Module Code: H8ECNP
Long Title e-Contracts and Payments
Title e-Contracts and Payments
Module Level: LEVEL 8
EQF Level: 6
EHEA Level: First Cycle
Credits: 5
Module Coordinator: Simon Caton
Module Author: Simon Caton
Departments: School of Computing
Specifications of the qualifications and experience required of staff  
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Investigate e-contract and smart contract as well as e-payment and e-cash technologies, and their use cases.
LO2 Evaluate the challenges and disruptive aspects of e-contract and payment technologies.
LO3 Review current and emerging technologies and their fundamental as well as disruptive effects upon the nancial services sector and beyond.
LO4 Evaluate compliance and regulation issues in e-contracts and payments.
LO5 Build and evaluate proof-of-concept applications speci c to the domain
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is required before enrolment on this module. While the prior learning is expressed as named NCI module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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Co-requisite Modules
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Entry requirements  
 

Module Content & Assessment

Indicative Content
e-Contracts
Fundamentals of e-Contracts (representations, legal frameworks, etc.)  Digital signatures, and identities  Regulation and compliance of e-Contracts  From e-Contracts to e-Payments: instrumenting transactions e-Payments  Case Studies in e-Payment providers and platforms (e.g. WePay, PayPal, WorldPay, BitCoin etc.)  Evolution of e-Payments  Architecture of e-Payment systems
Blockchain Technologies and Cryptocurrencies
Blockchain Stack, and Core Components  Currencies and Platforms  Transaction Types  Trading via blockchain  Storing and using cryptocurrencies  Distributed Ledgers  Mining  (Smart) Contracts and digital identities  Distributed consensus and Autonomy  BitCoins and altcoins  Blockchain on Tor
Building e-Contract and Payment Applications
Service Providers and their APIs  Practical examples (e.g. BitCoin, Paypal, zero coin, etc.)
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework50.00%
End of Module Assessment50.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Coursework
Assessment Type: CA 1 (0380) % of total: 50
Assessment Date: n/a Outcome addressed: 1,2,3,4,5
Non-Marked: No
Assessment Description:
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End of Module Assessment
Assessment Type: Terminal Exam % of total: 50
Assessment Date: End-of-Semester Outcome addressed: 1
Non-Marked: No
Assessment Description:
n/a
No Workplace Assessment

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Module Workload

Module Target Workload Hours 0 Hours
 

Module Resources

Recommended Book Resources
  • Melanie Swan.. Blockchain, Sebastopol, CA; O'Reilly, p.xvii, 130 :, [ISBN: 1491920491.].
  • Paul Vigna. The age of cryptocurrency: how bitcoin and digital money are challenging the global economic order, New York; St. Martin's Press, [ISBN: 1250065631].
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