December 2017 EMBA Curriculum / Grading
Welcome to Smartly! 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.
- Complete the Accounting, Leading Organizations, and Capstone Projects.
- Submit the required documents that confirm your identity, eligibility and past academic performance as referenced in your MBA application.
Your grade is weighted in the following way:
- Projects: 20%
- SMARTCASEs: 20%
- Concentration Exams: 60%
See below for more information on Projects, SMARTCASEs, and Concentration Exams.
~Course Schedule~
| Week 1: December 4, 2017 | Accounting I: Fundamentals Accounting II: Revenues and Expenses |
| Week 2: December 11, 2017 | Stocks and Bonds Accounting III: Financial Statements |
| Week 3: December 18, 2017 | Winter Break |
| Week 4: December 25, 2017 | Winter Break |
| Week 5: January 1, 2018 | Accounting IV: Working with Ratios Managerial Accounting |
| Week 6: January 8, 2018 | Accounting Exam |
| Week 7: January 15, 2018 | Accounting Case Study Creating Financial Statements in Excel (Optional, but recommended if you have Excel) |
| Week 8: January 22, 2018 | Accounting Case Study |
| Week 9: January 29, 2018 | Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand Microeconomics II: Shape Your Economic Worldview |
| Week 10: February 5, 2018 | Microeconomics III: Markets and Externalities Macroeconomics: Economic Fluctuations |
| Week 11: February 12, 2018 | Macroeconomics: US Fiscal and Monetary Policy Macroeconomics: International Trade |
| Week 12: February 19, 2018 | Markets and Economies Exam |
| Week 13: February 26, 2018 | One-Variable Statistics |
| Week 14: March 5, 2018 | Probability Fundamentals Probability Distributions |
| Week 15: March 12, 2018 | Two-Variable Statistics Regression Analysis |
| Week 16: March 19, 2018 | Data Collection |
| Week 17: March 26, 2018 | Statistical Inference: Making Data-Driven Decisions |
| Week 18: April 2, 2018 | Advanced Statistical Inference |
| Week 19: April 9, 2018 | Data and Decisions Exam |
| Week 20: April 16, 2018 | Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 21: April 23, 2018 | Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 22: April 30, 2018 | Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 23: May 7, 2018 | Organizational Behavior: Working in Groups and Teams Organizational Structure and Culture |
| Week 24: May 14, 2018 | Theories of Leadership Developing a Corporate Philosophy |
| Week 25: May 21, 2018 | Corporate Governance |
| Week 26: May 28, 2018 | Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Negotiation Analysis and Strategy |
| Week 27: June 4, 2018 | Leading Organizations Exam |
| Week 28: June 11, 2018 | Leading Organizations Case Study |
| Week 29: June 18, 2018 | Marketing Fundamentals Marketing Mechanics |
| Week 30: June 25, 2018 | Digital Marketing Fundamentals A/B Testing for Marketers |
| Week 31: July 2, 2018 | Pricing I: Fundamentals Pricing II: Price Segmentation to Maximize Profit |
| Week 32: July 9, 2018 | Marketing and Pricing Exam |
| Week 33: July 16, 2018 | Capstone Project Kickoff Developing a Business Plan |
| Week 34: July 23, 2018 | Strategy I: Business-Level Strategy Strategy II: Corporate-Level Strategy |
| Week 35: July 30, 2018 | Strategy III: International Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
| Week 36: August 6, 2018 | Strategy and Innovation Exam |
| Week 37: August 13, 2018 | Strategy and Innovation Case Study |
| Week 38: August 20, 2018 | Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 39: August 27, 2018 | Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 40: September 3, 2018 | Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 41: September 10, 2018 | Finance: Time Value of Money Cost of Capital I: Capital Structure |
| Week 42: September 17, 2018 | Cost of Capital II: The Modigliani-Miller Theorem |
| Week 43: September 24, 2018 | Valuation I: Discounted Free Cash Flow Valuation II: Equity & Market Valuations |
| Week 44: October 1, 2018 | Finance Exam |
| Week 45: October 8, 2018 | Capstone Project Check-In |
| Week 46: October 15, 2018 | Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand Operations Management Fundamentals |
| Week 47: October 22, 2018 | Project Management |
| Week 48: October 29, 2018 | Operations Management Exam |
| Week 49: November 5, 2018 | Specialization Period 3 |
| Week 50: November 12, 2018 | Specialization Period 3 |
| Week 51: November 19, 2018 | Specialization Period 3 and Capstone Project Due |
| Week 52: November 26, 2018 | Specialization Period 3 |
More about the Projects Grade - 20%
Over the course of this program, you will complete three projects: an Accounting Case Study, a Leading Organizations Case Study, and a Capstone Project. Each project we assign will be accompanied by a prompt and grading rubric. Grading will be based on the thoroughness and accuracy of your response. The assignment and due dates for each project are listed on your curriculum above.
The Capstone project accounts for half of the project grade. The Accounting and Leading Organizations case studies make up 25% each.
More about SMARTCASE scores - 20%
As you progress through lessons in Smartly, feel free to explore different answer options (both correct and incorrect) that trigger helpful feedback. You are not expected to get all "correct answers" while you are learning—mistakes are half of learning, after all—so, you aren't graded on regular lessons. You are graded on SMARTCASE lessons, as mentioned above. Only your top score in SMARTCASEs will count towards your final grade, so you can feel free to take SMARTCASEs as many times as you like.
More about the Concentration Exams - 60%
You will take eight Concentration Exams over the course of your program. These exams are made available after each concentration has ended, according to your schedule. The exams are all open book, and each consists of several lessons. They're similar in format to SMARTCASEs, meaning there are no open response questions. For more about the concentration exams, click here.
More about Specializations
Smartly Specializations allow EMBA students to get a deeper understanding of topics they’re interested in. In order to graduate, each student needs to complete three specializations, with the option to complete more. If a student completes more than three specialization exams, only the top three specialization exam scores will be counted toward that student's final grade. All completed specializations, along with the earned exam score, may still be included on the student's Smartly transcript. For more information on available specializations, click here.