project by the end of the week Creating Financial Statements in Excel (optional, but recommended if you have Excel) |
| Week 6: October 14 |
Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand (review if needed) Microeconomics II: Shape Your Economic Worldview |
| Week 7: October 21 |
Microeconomics III: Markets and Externalities Macroeconomics: Economic Fluctuations |
| Week 8: October 28 |
Macroeconomics: US Fiscal and Monetary Policy Macroeconomics: International Trade |
| Week 9: November 4 |
Markets & Economies Case Study Presentation |
| Week 10: November 11 |
One-Variable Statistics (review if needed) Probability Fundamentals |
| Week 11: November 18 |
Probability Distributions Excel for One-Variable Statistics (optional, but recommended if you have Excel) *Note: You can find the Excel course in your course library. |
| Week 12: November 25 |
Two-Variable Statistics (review if needed) Regression Analysis |
| Week 13: December 2 |
Break - Spend this time getting caught up with the schedule, if needed. |
| Week 14: December 9 |
Excel for Two-Variable Statistics and Regression Analysis (optional, but recommended if you have Excel) Data Collection *Note: You can find the Excel course in your course library. |
| Week 15: December 16 |
Statistical Inference: Making Data-Driven Decisions |
| Week 16: December 23 |
Winter Break |
| Week 17: December 30 |
Winter Break |
| Week 18: January 6-10 |
Advanced Statistical Inference |
| Week 19: January 11 |
Midterm Review Midterm Exam Practice (optional) *Note: You can find the Midterm Exam Practice here. |
| Week 20: January 15 - 26 |
Midterm Exam: Accounting, Markets & Economies, and Data & Decisions |
| Week 21: January 27 |
Organizational Behavior: Working in Groups and Teams Organizational Structure and Culture |
| Week 22: February 3 |
Corporate Governance |
| Week 23: February 10 |
Theories of Leadership Developing a Corporate Philosophy |
| Week 24: February 17 |
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility The Art of Negotiation |
| Week 25: February 24 |
Leading Organizations Case Study |
| Week 26: March 2 |
Marketing Group Project Marketing Fundamentals (review if needed) Marketing Mechanics |
| Week 27: March 9 |
Brand Development and Management A/B Testing for Marketers |
| Week 28: March 16 |
Digital Marketing Fundamentals |
| Week 29: March 23 |
Pricing I: Fundamentals Pricing II: Price Segmentation to Maximize Profit |
| Week 30: March 30 |
Pricing III: E-Commerce Pricing |
| Week 31: April 6 |
Break Week |
| Week 32: April 13 |
Marketing Group Project & Presentation due |
| Week 33: April 20 |
Finance: Time Value of Money (review if needed) Cost of Capital I: Capital Structure Cost of Capital II: The Modigliani-Miller Theorem |
| Week 34: April 27 |
Capital Budgeting Modern Portfolio Theory |
| Week 35: May 4 |
Valuation I: Discounted Free Cash Flow Valuation II: Equity & Market Valuations Excel for Finance |
| Week 36: May 11 |
Corporate Finance Case Study |
| Week 37: May 18 |
Corporate Finance Case Study Due Submit Corporate Finance Project by the end of the week |
| Week 38: May 25 |
Project Management |
| Week 39: June 1 |
Operations Management Fundamentals Operations Management: Managing Uncertainty of Demand |
| Week 40: June 8 |
Forecasting Fundamentals Supply Chain Management |
| Week 41: June 15 |
Strategy I: Business-Level Strategy Strategy II: Corporate-Level Strategy |
| Week 42: June 22 |
Break Week Optional Strategy group case study via Slack |
| Week 43: June 29 |
Mergers & Acquisitions I: Theory and Practice Strategy III: International Strategy |
| Week 44: July 6 |
Innovation Fundamentals Balanced Scorecard |
| Week 45: July 13 |
Strategy Case Study Presentation due |
| Week 46: July 20 |
Customer Discovery Customer Validation |
| Week 47: July 27 - 31 |
Developing a Business Plan Venture Capital |
| Week 48: August 1 - 8 |
Final Exam Review Final Exam Practice: Operations Management (optional) |
| Week 49: August 9 - 23 |
Final Exam: Leading Organizations, Marketing & Pricing, Finance, Supply Chain & Operations, Strategy, Entrepreneurship |