Program Overview

Blockchain Solutions, Governance and Collaboration

Course Description

This course provides an in-depth understanding of blockchain economics and incentives, governance, networks, business models, and achieving successful consortia using diverse case studies. It aims to help students understand the disruptive potential of blockchain to solve pain points and provide increased efficiency, automation, and transparency.

Course Details

• Duration: As few as 11 weeks
• Units: 4.0
• Current Formats: Online
• Cost: Starting at $1,100.00
• Typically Available: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Learning Outcomes

• Take blockchain from concept to reality
• Demonstrate knowledge of prevalent blockchain proofs-of-concept (PoCs)
• Design effective and robust blockchain governance and collaborative models through deploying best practices, tools, and success drivers
• Understand critical economic and incentive issues for successful blockchain adoption
• Demonstrate practical knowledge of how blockchain can improve response to critical problems and challenges in both public and private sectors
• Reap the benefits by understanding how to incentivize adoption and contribution, how to monetize the network, and how to optimize decentralized governance

About This Course

Blockchain has the potential to revolutionize sectors and ecosystems in which trust is needed among parties. This course teaches students what CEOs are starting to recognizethat new business models and collaboration around blockchain are critical to create, deploy, accelerate, and scale industry-wide solutions. Students get an in-depth understanding of the different approaches, including the blockchain consortium model, that allow competitors to collaborate to create decentralized networked solutions to solve shared problems, while also protecting their competitive advantage individually, keeping sensitive data confidential.

Prerequisites

Completion of MGMT X 457.1 Fundamentals of Blockchain Technology course recommended, or prior experience in basic blockchain concepts.

Spring 2026 Schedule

• Date: March 30 - June 14
• Format: Online
• Instructor: Alex Nascimento
• Fee: $1,100.00
• Notes: Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Enrollment deadline: April 5
• Deadline: Refunds only available from February 02, 2025 to April 12, 2026
• Course Requirements: Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

Summer 2026 Schedule

• Date: June 22 - September 6
• Format: Online
• Instructor: Alex Nascimento
• Fee: $1,100.00
• Notes: Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Enrollment deadline: June 28, 2026
• Deadline: Refunds only available from April 27, 2026 to July 05, 2026
• Course Requirements: Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

Applicable Programs

Blockchain Technology Management Certificate

This course applies toward the Blockchain Technology Management certificate, which aims to deepen understanding of blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT). Explore practical applications such as enterprise blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi), and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to address contemporary business challenges.