The Center for the Study of Blockchain and Financial Technology at Morgan State University is pleased to offer financial incentives to faculty to develop innovative new courses or to modify existing courses in Blockchain, Cryptoeconomics, and FinTech related areas.

The Center encourages submissions from a wide variety of disciplines including but not limited to, the arts, law, sociology, accounting, computing, economics, engineering, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, supply chain, etc.

Financial Incentives

 Course Modification:  Faculty stipend of $1000

New Course Development:  Faculty gets a total of $3,000 to develop a course, Department gets $2,000 when the course is offered

List of Course Development Projects Funded

The Center will fund Two Types of Curriculum Proposals

New Course Development Proposals

New Course Development Proposal Outline

  • Course description
  • Justification/Rationale for teaching a new course
  • Expected enrollment for the course
  • Expected learning outcomes
  • Relationship to the curriculum sequence
  • How often the course will be taught
  • Will it be a required course or an elective
  • Relationship to similar course offerings in other departments
  • Resources used to develop the course
  • Supplemental Materials e.g., existing course syllabi from other courses that may overlap with the new course
  • Internal resources and support services to be used for developing course e.g., LMS
  • Textbooks and reading resources
  • Student assignments
  • Classroom activities

New Course Development Syllabus Outline

The syllabus is in addition to the 5-7 page proposal.

  • Course Title, Faculty Name, University Name
  • Course Number, Number of Credits, and Prerequisites
  • Semester and Year
  • College/school/department
  • Catalog Description of the Course
  • Learning Objectives
  • Performance Measures
  • Expected Learning Outcomes
  • Reading Materials
  • Assignments
  • Grading Criteria
  • Proposed course schedule (subjects that will be covered each week)

Department/School Endorsement for New Course Development

Course Modification Proposals

Course Modification Proposal Outline

  • Course Number and Name
  • Description of Existing Course
  • Modified Learning Outcomes
  • When the course will be taught
  • Expected enrollment for the course

    Attach Existing Course Syllabus & Endorsement by the Department Chair or Dean

Course Modification Syllabus Outline

Please attach a syllabus of your existing course highlighting the new material in addition to the 5-7 page proposal.

  • Course Title, Faculty Name, University Name
  • Course Number, Number of Credits, and Prerequisites
  • Semester and Year
  • College/school/department
  • Days and Times Taught
  • Catalogue Description of the Course (modified to include blockchain)
  • Learning Objectives
  • Performance Measures
  • Expected Learning Outlines
  • Reading Materials
  • Assignments
  • Grading Criteria
  • Existing course schedule and where the new material will be added
  • New course schedule (subjects that will be covered each week)

Department/School Endorsement for Course Modification

Submit New Modification Proposal

Proposals will be reviewed on an on-going basis. Once capacity is reached additional proposals for this fall will not be accepted.