EMBA Class of October 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 | August 9, 2021 | |
| Accounting Exam | last day to begin exam - September 12, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Accounting Case Study (group) | due by September 26, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Markets and Economies Exam | last day to begin exam - October 24, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Markets and Economies Case Study Presentation (individual) | due by October 31, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Data and Decisions Exam | last day to begin exam - December 12, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Winter Break |
December 20 - January 2 | |
| Operations Management Exam | last day to begin exam - January 9, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Leading Org. Exam |
last day to begin exam - March 6, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Leading Org. Presentation (individual) | due by March 13, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-8 hours |
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| Marketing and Pricing Exam | last day to begin exam - April 17, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Break Week optional Strategy exercise on Slack |
May 2-8 |
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| Strategy Exam | last day to begin exam, May 22, 11:59 p.m PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Strategy Project (group) |
due by June 5 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Capstone Check-in week | June 27 - July 3 |
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| Finance Exam | Last day to begin exam - July 31, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Corporate Finance Case Study (group) | due by August 14 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Capstone Financials Check-in Week | August 15-21 |
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| Capstone written portion (group) | due by September 11 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Capstone presentation (group) | due by September 25 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
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| Anticipated Graduation Date | October 18, 2022 |
~Full Course Schedule~
| Week 1: August 9 |
Cultural Intelligence |
| Week 2: August 16 |
Accounting I: Fundamentals Accounting II: Revenues and Expenses |
| Week 3: August 23 |
Stocks and Bonds Accounting III: Financial Statements |
| Week 4: August 30 |
Accounting IV: Working with Ratios Managerial Accounting |
| Week 5: September 6 |
Accounting Exam Week |
| Week 6: September 13 |
Accounting Case Study (group project) Creating Financial Statements in Excel (Optional, but recommended if you have Excel) |
| Week 7: September 20 |
Accounting Case Study Due Submit your accounting case study by the end of the week. |
| Week 8: September 27 |
Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand Microeconomics II: Shape Your Economic Worldview |
| Week 9: October 4 |
Microeconomics III: Markets and Externalities Macroeconomics: Economic Fluctuations |
| Week 10: October 11 |
Macroeconomics: US Fiscal and Monetary Policy Macroeconomics: International Trade |
| Week 11: October 18 |
Markets and Economies Exam Week |
| Week 12: October 25 |
Markets and Economies Case Study Presentation (individual project) Submit your Markets & Economies presentation by the end of the week. |
| Week 13: November 1 |
One-Variable Statistics |
| Week 14: November 8 |
Probability Fundamentals Probability Distributions |
| Week 15: November 15 |
Two-Variable Statistics Regression Analysis |
| Week 16: November 22 |
Data Collection |
| Week 17: November 29 |
Statistical Inference: Making Data-Driven Decisions |
| Week 18: December 6 |
Data and Decisions Exam Week |
| Week 19: December 13 |
Operations Management Fundamentals Project Management |
| Week 20: December 20 |
Winter Break |
| Week 21: December 27 |
Winter Break |
| Week 22: January 3 |
Operations Management Exam Week |
| Week 23: January 10 |
Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 24: January 17 |
Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 25: January 24 |
Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 26: January 31 |
Organizational Behavior: Working in Groups and Teams Organizational Structure and Culture |
| Week 27: February 7 |
Theories of Leadership Developing a Corporate Philosophy |
| Week 28: February 14 |
Corporate Governance |
| Week 29: February 21 |
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility The Art of Negotiation |
| Week 30: February 28 |
Leading Organizations Exam Week |
| Week 31: March 7 |
Leading Organizations Presentation (individual project) Submit your Leading Org. presentation by the end of the week. |
| Week 32: March 14 |
Marketing Fundamentals Marketing Mechanics |
| Week 33: March 21 |
Brand Development and Management A/B Testing for Marketers |
| Week 34: March 28 |
Digital Marketing Fundamentals Pricing I: Fundamentals |
| Week 35: April 4 |
Pricing II: Price Segmentation to Maximize Profit Pricing III: E-Commerce Pricing |
| Week 36: April 11 |
Marketing and Pricing Exam Week |
| Week 37: April 18 |
Capstone Project Kickoff (group project) Developing a Business Plan The Art of Presentation |
| Week 38: April 25 |
Strategy I: Business-Level Strategy Strategy II: Corporate-Level Strategy |
| Week 39: May 2 |
Break Week Optional strategy group case study project via Slack |
| Week 40: May 9 |
Strategy III: International Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
| Week 41: May 16 |
Strategy Exam Week |
| Week 42: May 23 |
Strategy Case Study Project (group project) |
| Week 43: May 30 |
Strategy Project due Submit your Strategy project by the end of the week. |
| Week 44: June 6 |
Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 45: June 13 |
Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 46: June 20 |
Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 47: June 27 |
Capstone Project Check-in |
| Week 48: July 4 |
Finance: Time Value of Money Cost of Capital I: Capital Structure |
| Week 49: July 11 |
Cost of Capital II: The Modigliani-Miller Theorem |
| Week 50: July 18 |
Capital Budgeting Modern Portfolio Theory |
| Week 51: July 25 |
Finance Exam Week |
| Week 52: August 1 |
Corporate Finance Case Study (group project) |
| Week 53: August 8 |
Corporate Finance Case Study Due Submit your Corp. Finance case study by the end of the week. |
| Week 54: August 15 |
Capstone Financials Check-In |
| Week 55: August 22 |
Specialization Period 3 |
| Week 56: August 29 |
Specialization Period 3 |
| Week 57: September 5 |
Specialization Period 3 Capstone Project and Presentation due on or before dates listed below: *Written portion: due by September 11 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours *Presentation portion: September 25 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 58: September 12 |
Specialization Period 3 |
| Anticipated graduation date |
October 18, 2022 |