EMBA class starting January 2020

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. 

~Course Requirements~

To earn your EMBA degree, you must: 

  1. Complete all courses in the EMBA curriculum within the required time frame.
  2. Achieve scores of at least 80% in the graded SMARTCASE lessons. (SMARTCASEs can be taken as many times as you want. Only the best score will be counted towards your final grade.)
  3. Complete the exams associated with each concentration and your chosen Specializations. 
  4. Complete the written projects and proctored oral examinations.
  5. Complete the Capstone Project and Presentation. In order to graduate, you must submit and pass both your written Capstone project (with a score of 3 or higher) and your Capstone presentation (with a score of 2 or higher).
  6. Submit the required documents that confirm your identity, eligibility and past academic performance as referenced in your EMBA application. 

Your grade is weighted in the following way:

  • Projects & Presentations: 30%
  • SMARTCASEs: 10%
  • Exams: 60%

For more detailed information on how grades are calculated, click here.  

~Important Dates~

Starting Date January 13, 2020
Accounting Exam last day to begin exam - 
Feb. 10, 4 a.m. PST / UTC-8 hours 		 
Accounting Case Study (group) due by Feb. 23, 
11:59 p.m. PST / UTC-8 hours 		 
Markets and Economies Exam last day to begin exam - 
March 23, 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
  
Markets and Economies Case Study Presentation (individual)
 due by March 29, 
11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
  
Data and Decisions Exam
 last day to begin exam - 
May 11, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
  
Operations Management Exam
 last day to begin exam - 
May 25, 4 a.m.  PDT / UTC-7 hours
  
Leading Org. Exam
 last day to begin exam - 
July 20, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
  
Leading Org. Case Study (individual)
 due by July 26, 
11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
  
Marketing and Pricing Exam
 last day to begin exam - 
August 31, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
  
Break Week
optional Strategy exercise on Slack
 Sept. 14 - 20  
Strategy Exam
 last day to begin exam - 
Oct. 5, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
  
Strategy Case Study Presentation (individual)
 due by Oct. 11, 
11:59 p.m PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Finance Exam
 last day to begin exam - 
Nov. 30, 4 a.m. PST / UTC-8 hours
  
Corporate Finance Case Study (group)
 due by Dec. 13, 
11:59 p.m PST / UTC-8 hours
  
Capstone check-in week
 Dec. 14 - 18
  
Winter Break Dec. 21 - Jan. 3  
Capstone written portion (group) due by Jan. 24,
11:59 p.m. PST / UTC-8 hours 		 
Capstone presentation (group) due by Feb. 7,
11:59 p.m. PST / UTC-8 hours
Anticipated Graduation Date March 2, 2021

~Full Course Schedule~


Week 1:  
January 13 		Accounting I: Fundamentals            
Accounting II: Revenues and Expenses      
Week 2:  
January 20 		Stocks and Bonds          
Accounting III: Financial Statements      
Week 3:  
January 27 		Accounting IV: Working with Ratios             
Managerial Accounting   
Week 4: 
February 3 		Accounting Exam Week
Week 5:  
February 10 		Accounting Case Study 
Creating Financial Statements in Excel (Optional, but recommended if you have Excel)    
Week 6: 
February 17 		Accounting Case Study Due (group project)
Submit your accounting case study by the end of the week.  
Week 7:  
February 24 		Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand        
Microeconomics II: Shape Your Economic Worldview   
Week 8:  
March 2 		Microeconomics III: Markets and Externalities           
Macroeconomics: Economic Fluctuations  
Week 9:  
March 9 		Macroeconomics: US Fiscal and Monetary Policy              
Macroeconomics: International Trade    
Week 10: 
March 16 		Markets and Economies Exam Week
Week 11: 
March 23 		Markets and Economies Case Study Presentation (individual project)
Submit your Markets & Economies case study by the end of the week.  
Week 12:  
March 30 		One-Variable Statistics 
Week 13:  
April 6 		Probability Fundamentals              
Probability Distributions  
Week 14:  
April 13 		Two-Variable Statistics                 
Regression Analysis
Week 15:  
April 20 		Data Collection 
Week 16:  
April 27 		Statistical Inference: Making Data-Driven Decisions  
Week 17:  
May 4 		Data and Decisions Exam Week
Week 18:  
May 11 		Operations Management Fundamentals   
Project Management  
Week 19: 
May 18 		Operations Management Exam Week
Week 20:  
May 25 		 Specialization Period 1 
Week 21:  
June 1 		Specialization Period 1 
Week 22:  
June 8 		Specialization Period 1
Week 23:  
June 15 		Organizational Behavior: Working in Groups and Teams        
Organizational Structure and Culture
Week 24:  
June 22 		Theories of Leadership        
Developing a Corporate Philosophy  
Week 25:  
June 29 		Corporate Governance
Week 26:  
July 6 		Business Ethics and Social Responsibility           
The Art of Negotiation
Week 27:  
July 13 		Leading Organizations Exam Week
Week 28: 
July 20 		Leading Organizations Case Study (individual project)
Submit your Leading Org. case study by the end of the week.  
Week 29: 
July 27 		Marketing Fundamentals            
Marketing Mechanics 
Week 30:
August 3 		Brand Development and Management              
A/B Testing for Marketers 
Week 31:  
August 10 		Digital Marketing Fundamentals 
Pricing I: Fundamentals 
Week 32:  
August 17 		Pricing II: Price Segmentation to Maximize Profit 
Pricing III: E-Commerce Pricing
Week 33:  
August 24 		Marketing and Pricing Exam Week 
Week 34: 
August 31 		Capstone Project Kickoff  (group project)
Developing a Business Plan  
The Art of Presentation
Week 35:  
September 7 		Strategy I: Business-Level Strategy     
Strategy II: Corporate-Level Strategy 
Week 36:  
September 14 		Break Week
Optional Strategy group case study project via Slack 
Week 37:  
September 21 		Strategy III: International Strategy     
Balanced Scorecard
Week 38:  
September 28 		Strategy Exam Week
Week 39:  
October 5 		Strategy Case Study Presentation (individual project)
Submit your Strategy case study presentation by the end of the week.  
Week 40:  
October 12 		Specialization Period 2   
Week 41:  
October 19 		Specialization Period 2
Week 42:  
October 26 		Specialization Period 2 
Week 43:  
November 2 		Finance: Time Value of Money          
Cost of Capital I: Capital Structure  
Week 44:  
November 9 		Cost of Capital II: The Modigliani-Miller Theorem
Week 45:  
November 16 		Capital Budgeting 
Modern Portfolio Theory
Week 46:  
November 23 		Finance Exam Week
Week 47:  
November 30 		Corporate Finance Case Study (group project)
Week 48: 
December 7 		Corporate Finance Case Study Due
Submit your Corp. Finance case study by the end of the week.  
Week 49:  
December 14 		Capstone Project Check-In
Week 50: 
December 21 		Winter Break
Week 51:  
December 28 		Winter Break
Week 52:  
January 4 		Specialization Period 3
Week 53:  
January 11 		Specialization Period 3
Week 54: 
January 18 		Specialization Period 3 
Capstone Project and Presentation due on or before dates listed below:
*Written portion: due by Jan. 24, 11:59 p.m. PST / UTC-8 hours
*Presentation portion: due by Feb. 7, 11:59 p.m. PST / UTC-8 hours
Week 55: 
January 25 		Specialization Period 3 
Anticipated
Graduation Date		 March 2, 2021
       

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