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