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