The University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business introduced Tuesday that its Aresty Institute of Executive Education will launch a certificate program titled “Business in the Metaverse Economy.” The six-week course will likely be taught online with a heavy dose of immersion.
Wharton, one in every of the world’s main business faculties, teamed up with consulting agency Prysm Group to design the course, which can embody greater than 50 lectures by college and trade representatives, in addition to six case research. Guest audio system will come from Adobe, Animoca Brands, R/GA, RLY Network, Second Life, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, amongst different organizations.
The program’s educational director, Prof. Kevin Werbach, mentioned in an announcement:
“The metaverse is a significant and broad phenomenon that is still poorly understood. We hope to equip business leaders, consultants, and entrepreneurs with an understanding of the impending opportunities the metaverse brings.”
The first cohort of scholars will start Sept. 12 and will likely be anticipated to spend 8-10 hours every week on their research, at a value of $4,500. The faculty will settle for fee in crypto, because it did final yr for its online course“Economics of Blockchain and Digital Assets,” which additionally ran for six weeks and value $4,500. Wharton additionally operates the Stevens Center Blockchain Laboratory and gives a free introductory course on crypto and blockchain on the web site Coursera.
The University of Pennsylvania accepts donations in crypto as properly, with a $10,000 minimal. Wharton obtained a $5 million donation in crypto in 2021, which it instantly transformed into fiat. The Bitcoin (BTC) reward could be value considerably lower than $2.5 million immediately.
According to Wharton, the metaverse will likely be a $13 trillion market with 5 billion customers by 2030. Wharton claimed to be the first Ivy League faculty to supply a course on the Metaverse.
