EMBA Class of February 2022
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%
For more detailed information on how grades are calculated, click here.
~Important Dates~
| Starting date | November 30, 2020 | |
| Winter Break |
December 21 - January 3 |
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| Accounting Exam |
last day to begin exam - January 18, 4 a.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Accounting Case Study (group) | due by January 31, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Markets and Economies Exam | last day to begin exam - March 1, 4 a.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Markets and Economies Case Study Presentation (individual) | due by March 7, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Data and Decisions Exam | last day to begin exam - April 19, 4 a.m. PT / UTC-8 hours |
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| Operations Management Exam | last day to begin exam - May 3, 4 a.m. PT / UTC-8 hours |
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| Leading Org. Exam | last day to begin exam - June 28, 4 a.m. PT / UTC-8 hours |
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| Leading Org. Case Study (individual) | due by July 4, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-8 hours |
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| Marketing and Pricing Exam | last day to begin exam - August 9, 4 a.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Break Week optional Strategy exercise on Slack |
August 23-29 |
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| Strategy Exam | last day to begin exam, September 13, 4 a.m PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Strategy Case Study Presentation (individual) | due by September 19, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Capstone Check-in Week |
October 11-15 | |
| Finance Exam | Last day to begin exam - November 15, 4 a.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Corporate Finance Case Study (group) | due by November 28 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Capstone Financials Check-in Week | November 29 - December 3 | |
| Winter Break |
December 20 - January 2 | |
| Capstone written portion (group) | due by January 9 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Capstone presentation (group) | due by January 23 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Anticipated Graduation Date | February 15, 2022 |
~Full Course Schedule~
| Week 1: November 30 |
Cultural Intelligence |
| Week 2: December7 |
Accounting I: Fundamentals Accounting II: Revenues and Expenses |
| Week 3: December 14 |
Stocks and Bonds Accounting III: Financial Statements |
| Week 4: December 21 |
Winter Break |
| Week 5: December 28 |
Winter Break |
| Week 6: January 4 |
Accounting IV: Working with Ratios Managerial Accounting |
| Week 7: January 11 |
Accounting Exam Week |
| Week 8: January 18 |
Accounting Case Study (group project) Creating Financial Statements in Excel (Optional, but recommended if you have Excel) |
| Week 9: January 25 |
Accounting Case Study Due Submit your accounting case study by the end of the week. |
| Week 10: February 1 |
Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand Microeconomics II: Shape Your Economic Worldview |
| Week 11: February 8 |
Microeconomics III: Markets and Externalities Macroeconomics: Economic Fluctuations |
| Week 12: February 15 |
Macroeconomics: US Fiscal and Monetary Policy Macroeconomics: International Trade |
| Week 13: February 22 |
Markets and Economies Exam Week |
| Week 14: March 1 |
Markets and Economies Case Study Presentation (individual project) Submit your Markets & Economies presentation by the end of the week. |
| Week 15: March 8 |
One-Variable Statistics |
| Week 16: March 15 |
Probability Fundamentals Probability Distributions |
| Week 17: March 22 |
Two-Variable Statistics Regression Analysis |
| Week 18: March 29 |
Data Collection |
| Week 19: April 5 |
Statistical Inference: Making Data-Driven Decisions |
| Week 20: April 12 |
Data and Decisions Exam Week |
| Week 21: April 19 |
Operations Management Fundamentals Project Management |
| Week 22: April 26 |
Operations Management Exam Week |
| Week 23: May 3 |
Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 24: May 10 |
Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 25: May 17 |
Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 26: May 24 |
Organizational Behavior: Working in Groups and Teams Organizational Structure and Culture |
| Week 27: May 31 |
Theories of Leadership Developing a Corporate Philosophy |
| Week 28: June 7 |
Corporate Governance |
| Week 29: June 14 |
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility The Art of Negotiation |
| Week 30: June 21 |
Leading Organizations Exam Week |
| Week 31: June 28 |
Leading Organizations Case Study (individual project) Submit your Leading Org. case study by the end of the week. |
| Week 32: July 5 |
Marketing Fundamentals Marketing Mechanics |
| Week 33: July 12 |
Brand Development and Management A/B Testing for Marketers |
| Week 34: July 19 |
Digital Marketing Fundamentals Pricing I: Fundamentals |
| Week 35: July 26 |
Pricing II: Price Segmentation to Maximize Profit Pricing III: E-Commerce Pricing |
| Week 36: August 2 |
Marketing and Pricing Exam Week |
| Week 37: August 9 |
Capstone Project Kickoff (group project) Developing a Business Plan The Art of Presentation |
| Week 38: August 16 |
Strategy I: Business-Level Strategy Strategy II: Corporate-Level Strategy |
| Week 39: August 23 |
Break Week Optional strategy group case study project via Slack |
| Week 40: August 30 |
Strategy III: International Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
| Week 41: September 6 |
Strategy Exam Week |
| Week 42: September 13 |
Strategy Case Study Presentation (individual project) Submit your Strategy presentation by the end of the week. |
| Week 43: September 20 |
Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 44: September 27 |
Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 45: October 4 |
Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 46: October 11 |
Capstone Project Check-In |
| Week 47: October 18 |
Finance: Time Value of Money Cost of Capital I: Capital Structure |
| Week 48: October 25 |
Cost of Capital II: The Modigliani-Miller Theorem |
| Week 49: November 1 |
Capital Budgeting Modern Portfolio Theory |
| Week 50: November 8 |
Finance Exam Week |
| Week 51: November 15 |
Corporate Finance Case Study (group project) |
| Week 52: November 22 |
Corporate Finance Case Study Due Submit your Corp. Finance case study by the end of the week. |
| Week 53: November 29 |
Capstone Financials Check-In |
| Week 54: December 6 |
Specialization Period 3 |
| Week 55: December 13 |
Specialization Period 3 |
| Week 56: December 20 |
Winter Break |
| Week 57: December 27 |
Winter Break |
| Week 58: January 3 |
Specialization Period 3 Capstone Project and Presentation due on or before dates listed below: *Written portion: January 9 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours *Presentation portion: January 23 by 11:59 p.m. PDT/UTC-7 hours |
| Week 59: January 10 |
Specialization Period 3 |
| Anticipated graduation date |
February 15, 2022 |