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