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: 

  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 November 30, 2020
Winter Break
 December 21 - January 3
  
Accounting Exam
last day to  begin exam - 
January 18, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Accounting Case Study  (group) due by January 31, 
11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Markets and Economies Exam last day to  begin exam - 
March 1, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Markets and Economies Case Study Presentation  (individual) due by March 7,
11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
Data and Decisions Exam last day to  begin exam - 
April 19, 4 a.m. PST / UTC-8 hours 		 
Operations Management Exam last day to  begin exam - 
May 3, 4 a.m.  PST / UTC-8 hours 		 
Leading Org. Exam last day to  begin exam - 
June 28, 4 a.m. PST / UTC-8 hours 		 
Leading Org. Case Study (individual) due by July 4,
11:59 p.m. PST / UTC-8 hours 		 
Marketing and Pricing Exam  last day to  begin exam - 
August 9, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Break Week
optional Strategy exercise on Slack 		August 23-29
  
Strategy Exam last day to  begin exam, 
September 13, 4 a.m PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Strategy Case Study Presentation  (individual) due by September 19, 
11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Finance Exam Last day to  begin exam - 
November 8, 4 a.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Corporate Finance Case Study  (group) due by November 21 
11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Capstone Check-in Week  November 22-28  
Capstone written portion  (group) due by December 19
11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours 		 
Capstone presentation  (group) due by January 10
11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
Anticipated Graduation Date February 8, 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
 Finance: Time Value of Money          
Cost of Capital I: Capital Structure
Week 47:  
October 18
 Cost of Capital II: The Modigliani-Miller Theorem    
Week 48:  
October 25
 Capital Budgeting 
Modern Portfolio Theory 
Week 49: 
November 1
 		Finance Exam Week
Week 50:  
November 8
 		Corporate Finance Case Study (group project)
Week 51: 
November 15 		Corporate Finance Case Study Due
Submit your Corp. Finance case study by the end of the week. 
Week 52:  
November 22
 Capstone Project Check-In
Week 53:  
November 29
 Specialization Period 3
Week 54:  
December 6
 Specialization Period 3
Week 55:  
December 13
 Specialization Period 3 
Capstone Project and Presentation due on or before dates listed below:
*Written portion: December 19 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
*Presentation portion: January 10 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
Week 56:  
December 20
 Winter Break
Week 57:
December 27
 Winter Break
Week 58:
January 3
 Specialization Period 3
Anticipated
graduation date 		February 8, 2022
       

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