Classroom adoption of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency courses continues to climb, with Texas A&M University now the latest US college to offer a Bitcoin course to some of its 74,000+ students.
The news was announced on Jan. 13 by Associate Professor Koroc Rai of the Texas A&M School of Business, who will teach the “Bitcoin Protocol” course to students in the School of Engineering and the School of Business when the spring semester begins in January. January. 17.
I will be teaching the first ever Bitcoin class at Texas A&M University this spring!
– KorokRay January 12, 2023
In his 4-part Twitter thread, Ray mentioned that “Programming Bitcoin” will follow the Bitcoin protocol, where students will learn to “build a Bitcoin library from scratch.”
The teacher added that it was not easy to obtain the approval of the school’s relevant curriculum committee, which came after “months” of hard work.
It took months for this chapter to be approved, but we made it happen! Getting Bitcoin into school curricula is important for the long game.
– KorokRay January 12, 2023
The lack of high-quality cryptocurrency education has been identified as a major obstacle to moving to the next level, according to crypto researcher Josh Coyle, who suggested that it can improve one’s financial literacy if done right.
Cointelegraph reached out to Ray to ask how many students signed up for the class, but he did not immediately respond.
The legal and regulatory implications of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency are also taught in US colleges.
Boston University School of Law associate professor Thomas Hook recently told Cointelegraph that the law school is now offering a “Cryptocurrency Regulation” course for students interested in learning how crypto-savvy lawyers and crypto firms can better navigate through regulatory uncertainties as they seek to bring their products and services to market. :
“It aims to expose future lawyers to the potential issues they might see and the myriad approaches and regulations that exist as they relate to cryptography. [e] the different [problemas] that could be encountered by crypto companies around the world.”
Other universities now offering cryptocurrency courses include Harvard University, MIT, Oxford University, National University of Singapore, Cornell University, and University of California Berkeley.