Quantitative Fundamentals Course Requirement

***Incoming students are required to complete the Online Quantitative Fundamentals Course***

Purpose

These online self-paced courses are meant to be quantitative refresher courses for our newly enrolled students in the subject areas of Algebra, Statistics, Calculus and Probability. These courses were chosen by our GSM faculty to measure our incoming students' quantitative skills and expose them to the problem sets that will be used throughout the MBA curriculum and beyond.

This requirement benefits our students who have not worked with these problem sets since college. In short, this online course is a review to provide our students with the tools they need to succeed in the GSM curriculum.

While the courses are self-paced and are a review, there is a benchmark that needs to be met.  Each student must earn a cumulative score across the courses of 75% or higher which must be achieved to complete this requirement.

• Each course will have an online course, with a pre-test and a final. If a student takes the pre-test and does not meet the benchmark score, they have the option to try again by completing the final. The lowest score of the pre-test or final will be dropped—only the highest score will count towards the cumulative score.
• If the cumulative score across the courses is less than 75%, then students will be required to take an in-person course with an instructor who will review all the problem sets again in person during the month of September.
• Each course will have an online course, with a pre-test and a final. If a student takes the pre-test and does not meet the benchmark score, they have the option to try again by completing the final.  The lowest score of the pre-test or final will be dropped—only the highest score will count towards the cumulative score.
• To be assigned to the in-person course, a student must complete the pre-tests and finals for each course and not meet the 75% or higher score. At that point, the student will be required to take the in-person session.
• To ensure the best preparation for students who are required to attend these in-person sessions, spaces are limited to only those students who are required to attend.

Accessing the Online Courses

Registration

If you are new to the courses and have not registered before, please register here.

If you have already registered for the courses, then you will need to access the original link that you should have book marked. 

Access

1. Create a personal username and password
2. Once you are registered in the Harvard Business School Publishing system, you will be required to log in to access the course content using your username and password
3. Once logged in, see the left-hand navigation bar and choose Coursepacks
4. Choose the Course Section and then click Run Course Section
5. Complete the pre-test for these four sections of the Quantitative Fundamentals assessment, Algebra, Calculus, Statistics, and Probability.

NOTE: Use only one login identity.

In-Person Sessions

These in-person sessions are hands-on workshops that include working through problem sets together with each other and the instructor. Students can expect to gain a deeper understanding of the problem sets that will be used throughout the MBA curriculum and beyond.

Fulfilling this requirement includes attending both full-day sessions.

Quant Fun In-person Session Logistics

Location
Gallagher Hall 2102

Dates
Sunday, September 15 and Sunday, September 22, 2024

Time
9 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Each session will require a full day of participation and are subject to change.