January 2020 EMBA 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.
~Course Requirements~
To earn your EMBA degree, you must:
- Complete all courses in the EMBA curriculum within the required time frame.
- 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.)
- Complete the exams associated with each concentration and your chosen Specializations.
- Complete the written projects and proctored oral examinations.
- 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).
- 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%
A final overall score of 70% is the minimum to graduate. The distinction of Honors is awarded to the top 10% of each cohort upon graduation. Students who graduate behind schedule are not eligible to receive this distinction. Apart from the Honors distinction, as Quantic operates on a pass/fail basis, there are no class or personal ranks to provide.
See below for more information on projects, presentations, SMARTCASEs, exams, and Specializations.
~Important Dates~
| Accounting Exam | last day to begin exam - Feb. 10, 4 a.m. PST / UTC-8 hours |
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| Accounting Case Study (group) | due by Feb. 23, 11:59 p.m. PST / UTC-8 hours |
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| Markets and Economies Exam | last day to begin exam - March 23, 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Markets and Economies Case Study Presentation (individual) |
due by March 29, 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Data and Decisions Exam |
last day to begin exam - May 11, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Operations Management Exam |
last day to begin exam - May 25, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Leading Org. Exam |
last day to begin exam - July 20, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Leading Org. Case Study (individual) |
due by July 26, 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Marketing and Pricing Exam |
last day to begin exam - August 31, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
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| 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 |
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| Strategy Case Study Presentation (individual) |
due by Oct. 11, 11:59 p.m PDT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Finance Exam |
last day to begin exam - Nov. 30, 4 a.m. PST / UTC-8 hours |
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| Corporate Finance Case Study (group) |
due by Dec. 13, 11:59 p.m PST / UTC-8 hours |
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| Capstone check-in week |
Dec. 14 - 18 |
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| Winter Break | Dec. 21 - Jan. 3 | |
| Capstone written portion (group) | due by Jan. 24, 11:59 p.m. PST / UTC-8 hours |
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| Capstone presentation (group) | due by Feb. 7, 11:59 p.m. PST / UTC-8 hours |
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| Graduation | March 2 |
~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 |
More about the Projects & Presentations Grade - 30%
Over the course of this program, you will complete four projects and three proctored oral examinations. Each project and presentation we assign will be accompanied by a prompt and grading rubric. Grading will be based on the thoroughness and accuracy of your response. The assignment and due dates for each project are listed on your curriculum above. The Capstone project and presentation accounts for half of the project grade. Learn more about how projects are graded here.
More about SMARTCASE scores - 10%
As you progress through lessons in Quantic, feel free to explore different answer options (both correct and incorrect) that trigger helpful feedback. You are not expected to get all "correct answers" while you are learning—mistakes are half of learning, after all—so, you aren't graded on regular lessons. You are graded on SMARTCASE lessons, as mentioned above. Only your top score in SMARTCASEs will count towards your final grade, so you can feel free to take SMARTCASEs as many times as you like.
More about the Exams - 60%
You will take eight Concentration Exams and three Specialization Exams over the course of your program. These exams are made available after each concentration or specialization has ended, according to your schedule. The exams are all open book, and each consists of several lessons. They're similar in format to SMARTCASEs, meaning there are no open response questions. For more about the concentration exams, click here.
More about Specializations
Quantic Specializations allow EMBA students to get a deeper understanding of topics they’re interested in. In order to graduate, each student needs to complete three specializations, with the option to complete more. If a student completes more than three specialization exams, only the top three specialization exam scores will be counted toward that student's final grade. All completed specializations, along with the earned exam score, may still be included on the student's Quantic transcript. For more information on available specializations, click here.