Blockchain Primer (5cr)

Objective

Blockchain Primer will relate the student to basic technical functionality of blockchain while also assisting in reflection of blockchain’s effects in finance, governance, jurisdiction and business. The course content is sectioned so that the technical discussion alternates with applied content. The primary aim of the course is to offer a student an general introduction to blockchains and their application.

Evaluation is organised online as a final exam at the end of the course. To pass the course, 50 percentage of correct answers is required in the final exam. The course is graded in the scale from 0 to 5.

Content

The course covers the basic functionality of blockchains and their different application areas

The course topics are as follows:

Technical functionality of blockchain (in a non-technical way)
cryptography (including ECDSA)
smart contracts
basics of coding a blockchain
application areas of blockchain, including
finance
logistics
tourism
governance
legislation
business, and
future of blockchain

Materials

Material defined on the online course.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Grade 5: 90 - 100 % points out of the full points in the final exam.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Grade 4: 80 - 90 % points out of the full points in the final exam.
Grade 3: 70 - 80 % points out of the full points in the final exam.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Grade 2: 60 - 70 % points out of the full points in the final exam.
Grade 1: 50 - 60 % points out of the full points in the final exam.

Further information

Course is part of blockchain studies of 30 ECTS in total, which are organised in cooperation by the Universities of Oulu, Lapland and Vaasa, and Kajaani University of Applied Sciences.

Execution methods

Online course, independent learning.

Accomplishment methods

Online course, independent learning.