US Universities With A Cryptocurrency Course

From a great skepticism to an inescapable part of business education?

Over the next years, it looks like talks of Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, DeFi will likely become a part of core business education. And Ivy League schools are sitting in the front row among an increasing number of schools and universities in the US offering courses that can be taken in-campus or online.

A couple of US Universities and their course offerings are listed below:

1. Carnegie Mellon University

2. Columbia University

3. Cornell University

4. Duke University

5. Georgetown University

6. Harvard University

7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

8. New York University (NYU)

9. Princeton University

10. Stanford University

11. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

12. University of California (Berkeley)

13. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

14. University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

15. University of Michigan

16. University of Pennsylvania (Penn)

17. University of Southern California (USC)

18. University of Texas at Austin

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Cornell University

Courses:

• Blockchains, Cryptocurrencies, and Smart Contracts

• Undergraduate module

• 1 Semester

• Distributed Consensus and Blockchains

• Undergraduate Module

• 1 Semester

• Blockchain Essentials

• Online certificate programme

• 2 weeks of material

• 3 months to complete

• 100% online

• 3-5 hours per week

• Cost: $3,600

• Cryptocurrencies and Ledgers

• 100% online

• 3-5 hours per week of private study

• Private course for business leaders, entrepreneurs, professionals

• Cryptography Essentials

• 100% Online

• 3-5 hours per week of private study

• Course length: 2 weeks

• Cost: $969

• Applications of Blockchain Technology

• 100% Online

• 3-5 hours per week of private study

• Course length: 2 weeks

• Cost: $969

• Private course for business leaders, entrepreneurs, professionals

Duke University

Courses:

• Course: Innovation and Cryptoventures

• Double module

• School of Business

• Undergraduate

• Online course: Blockchain Applications Certificate

• Course length: 3-4 months

• Project work

• Cost: $3,000

• University-issued credential

• Equivalent to one Master’s degree module

• Online course: Blockchain Business Models

• Course length: 4 weeks

• 12 hours worth of material

• Paid certificate available

• Cost: Free

• Part of Duke’s Entrepreneurial Finance: Strategy and Innovation Specialization course

• Available in 10 languages

• Course: Tech-Driven Transformation of Business - formed in partnership with Ripple’s (XRP) University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI)

• Undergraduate module

• 1 semester

Georgetown University

• Thought leading Blockchain facility: McDonough School of Business

• Whitepapers: Themes including ICOs, Digital Assets, and FinTech

Courses:

• Course: Cryptocurrencies, Initial Coin Offerings and the Law Seminar

• Single module as part of the undergraduate law degree

• 1 semester

• Course: Certificate in Blockchain Management

Events:

• Event: Crypto Day

• Event: D.C. Blockchain Summit

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Courses:

• Course: Cryptocurrency Engineering and Design

• 20 of the 24 lecture videos are free to watch online, starting here)

• Cost: Free

• Open source and self-study

• Course: Blockchain and Money

• 23 of the 24 lecture videos are free to watch online, starting here

• Cost: Free

• Open source and self-study

• More courses, including Crypto Finance, Shared Public Ledgers, and Emerging Blockchain Havens can be read about here

• Reports from previous years students are often published online, for example

New York University (NYU)

• Blockchain technology has been made a key part of their FinTech MBA program

• Course: Digital Currency, Blockchains, and the Future of Financial Services

• 1 module of the undergraduate law degree

• Boasts a Blockchain Lab and an Entrepreneurs Lab

• One of the first schools to educate students about the blockchain and hosted the first-ever university-supported Bitcoin hackathon in 2014

• Offers a community for crypto enthusiasts to join called the ‘Blockchain Digital Asset Forum’, where they run events and encourage thought leadership

Courses:

• Course: Topics in Cryptocurrency Investing

• Undergraduate module

• Single semester

• Course: Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies: Technical and Strategy Perspective

• Undergraduate module

• Single semester

Princeton University

Courses:

• Course: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technology

• Cost: Free

• 100% online

• Approx 23 hours of coursework

• Available in 9 languages

• Publications and resources by Professor Arvind Narayanan are published online here on the page ‘Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, and Blockchain’

• Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy has already built popular tools, published a textbook, and held popular events

• Research: Bitcoin and the Blockchain

Stanford University

Courses:

• Course: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: What you need to know

• Cost: $195

• Access: 60 days

• The final exam requires an 85% pass rate

• Special guest: Fred Ehrsam, Co-Founder of Coinbase

• Course: Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technologies

• Part of the Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate

• Course: Cryptography II

• 100% online

• Cost: Free

• Takes only 2 hours to complete

• Stanford has received significant investment and support from the Ethereum Foundation, Protocol Labs, Interchain Foundation, OmiseGo, Dfinity, and Polychain

• Stanford Engineering ‘Future of Digital Currency Initiative’ is a long-running research project that seeks to explore the emerging role of digital currencies in regards to banking, financial policy, digital economies, and more

• Facility: Stanford Center for Blockchain Research (sponsored by Ethereum)

• Research: Crypto Currency Research Group & Applied Cryptography Group

University of California (Berkeley)

Courses:

• Blockchain at Berkeley: their student-led hub for Blockchain innovation

• Courses offered:

• Lattices: Algorithms, Complexity, and Cryptography

• Undergraduate module

• 1 semester

• Emerging Technologies and Social Impact Challenge Lab

• Undergraduate module

• 1 semester

• Blockchain Fundamentals

• Full course offered to existing UCB students only

• All slides and videos from 10 lectures are available to view for free online

• Blockchain, Cryptoeconomics, and the Future of Technology, Business and Law

• Undergraduate module

• 1 Semester

• edX courses:

• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies

• Cost: Free

• Course length: 6 weeks

• 3-5 hours work per week

• Paid certificate available

• Blockchain Technology

• Cost: Free

• Course length: 6 weeks

• 3-5 hours work per week

• Paid certificate available

• A free resource for developers: Blockchain Developers Decal

• Ripple UBRI sponsored Blockchain Initiative

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Decentralized Systems Lab is a long-term commitment to computer innovation, especially regarding blockchain technologies and practical use cases such as finance and healthcare.

Courses:

• Course: Applied Cryptography

• Undergraduate module

• 1 Semester

• Course: Science of Crypto-Currency

• Undergraduate module

• 1 Semester

• Course: Cryptocurrency Security

• Undergraduate module

• 1 Semester

• Cryptocurrency courses are taught by Professor Andrew Miller, who also sits on the board of IC3 (see Cornell University), Zcash Foundation, and Ethereum Enterprise Alliance

• The university accepts philanthropic support via BitPay

Harvard University

• Boasts the highest percentage of student body going straight into the Blockchain industry

• Runs a community called HLSBFI - Harvard Law School Blockchain and FinTech Initiative

• Hosts regular events and educational talks about cryptocurrency and the blockchain

Courses:

• Introduction to Blockchain and Bitcoin

• Cost: $2,750

• Awards one credit

• 100% online

• FinTech

• Cost: $3,600

• Course length: 6 weeks

• 8-10 hours per week

• 100% online

• Awards a Premier Certificate

Columbia University

The Cryptography Laboratory covers a wide and highly technical sphere of research around security, private keys, data mining, encryption, cryptocurrency and more.

Courses:

• Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, AI, and Beyond

• 100% online

• Cost: Free

• Understanding Blockchain, AI, and Machine Learning

• 100% online

• Cost: Free

• Blockchain in Business: Beyond the Hype (online)

• Cost: $1,950

• Course length: 6 weeks

• 4-6 hours per week

• Awards one credit

• An Introduction to Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

• Undergraduate module

• 1 Semester

• Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Digital Tokens Demystified

• Undergraduate module

• 1 Semester

• More here

Carnegie Mellon University

• The highest percentage of Blockchain publications against total research output between 2018 and 2020

• More than 100 members in the CMU Blockchain Club

• The Tepper Blockchain Initiative fosters innovations in the design, ethics, use, and regulation of decentralized, blockchain-based technologies

• Research: Blockchain@CMU

Courses:

• Course: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchains, and Applications

• Undergraduate module

• 1 Semester

• All Blockchain courses can be found here

• CMU offers the Blockchain Executive Education Program which targets high-level professionals who wish to embolden their knowledge and incorporate crypto into their businesses

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Course/s:

• Course: Fundamentals of Blockchain Technology

• Online course

• Cost: $999

• Course length: 12 weeks

• No educational requirements

• Regular assignments

• Limited space

University of Southern California (USC)

• Community: Trojan Blockchain Society - a student-run Blockchain organisation focusing on educations, community initiatives, and career development

• Facility: Blockchain @ SCU

Courses:

• Course: Blockchain

• Minor degree for existing undergraduate students

• Course length: 4 semesters

• Course: Cryptography, Blockchain, and Security

• 100% Online

• Graduate module

• Part of the Cyber Security degree

• 1 Semester

• Thought leader: Professor Bhaskar Krishnamachari

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