MBA Class of March 2023
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. In order to graduate and earn your degree, you must meet the course requirements as seen here.
Important Dates
- Starting Date: January 10, 2022
- ISDP Kickoff: January 17-23
- ISDP Check-in: July 11-17
- ISDP Industry Assessment: October 24-30
- Winter Break: December 19 - January 2
- ISDP Due Dates:
Written portion: due by February 19 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
Presentation portion: due by March 5 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
- Anticipated Graduation Date: March 22, 2023
Individual concentration exam and case study due dates can be found in their respective sections below. Click on a concentration to expand into a week-by-week view.
Full Course Schedule
| Week 1: January 10 |
Cultural Intelligence |
| Week 2: January 17 |
Individual Strategic Development Plan (ISDP) Kickoff |
| Week 3: January 24 |
Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand (review if needed) Microeconomics II: Shape Your Economic Worldview |
| Week 4: January 31 |
Microeconomics III: Markets and Externalities Macroeconomics: Economic Fluctuations |
| Week 5: February 7 |
Macroeconomics: US Fiscal and Monetary Policy Macroeconomics: International Trade |
| Week 6: February 14 |
Markets & Economies Exam Last day to begin exam: February 20, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 7: February 21 |
Markets & Economies Case Study Presentation (individual) Markets & Economies presentation due by February 27 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 8: February 28 |
Accounting I: Fundamentals Accounting II: Revenues and Expenses |
| Week 9: March 7 |
Stocks and Bonds Accounting III: Financial Statements |
| Week 10: March 14 |
Accounting IV: Working with Ratios Managerial Accounting |
| Week 11: March 21 |
Accounting Exam Last day to begin exam: March 27, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 12: March 28 |
Accounting Group Project Creating Financial Statements in Excel (optional, but recommended if you have Excel) |
| Week 13: April 4 |
Accounting Group Project Due Accounting Group Project due by April 10 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours Creating Financial Statements in Excel (optional, but recommended if you have Excel) |
| Week 14: April 11 |
One-Variable Statistics (review if needed) Probability Fundamentals |
| Week 15: April 18 |
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: April 25 |
Two-Variable Statistics (review if needed) Regression Analysis |
| Week 17: May 2 |
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: May 9 |
Statistical Inference: Making Data-Driven Decisions |
| Week 19: May 16 |
Advanced Statistical Inference |
| Week 20: May 23 |
Data and Decisions Exam Last day to begin exam: May 29, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 21: May 30 |
Organizational Behavior: Working in Groups and Teams Organizational Structure and Culture |
| Week 22: June 6 |
Corporate Governance |
| Week 23: June 13 |
Theories of Leadership Developing a Corporate Philosophy |
| Week 24: June 20 |
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility The Art of Negotiation |
| Week 25: June 27 |
Leading Organizations Exam Last day to begin exam: July 3, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 26: July 4 |
Leading Organizations Case Study Presentation (individual) Leading Org. presentation due by July 10 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 27: July 11 |
ISDP Check-in |
| Week 28: July 18 |
Marketing Group Project Marketing Fundamentals (review if needed) Marketing Mechanics |
| Week 29: July 25 |
Brand Development and Management A/B Testing for Marketers |
| Week 30: August 1 |
Digital Marketing Fundamentals |
| Week 31: August 8 |
Pricing I: Fundamentals Pricing II: Price Segmentation to Maximize Profit |
| Week 32: August 15 |
Pricing III: E-Commerce Pricing |
| Week 33: August 22 |
Break Week |
| Week 34: August 29 |
Marketing & Pricing Exam Last day to begin exam: September 4, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 35: September 5 |
Marketing Group Project due Marketing project due by September 11 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 36: September 12 |
Strategy I: Business-Level Strategy Strategy II: Corporate-Level Strategy |
| Week 37: September 19 |
Mergers & Acquisitions I: Theory and Practice Strategy III: International Strategy |
| Week 38: September 26 |
Innovation Fundamentals Balanced Scorecard |
| Week 39: October 3 |
Strategy Exam Last day to begin exam: October 9, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 40: October 10 |
Strategy Case Study Project (group) |
| Week 41: October 17 |
Strategy Case Study Project Strategy Project due by October 23 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 42: October 24 |
ISDP Industry Assessment |
| Week 43: October 31 |
Project Management |
| Week 44: November 7 |
Operations Management Fundamentals Operations Management: Managing Uncertainty of Demand |
| Week 45: November 14 |
Forecasting Fundamentals Supply Chain Management |
| Week 46: November 21 |
Supply Chain & Operations Exam Last day to begin exam: November 27, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 47: November 28 |
Finance: Time Value of Money (review if needed) Cost of Capital I: Capital Structure Cost of Capital II: The Modigliani-Miller Theorem |
| Week 48: December 5 |
Capital Budgeting Modern Portfolio Theory |
| Week 49: December 12 |
Valuation I: Discounted Free Cash Flow Valuation II: Equity & Market Valuations Excel for Finance |
| Week 50: December 19 |
Winter Break |
| Week 51: December 26 |
Winter Break |
| Week 52: January 2 |
Finance Exam Last day to begin exam: January 8, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 53: January 9 |
Corporate Finance Case Study (group) |
| Week 54: January 16 |
Corporate Finance Case Study Due Corporate Finance Project due by January 22 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 55: January 23 |
Customer Discovery Customer Validation |
| Week 56: January 30 |
Developing a Business Plan Venture Capital |
| Week 57: February 6 |
Entrepreneurship Exam Last day to begin exam: February 12, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 58: February 13 |
Individual Strategic Development Plan due: Written portion: due by February 19 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours Presentation portion: due by March 5 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |