EMBA class starting February 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 February 3, 2020
Accounting Exam last day to begin exam - 
March 2, 4 a.m. PST / UTC-8 hours 		 
Accounting Case Study (group) due by March 15, 
11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Markets and Economies Exam last day to begin exam - 
April 13, 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Markets and Economies Case Study Presentation (individual) due by April 19, 
11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Data and Decisions Exam last day to begin exam - 
June 1, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Operations Management Exam last day to begin exam - 
June 15, 4 a.m.  PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Leading Org. Exam last day to begin exam - 
August 10, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Leading Org. Case Study (individual) due by August 16, 
11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Marketing and Pricing Exam last day to begin exam - 
Sept. 21, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
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 		 
Strategy Case Study Presentation (individual) due by Nov. 1 
11:59 p.m PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Finance Exam last day to begin exam - 
Dec. 21, 4 a.m. PST / UTC-8 hours 		 
Winter Break Dec. 21 - Jan. 3  
Corporate Finance Case Study (group) due by Jan. 17, 
11:59 p.m. PST / UTC-8 hours 		 
Capstone Check-in Week  Jan. 18 - 22  
Capstone written portion (group) due by Feb. 14,
11:59 p.m. PST / UTC-8 hours 		 
Capstone presentation (group) due by Feb. 28,
11:59 p.m. PST / UTC-8 hours
Anticipated Graduation Date March 23, 2021

~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 
Anticipated
Graduation Date		 March 23, 2021
       

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