EMBA Class of May 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 | March 22, 2021 | |
| Accounting Exam | last day to begin exam - April 25, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Accounting Case Study (group) | due by May 2, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Markets and Economies Exam | last day to begin exam - June 6, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Markets and Economies Case Study Presentation (individual) | due by June 13, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Data and Decisions Exam | last day to begin exam - July 25, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Operations Management Exam | last day to begin exam - August 8, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Leading Org. Exam | last day to begin exam - October 3, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Leading Org. Case Study (individual) | due by October 10, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-8 hours |
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| Marketing and Pricing Exam | last day to begin exam - November 14, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Break Week optional Strategy exercise on Slack |
November 29 - December 5 |
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| Strategy Exam | last day to begin exam, December 19, 11:59 p.m PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Winter Break | December 20 - January 2 | |
| Strategy Case Study Presentation (individual) | due by January 9, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Capstone Check-in week | January 31 - February 6 |
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| Finance Exam | Last day to begin exam - March 6, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Corporate Finance Case Study (group) | due by March 20 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Capstone Financials Check-in Week | March 21-27 |
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| Capstone written portion (group) | due by April 17 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Capstone presentation (group) | due by May 1 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Anticipated Graduation Date | May, 2022 |
~Full Course Schedule~
| Week 1: March 22 |
Cultural Intelligence |
| Week 2: March 29 |
Accounting I: Fundamentals Accounting II: Revenues and Expenses |
| Week 3: April 5 |
Stocks and Bonds Accounting III: Financial Statements |
| Week 4: April 12 |
Accounting IV: Working with Ratios Managerial Accounting |
| Week 5: April 19 |
Accounting Exam Week |
| Week 6: April 26 |
Accounting Case Study (group project) Creating Financial Statements in Excel (Optional, but recommended if you have Excel) |
| Week 7: May 3 |
Accounting Case Study Due Submit your accounting case study by the end of the week. |
| Week 8: May 10 |
Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand Microeconomics II: Shape Your Economic Worldview |
| Week 9: May 17 |
Microeconomics III: Markets and Externalities Macroeconomics: Economic Fluctuations |
| Week 10: May 24 |
Macroeconomics: US Fiscal and Monetary Policy Macroeconomics: International Trade |
| Week 11: May 31 |
Markets and Economies Exam Week |
| Week 12: June 7 |
Markets and Economies Case Study Presentation (individual project) Submit your Markets & Economies presentation by the end of the week. |
| Week 13: June 14 |
One-Variable Statistics |
| Week 14: June 21 |
Probability Fundamentals Probability Distributions |
| Week 15: June 28 |
Two-Variable Statistics Regression Analysis |
| Week 16: July 5 |
Data Collection |
| Week 17: July 12 |
Statistical Inference: Making Data-Driven Decisions |
| Week 18: July 19 |
Data and Decisions Exam Week |
| Week 19: July 26 |
Operations Management Fundamentals Project Management |
| Week 20: August 2 |
Operations Management Exam Week |
| Week 21: August 9 |
Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 22: August 16 |
Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 23: August 23 |
Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 24: August 30 |
Organizational Behavior: Working in Groups and Teams Organizational Structure and Culture |
| Week 25: September 6 |
Theories of Leadership Developing a Corporate Philosophy |
| Week 26: September 13 |
Corporate Governance |
| Week 27: September 20 |
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility The Art of Negotiation |
| Week 28: September 27 |
Leading Organizations Exam Week |
| Week 29: October 4 |
Leading Organizations Case Study (individual project) Submit your Leading Org. case study by the end of the week. |
| Week 30: October 11 |
Marketing Fundamentals Marketing Mechanics |
| Week 31: October 18 |
Brand Development and Management A/B Testing for Marketers |
| Week 32: October 25 |
Digital Marketing Fundamentals Pricing I: Fundamentals |
| Week 33: November 1 |
Pricing II: Price Segmentation to Maximize Profit Pricing III: E-Commerce Pricing |
| Week 34: November 8 |
Marketing and Pricing Exam Week |
| Week 35: November 15 |
Capstone Project Kickoff (group project) Developing a Business Plan The Art of Presentation |
| Week 36: November 22 |
Strategy I: Business-Level Strategy Strategy II: Corporate-Level Strategy |
| Week 37: November 29 |
Break Week Optional strategy group case study project via Slack |
| Week 38: December 6 |
Strategy III: International Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
| Week 39: December 13 |
Strategy Exam Week |
| Week 40: December 20 |
Winter Break |
| Week 41: December 27 |
Winter Break |
| Week 42: January 3 |
Strategy Case Study Presentation (individual project) Submit your Strategy presentation by the end of the week. |
| Week 43: January 10 |
Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 44: January 17 |
Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 45: January 24 |
Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 46: January 31 |
Capstone Project Check-in |
| Week 47: February 7 |
Finance: Time Value of Money Cost of Capital I: Capital Structure |
| Week 48: February 14 |
Cost of Capital II: The Modigliani-Miller Theorem |
| Week 49: February 21 |
Capital Budgeting Modern Portfolio Theory |
| Week 50: February 28 |
Finance Exam Week |
| Week 51: March 7 |
Corporate Finance Case Study (group project) |
| Week 52: March 14 |
Corporate Finance Case Study Due Submit your Corp. Finance case study by the end of the week. |
| Week 53: March 21 |
Capstone Financials Check-In |
| Week 54: March 28 |
Specialization Period 3 |
| Week 55: April 4 |
Specialization Period 3 |
| Week 56: April 11 |
Specialization Period 3 Capstone Project and Presentation due on or before dates listed below: *Written portion: April 17 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours *Presentation portion: May 1 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 57: April 18 |
Specialization Period 3 |
| Anticipated graduation date |
May 24, 2022 |