MBA Class of October 2022

Your final score in Quantic will consist of a weighted average of the following: 

Learn more about how grades are calculated here.

You will be graded on your performance on several projects, and presentations.  For the group projects, you can choose to work alone or in groups of up to 3. Learn more about how projects are graded here. 

Exams

You will take nine Concentration Exams over the course of your program. These exams are made available after each concentration 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.

~ Important Dates ~

Starting date	August 9, 2021
Markets & Economies Exam	last day to begin exam -  September 19, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Markets & Economies Presentation	due by September 26 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
Accounting Exam	last day to begin exam -  October 24, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Accounting Case Study (group)	due by November 7 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
Winter Break	December 20 - January 2
Data & Decisions Exam	last day to begin exam -  January 9, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Leading Organizations Exam	last day to begin exam -  February 13, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Leading Organizations Presentation	due by February 20 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
ISDP check-in	February 21-27
Break	April 4-10
Marketing & Pricing Exam	last day to begin exam -  April 17, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Marketing Project & Presentation (group)	due by April 24 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
Strategy Exam	last day to begin exam -  May 22, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Strategy Case Study (group)	due by June 5 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
ISDP Industry Assessment	due by June 12 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Supply Chain & Operations Exam	last day to begin exam -  July 10, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Finance Exam	last day to begin exam -  August 7, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Corp. Finance Case Study (group)	due by August 21 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
Entrepreneurship Exam	last day to begin exam -  September 11, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Individual Strategy Development Plan Due	due by September 18 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
Anticipated Graduation Date	October 19, 2022

~ Full Course Schedule ~

Week 1:    August 9	Cultural Intelligence
Week 2:    August 16	Individual Strategic Development Plan (ISDP) Kickoff
Week 3:    August 23	Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand (review if needed)          Microeconomics II: Shape Your Economic Worldview
Week 4:    August 30	Microeconomics III: Markets and Externalities           Macroeconomics: Economic Fluctuations
Week 5:   September 6	Macroeconomics: US Fiscal and Monetary Policy           Macroeconomics: International Trade
Week 6:    September 13	Markets & Economies Exam
Week 7:    September 20	Markets & Economies Case Study Presentation (individual) Submit your Markets & Economies presentation by the end of the week.
Week 8:    September 27	Accounting I: Fundamentals          Accounting II: Revenues and Expenses
Week 9:   October 4	Stocks and Bonds           Accounting III: Financial Statements
Week 10 October 11	Accounting IV: Working with Ratios           Managerial Accounting
Week 11 October 18	Accounting Exam
Week 12 October 25	Accounting Group Project        Creating Financial Statements in Excel (optional, but recommended if you have Excel)
Week 13:    November 1	Accounting Group Project Due     Submit Accounting Group Project by the end of the week       Creating Financial Statements in Excel (optional, but recommended if you have Excel)
Week 14:    November 8	One-Variable Statistics (review if needed)           Probability Fundamentals
Week 15:    November 15	Probability Distributions        Excel for One-Variable Statistics (optional, but recommended if you have Excel)           *Note: You can find the Excel course in your course library.
Week 16:    November 22	Two-Variable Statistics (review if needed)          Regression Analysis
Week 17:    November 29	Excel for Two-Variable Statistics and Regression Analysis (optional, but recommended if you have Excel)           Data Collection          *Note: You can find the Excel course in your course library.
Week 18:     December 6	Statistical Inference: Making Data-Driven Decisions
Week 19:     December 13	Advanced Statistical Inference
Week 20:    December 20	Winter Break
Week 21:   December 27	Winter Break
Week 22:    January 3	Data & Decisions Exam
Week 23:    January 10	Organizational Behavior: Working in Groups and Teams           Organizational Structure and Culture
Week 24:    January 17	Corporate Governance
Week 25:    January 24	Theories of Leadership           Developing a Corporate Philosophy
Week 26:   January 31	Business Ethics and Social Responsibility           The Art of Negotiation
Week 27 February 7	Leading Organizations Exam
Week 28:    February 14	Leading Organizations Case Study Presentation (individual) Submit your Leading Org. presentation by the end of the week.
Week 29 February 21	ISDP Check-in
Week 30:    February 28	Marketing Group Project  Marketing Fundamentals (review if needed)          Marketing Mechanics
Week 31:    March 7	Brand Development and Management                 A/B Testing for Marketers
Week 32:     March 14	Digital Marketing Fundamentals
Week 33:  March 21	Pricing I: Fundamentals     Pricing II: Price Segmentation to Maximize Profit
Week 34:    March 28	Pricing III: E-Commerce Pricing
Week 35:    April 4	Break Week
Week 36: April 11	Marketing & Pricing Exam
Week 37:   April 18	Marketing Group Project & Presentation due Submit your Marketing project & presentation by the end of the week.
Week 38:  April 25	Strategy I: Business-Level Strategy          Strategy II: Corporate-Level Strategy
Week 39:    May 2	Mergers & Acquisitions I: Theory and Practice     Strategy III: International Strategy
Week 40:    May 9	Innovation Fundamentals     Balanced Scorecard
Week 41:    May 16	Strategy Exam
Week 42:    May 23	Strategy Case Study Project (group)
Week 43:   May 30	Strategy Case Study Project Submit your Strategy Project by the end of the week
Week 44 June 6	ISDP Industry Assessment
Week 45: June 13	Project Management
Week 46:    June 20	Operations Management Fundamentals          Operations Management: Managing Uncertainty of Demand
Week 47:    June 27	Forecasting Fundamentals          Supply Chain Management
Week 48:    July 4	Supply Chain & Operations Exam
Week 49:    July 11	Finance: Time Value of Money (review if needed)          Cost of Capital I: Capital Structure          Cost of Capital II: The Modigliani-Miller Theorem
Week 50:  July 18	Capital Budgeting          Modern Portfolio Theory
Week 51:    July 25	Valuation I: Discounted Free Cash Flow          Valuation II: Equity & Market Valuations     Excel for Finance
Week 52:    August 1	Finance Exam
Week 53: August 8	Corporate Finance Case Study (group)
Week 54:    August 15	Corporate Finance Case Study Due    Submit Corporate Finance Project by the end of the week
Week 55:    August 22	Customer Discovery     Customer Validation
Week 56: August 29	Developing a Business Plan     Venture Capital
Week 57: September 5	Entrepreneurship Exam
Week 58: September 12	Individual Strategic Development Plan Due  Submit your ISDP by the end of the week
Anticipated Graduation Date	October 19, 2022