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