August 2019 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 and your chosen Specializations.
- Complete the written projects, and participate in the oral presentations.
- Complete the Capstone Project and Presentation.
In order to graduate, you must submit and pass both your written Capstone project (with a score of 3 or higher) and your Capstone presentation (with a score of 2 or higher). - Submit the required documents that confirm your identity, eligibility and past academic performance as referenced in your EMBA application.
Your grade is weighted in the following way:
- Projects & Presentations: 30%
- SMARTCASEs: 10%
- Exams: 60%
See below for more information on projects, presentations, SMARTCASEs, exams, and Specializations.
~Course Schedule~
| Week 1: August 19 |
Accounting I: Fundamentals Accounting II: Revenues and Expenses |
| Week 2: August 26 |
Stocks and Bonds Accounting III: Financial Statements |
| Week 3: September 2 |
Accounting IV: Working with Ratios Managerial Accounting |
| Week 4: September 9 |
Accounting Exam |
| Week 5: September 16 |
Accounting Case Study Creating Financial Statements in Excel (Optional, but recommended if you have Excel) |
| Week 6: September 23 |
Accounting Case Study Due Submit your accounting case study by the end of the week. |
| Week 7: September 30 |
Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand Microeconomics II: Shape Your Economic Worldview |
| Week 8: October 7 |
Microeconomics III: Markets and Externalities Macroeconomics: Economic Fluctuations |
| Week 9: October 14 |
Macroeconomics: US Fiscal and Monetary Policy Macroeconomics: International Trade |
| Week 10: October 21 |
Markets and Economies Exam |
| Week 11: October 28 |
Markets and Economies Case Study Presentation |
| Week 12: November 4 |
One-Variable Statistics |
| Week 13: November 11 |
Probability Fundamentals Probability Distributions |
| Week 14: November 18 |
Two-Variable Statistics Regression Analysis |
| Week 15: November 25 |
Data Collection |
| Week 16: December 2 |
Statistical Inference: Making Data-Driven Decisions |
| Week 17: December 9 |
Data and Decisions Exam |
| Week 18: December 16 |
Operations Management Fundamentals Project Management |
| Week 19: December 23 |
Winter Break |
| Week 20: December 30 |
Winter Break |
| Week 21: January 6 |
Operations Management Exam |
| Week 22: January 13 |
Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 23: January 20 |
Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 24: January 27 |
Specialization Period 1 |
| Week 25: February 3 |
Organizational Behavior: Working in Groups and Teams Organizational Structure and Culture |
| Week 26: February 10 |
Theories of Leadership Developing a Corporate Philosophy |
| Week 27: February 17 |
Corporate Governance |
| Week 28: February 24 |
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility The Art of Negotiation |
| Week 29: March 2 |
Leading Organizations Exam |
| Week 30: March 9 |
Leading Organizations Case Study |
| Week 31: March 16 |
Marketing Fundamentals Marketing Mechanics |
| Week 32: March 23 |
Brand Development and Management A/B Testing for Marketers |
| Week 33: March 30 |
Digital Marketing Fundamentals Pricing I: Fundamentals |
| Week 34: April 6 |
Pricing II: Price Segmentation to Maximize Profit Pricing III: E-Commerce Pricing |
| Week 35: April 13 |
Marketing and Pricing Exam |
| Week 36: April 20 |
Capstone Project Kickoff Developing a Business Plan The Art of Presentation |
| Week 37: April 27 |
Strategy I: Business-Level Strategy Strategy II: Corporate-Level Strategy |
| Week 38: May 4 |
Strategy and Innovation Case Study |
| Week 39: May 11 |
Strategy III: International Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
| Week 40: May 18 |
Strategy and Innovation Exam |
| Week 41: May 25 |
Strategy and Innovation Case Study Presentation |
| Week 42: June 1 |
Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 43: June 8 |
Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 44: June 15 |
Specialization Period 2 |
| Week 45: June 22 |
Finance: Time Value of Money Cost of Capital I: Capital Structure |
| Week 46: June 29 |
Cost of Capital II: The Modigliani-Miller Theorem |
| Week 47: July 6 |
Capital Budgeting Modern Portfolio Theory |
| Week 48: July 13 |
Finance Exam |
| Week 49: July 20 |
Corporate Finance Case Study |
| Week 50: July 27 |
Corporate Finance Case Study Due |
| Week 51: August 3 |
Capstone Project Check-In |
| Week 52: August 10 |
Specialization Period 3 |
| Week 53: August 17 |
Specialization Period 3 |
| Week 54: August 24 |
Specialization Period 3 Capstone Project and Presentation Due by end of week |
| Week 55: August 31 |
Specialization Period 3 |
More about the Projects & Presentations Grade - 30%
Over the course of this program, you will complete four projects and three presentations. Each project and presentation 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 and presentation accounts for half of the project grade.
More about SMARTCASE scores - 10%
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 Exams - 60%
You will take eight Concentration Exams and three Specialization Exams over the course of your program. These exams are made available after each concentration or specialization 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.