Career Occupation

This industry-leading program is intended to qualify graduates for careers including:

• Blockchain Developer
• Blockchain Engineer
• Blockchain Technology Expert
• Blockchain Technology Specialist
• Blockchain Technology Analyst
• Blockchain Project Manager
• Blockchain Solution Architect

Admission Requirements

The students must meet the following criteria to be accepted into the Blockchain Technology Expert program:

• Minimum Grade 12 or equivalent qualification or Mature Student Status*.
• If English is not the student’s first language, they are required to have an IELTS level 6.0 OR equivalent (in the case of other testing standards) score to be admitted to the program. If upon starting the program, their language proficiency proves to be significantly lower than the criteria mentioned, they will be required to take the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at Focus College before being able to continue with their program studies.

*(19 years of age upon starting the program and qualify the college’s admission test)

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program, the successful students will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Understand the fundamental concepts of blockchain development, its design principles, and major underlying technologies
• Demonstrate the working knowledge of both open-source and enterprise-level tools and technologies of blockchain
• Understand Bitcoin’s and Ethereum’s real-life applications (both traditional and emerging) and implementation challenges
• Design and develop smart contracts and end-to-end decentralized applications (Dapps)
• Demonstrate how to attack and destroy Bitcoin, Ethereum, smart contracts, and decentralized applications
• Identify and evaluate promising applications of blockchain technology within their chosen industry
• Formulate their own informed blockchain mental models, hypotheses, and use cases
• Synthesize their own blockchain solutions

Method(s) of Evaluation

In the Blockchain Technology Expert program, students will be assessed through both formative and summative methods and a blend of continuous Unit assessment and Graded Unit assessments. Each course (unit) has an assessment that the candidate is required to pass. The allocation of grades awarded are as follows:

• Grade A – Student has achieved 70% or above marks
• Grade B – Student has achieved marks between 60% and 69%
• Grade C – Student has achieved marks between 50% and 59%
• F (Fail) – Student has achieved less than 50% marks

Completion Requirements

To graduate, a student must meet the following requirements:

• Successful completion of all courses with a minimum 50% (C grade) in each course
• Successful completion of the Practicum
• Successful completion of all assignments and tasks required in the Career and Professional Skills course

Program Duration

Duration of the program is 52 weeks (full-time), and the total instructional hours are 1,056.

Homework Hours

Approximately 10-15 hours/week of homework is required from students to be successful in this fast-paced and intensive program.

Delivery Method(s)

The program is delivered through the following delivery models:

•   In-class instruction
•   Distance education
•   Hybrid delivery (both in-class and distance)

Required course materials

Various textbooks/reference books and other online educational materials will be provided. Please see the course outline forms for individual course books/materials.

Program Organization

The following table shows the titles of the courses in this program in the order they are provided, and the hours of instruction allotted to each course.