Assistant/Associate Adjunct Faculty in Business Analytics and Data Science - BSAN 355.01, Blockchain and Digital Currency - Spring Semester 2025

Saint Mary’s College of California

Moraga, CA

Job posting number: #7280321 (Ref:ej-5630898)

Posted: September 12, 2024

Job Description


Assistant/Associate Adjunct Faculty in Business Analytics and Data Science - BSAN 355.01, Blockchain and Digital Currency - Spring Semester 2025

Location: Moraga, CA
Open Date: Sep 11, 2024
Deadline:
Description:Founded in 1863, Saint Mary's is a residential campus nestled 20 miles east of San Francisco in the picturesque Moraga Valley. Based in the Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts traditions, Saint Mary's currently enrolls more than 4,000 students from diverse backgrounds in undergraduate and graduate programs. The De La Salle Christian Brothers, the largest teaching order of the Roman Catholic Church, guide the spiritual and academic character of the College.
As a comprehensive and independent institution, Saint Mary's offers undergraduate and graduate programs integrating liberal and professional education. Saint Mary's reputation for excellence, innovation, and responsiveness in education stems from its vibrant heritage as a Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts institution. An outstanding, committed faculty and staff that value shared inquiry, integrative learning, and student interaction bring these traditions to life in the 21st century. The College is committed to the educational benefits of diversity.
Qualifications:
BSAN 355.01, Blockchain and Digital Currency
Undergraduate Spring Semester, 02/03/2025 - 05/25/2025, TTH 3:20 PM- 4:35 PM Moraga Campus
In this course we cover the foundations, consensus algorithms, and fundamental architectures of various blockchain systems in use today. This course will teach you to understand the differences between the blockchain technology of today and the former, less accessible and less transparent blockchains of decades past. You will dig into the mechanics of the [newer] Bitcoin blockchain protocol and how it ensures the longevity of a decentralized public ledger as well as how it gets consensus for approving transactions. With that knowledge you will then work to analyze what problem(s) blockchain technology aims to solve, how it solves them, and how to make sense of the promises that developers of new blockchain protocols make.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. degree in Business Analytics or a closely related field and a recent publication record in the field, OR
- A Master's degree in Business Analytics or a closely related field and five years of current, relevant professional experience.
- Candidates should have a successful record of teaching experience at the undergraduate level and experience/familiarity with online/hybrid instruction in order to prepare for contingencies. This position requires all course work to be performed in the state of California. Candidates must perform all course-related work within the state of California.

Salary: $6,480 and $10,308 dependent on qualifications. The salary range for this position is covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the College and SEIU, Local 1021, available here.
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Job posting number:#7280321 (Ref:ej-5630898)
Application Deadline:Open Until Filled
Employer Location:Saint Mary’s College of California
San Diego,California
United States
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