MBA Class of December 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	October 18, 2021
Markets & Economies Exam	last day to  begin exam -  November 28, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Markets & Economies Presentation	due by December 5 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
Winter Break	December 20 - January 2
Accounting Exam	last day to  begin exam -  January 16, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Accounting Case Study  (group)	due by January 30 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
Data & Decisions Exam	last day to  begin exam - March 20, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Leading Organizations Exam	last day to  begin exam -   April 24 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Leading Organizations Presentation	due by May 1 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
ISDP check-in	May 2-8
Break	June 13-19
Marketing & Pricing Exam	last day to  begin exam -  June 26, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Marketing Project (group)	due by July 3 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
Strategy Exam	last day to  begin exam -  August 7, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Strategy Case Study  (group)	due by August 14 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
ISDP Industry Assessment	due by August 21 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Supply Chain & Operations Exam	last day to  begin exam -  September 18, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Finance Exam	last day to  begin exam -  October 16, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Corp. Finance Case Study  (group)	due by October 30 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
Entrepreneurship Exam	last day to  begin exam -  November 20, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours
Individual Strategy Development Plan Due	due by November 27 11:59pm PT / UTC-7
Anticipated Graduation Date	December 28, 2022

~ Full Course Schedule ~

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