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