MBA Class of February 2024
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: November 28, 2022
- ISDP Kickoff: December 5-11, 2022
- Winter Break 2022: December 19 - January 1, 2023
- ISDP Check-in: June 12-18, 2023
- ISDP Industry Assessment: September 25 - October 1, 2023
- Winter Break 2023: December 25 - January 7, 2024
- ISDP Due Dates:
Written portion: due by January 21, 2024 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
Presentation portion: due by February 4, 2024 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours
- Anticipated Graduation Date: February 7, 2024
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. For a printable PDF version click here.
Full Course Schedule
| Week 1: November 28 |
Cultural Intelligence |
| Week 2: December 5 |
Individual Strategic Development Plan (ISDP) Kickoff |
| Week 3: December 12 |
Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand (review if needed) Microeconomics II: Shape Your Economic Worldview |
| Week 4: December 19 |
Winter Break |
| Week 5: December 26 |
Winter Break |
| Week 6: January 2 |
Microeconomics III: Markets and Externalities Macroeconomics: Economic Fluctuations |
| Week 7: January 9 |
Macroeconomics: US Fiscal and Monetary Policy Macroeconomics: International Trade |
| Week 8: January 16 |
Markets & Economies Exam Last day to begin exam: January 22, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 9: January 23 |
Markets & Economies Case Study Presentation (individual) Markets & Economies presentation due by January 29, 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 10: January 30 |
Accounting I: Fundamentals Accounting II: Revenues and Expenses |
| Week 11: February 6 |
Stocks and Bonds Accounting III: Financial Statements |
| Week 12: February 13 |
Accounting IV: Working with Ratios Managerial Accounting |
| Week 13: February 20 |
Accounting Exam Last day to begin exam: February 26, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 14: February 27 |
Accounting Group Project Creating Financial Statements in Excel (optional, but recommended if you have Excel) |
| Week 15: March 6 |
Accounting Group Project Due Accounting Group Project due by March 12, 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours Creating Financial Statements in Excel (optional, but recommended if you have Excel) |
| Week 16: March 13 |
One-Variable Statistics (review if needed) Probability Fundamentals |
| Week 17: March 20 |
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: March 27 |
Two-Variable Statistics (review if needed) Regression Analysis |
| Week 19: April 3 |
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: April 10 |
Statistical Inference: Making Data-Driven Decisions |
| Week 21: April 17 |
Advanced Statistical Inference |
| Week 22: April 24 |
Data and Decisions Exam Last day to begin exam: April 30 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 23: May 1 |
Organizational Behavior: Working in Groups and Teams Organizational Structure and Culture |
| Week 24: May 8 |
Corporate Governance |
| Week 25: May 15 |
Theories of Leadership Developing a Corporate Philosophy |
| Week 26: May 22 |
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility The Art of Negotiation |
| Week 27: May 29 |
Leading Organizations Exam Last day to begin exam: June 4 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 28: June 5 |
Leading Organizations Case Study Presentation (individual) Leading Org. presentation due by June 11 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 29: June 12 |
ISDP Check-in |
| Week 30: June 19 |
Marketing Group Project Marketing Fundamentals (review if needed) Marketing Mechanics |
| Week 31: June 26 |
Brand Development and Management A/B Testing for Marketers |
| Week 32: July 3 |
Digital Marketing Fundamentals |
| Week 33: July 10 |
Pricing I: Fundamentals Pricing II: Price Segmentation to Maximize Profit |
| Week 34: July 17 |
Pricing III: E-Commerce Pricing |
| Week 35 July 24 |
Break Week |
| Week 36: July 31 |
Marketing & Pricing Exam Last day to begin exam: August 6, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 37: August 7 |
Marketing Group Project due Marketing project due by August 13, 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 38: August 14 |
Strategy I: Business-Level Strategy Strategy II: Corporate-Level Strategy |
| Week 39: August 21 |
Mergers & Acquisitions I: Theory and Practice Strategy III: International Strategy |
| Week 40: August 28 |
Innovation Fundamentals Balanced Scorecard |
| Week 41: September 4 |
Strategy Exam Last day to begin exam: September 10, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 42: September 11 |
Strategy Case Study Project (group) |
| Week 43: September 18 |
Strategy Case Study Project Strategy Project due by September 24, 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 44: September 25 |
ISDP Industry Assessment |
| Week 45: October 2 |
Project Management |
| Week 46: October 9 |
Operations Management Fundamentals Operations Management: Managing Uncertainty of Demand |
| Week 47: October 16 |
Forecasting Fundamentals Supply Chain Management |
| Week 48: October 23 |
Supply Chain & Operations Exam Last day to begin exam: October 29, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 49: October 30 |
Finance: Time Value of Money (review if needed) Cost of Capital I: Capital Structure Cost of Capital II: The Modigliani-Miller Theorem |
| Week 50: November 6 |
Capital Budgeting Modern Portfolio Theory |
| Week 51: November 13 |
Valuation I: Discounted Free Cash Flow Valuation II: Equity & Market Valuations Excel for Finance |
| Week 52: November 20 |
Finance Exam Last day to begin exam: November 26, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 53: November 27 |
Corporate Finance Case Study (group) |
| Week 54: December 4 |
Corporate Finance Case Study Due Corporate Finance Project due by December 10 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 55: December 11 |
Customer Discovery Customer Validation |
| Week 56: December 18 |
Developing a Business Plan Venture Capital |
| Week 57: December 25 |
Winter Break |
| Week 58: January 1 |
Winter Break |
| Week 59: January 8 |
Entrepreneurship Exam Last day to begin exam: January 14, 11:59 p.m. PT / UTC-7 hours |
| Week 60 January 15 |
Individual Strategic Development Plan due: Written portion: due by January 21 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours Presentation portion: due by February 4 by 11:59 p.m. PDT / UTC-7 hours |