Digital Investment Certificate of Achievement

The Digital Investment Certificate of Achievement prepares students with the knowledge, skills, and attributes necessary for obtaining work in the fields of digital investments that is applicable to the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. This certificate program will enable students to integrate foundational investment, trading and financial concepts with practical technical skills, which ensures they gain real-world applied knowledge to be truly job-ready. It aims to develop the student’s understanding of investments and provide a framework for students to think about concepts such as digital currency, blockchain, stock market, investments, and investment portfolio construction. Students will be assessed throughout the course through exercises on the topics. This program can be completed within one year, culminating in a Certificate of Achievement.

We are projecting that 10 students will attain the certificate by the end of fall 2023. Additionally we hope to increase the number of completers to 20 students by fall 2024. 

Completion of this certificate will provide students with the knowledge they need to work in an entry-level position at financial institutions and digital currency and blockchain companies which do not need licenses, such as client services, account management, compliance, and business operations, market analyst, researcher, and more. More information is in the LMI documents.

 Program learning outcomes for the certificate of achievement are as follows:

• Demonstrate career acceptance preparation by applying industry standard concepts in investing in both stocks and cryptocurrency markets tools and technologies such as: Trading view, Zivolve,finviz, and Yahoo finance.

 

• Exhibits career readiness by building a investment portfolios consist of stocks and cryptocurrencies using core fundamentals, news analysis, sentiment analysis technical analysis, risk management and monitoring, as well as applying stock and crypto currency picking research skill sets

The Digital Investment Certificate of Achievement is a 9 units certificate consisting of three (3) main independent research projects giving students exposure to real case scenarios for crypto investment portfolios. It also educates students to build investment portfolios and allocate capital and manage risks. This certificate can be completed in two semesters. 

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
BUS 88	Introduction to Cryptocurrency Investment	3	S1
BUS 20	General Accounting	3	S1
BUS 229	Stock Market Investing	3	S2

This program has been approved by all four colleges in the Peralta Community College District. There is high demand and great interest in the public domain regarding investment literacy and desire to participate in the financial markets.

There appear to be no other colleges within the East Bay geared toward digital investment. Consultation was done with the PCCD college academic business departments