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