Texas A&M University has launched a new course to teach Bitcoin, the underlying technology, game theory, and macroeconomics. The class is primarily for undergraduates and will provide hands-on experience.
According to Texas A&M, the class is open to accounting and computer science students and is being taught by Dr. Korok Ray, an associate accounting professor in the Mays Business School and founder of the Mays Innovation Research Center.
Although other blockchain classes are offered at Texas A&M in computer science and computer engineering, Ray’s course is said to be the first to focus specifically on Bitcoin. Ray’s research interests are accounting, game theory and technology.
“The students will learn to code portions of the Bitcoin protocol from scratch, which is in itself a great learning experience,” he said. “Bitcoin is an interdisciplinary project, and I was pleased to see the Mays Business School and the College of Engineering adopt an interdisciplinary mindset in approving this class.”
Ray said business and engineering faculty such as Scott Schaefer of the Department of Computer Science and Nate Sharp of the Department of Accounting should be credited with the development of the new course.
“Leadership like this is vital to exposing students to the frontiers of innovation, which happens in between academic disciplines,” Ray said. “Bitcoin builds on decades of science and is itself a comprehensive learning tool across multiple disciplines.”
For the first time, #TAMU is offering a course focusing on Bitcoin!
Cross-listed between @maysbusiness & @TAMUEngineering, this class will discuss all aspects of #Bitcoin, including the underlying technology, game theory, macroeconomics, and more! https://t.co/Pn9iy9hcdf
— Texas A&M University (@TAMU) January 21, 2023
Last month, Research dot com listed 7 universities offering online blockchain, cryptocurrency, and fintech education. The top universities include MIT, Cornell, Harvard, and the University of California-Berkley.
In December, successful student dot org ranked some of the best colleges for cryptocurrency and blockchain education.
They include the University of Southern California, Fordham University, University of the Cumberlands, South College, Cornell University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Pennsylvania. In the spring of 2022, Bestcolleges dot com listed colleges offering courses on blockchain and decentralized finance.
“The cryptocurrency market is worth an estimated $3 trillion USD, and you can’t walk down the street without hearing someone talk about NFTs,” wrote Crimson Education in the spring of 2022.
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