Unit Synopsis
Blockchain is a decentralised digital ledger with a growing list of records called blocks, which contain timestamp data, cryptographic information and transaction details. Blockchain is considered a disruptive and emerging technology, with a wide range of potential applications despite being mainly associated with cryptocurrency. The use of blockchain technologies has grown exponentially over the years in many industries including retail, service and finance. While there is a huge potential for blockchain technologies in many industries, there currently exists a blockchain skills shortage. This unit will introduce you to the blockchain concepts, business applications and security concerns. In addition, the unit complements this knowledge with opportunities to design and develop your own blockchain applications.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-requisite COIT11238 Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 25% |
| 2. Presentation | 25% |
| 3. Group Work | 50% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 80.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 17.86% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Student evaluation
Too many programming tasks in tutorials
Review programming content in tutorials and reduce programming tasks where possible. Add this material to "Further reading" section.
Unit materials were updated to reduce the number of programming tasks during tutorials. Additional tasks were moved to the "Further reading" section.
Source: Student evaluation
Assessment requirements need to align with the unit learning outcomes
Review assessment requirements and align the assessments to unit learning outcomes.
Assessment tasks were revised to provide more clarity on requirements and align the assessments with the Unit Learning Outcomes.
Source: Unit coordinator's reflection and Teaching Team feedback
Students with no programming background struggled with programming content.
Introduce students to basic-level solidity programming and then guide them in developing blockchain applications.
In Progress
Source: In-class student feedback
Students were unable to install and configure blockchain tools on the lab PCs.
Identify and use online tools to avoid the need for installing and configuring blockchain tools on lab PCs.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Explain the fundamentals of blockchain technologies
- Examine the application of blockchain technologies in various industries
- Prepare a business case for blockchain technologies adoption
- Design an enterprise blockchain application
- Implement an enterprise blockchain application
- Report relevant critical success factors and best practices in blockchain technologies adoption.
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills
Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is adopted by organisations,
governments and individuals in many countries and provides a widely used and
consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when
developing job descriptions and role profiles. ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a
skills profile.
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA 7 (the SFIA code is included):
Business Process Improvement (BPRE)
Innovation (INOV)
Information Security (SCTY)
IT Management (ITMG)
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| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | • | • | • |
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