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