Exploring the curriculum development of financial technology based on industry-academia collaboration

Chen, Kun; Teng, Qi; Zhang, Yixuan

10.1145/3341042.3341064

2019

2019 International Conference on Modern Educational Technology, ICMET 2019

87-90

Nanjing, China

Association for Computing Machinery

A trend of integrating Information Technology (IT) into the traditional financial industry has been increasing, impetus unavoidable due to the rapid development in IT. Traditional curricula of Finance had been built upon the framework of classic Economics, and this model started falling short providing qualified graduates to the financial workforce as the landscape changed. Financial Technology (FinTech) was the response, a newborn approach designed to address the gap. The curricula of conventional financial subjects lacked the practicality for studies, and the link between teaching and assessment needed revisiting. FinTech addresses the practicality and the link through carefully considering the transferability of applicable skills taught in education, Industry-Academia Collaboration, simply meaning to prepare students with practical skills that align with needs from the industry. This paper proposes a new curriculum model of FinTech based on the integration of teaching and talent needs from the finance industry. Practice is infused into the model, to which the step of corporation assessment of practice is introduced. This curriculum covers three parts, which are: 1) curriculum framework, 2) creativity of curriculum structure, and 3) assessment of practice. The subject construction and development of FinTech are discussed and elaborated from the above three perspectives. Curriculum development aims to create an educational environment where the needs from the industry are addressed and combined into the pedagogy.
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20193507364469

Education computing ; Educational technology ; Finance ; Students

Education:901.2

EV Compendex

Department of Finance at Southern, University of Science and Technology, No. 1088, Xueyuan Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Chen, Kun,Teng, Qi,Zhang, Yixuan. Exploring the curriculum development of financial technology based on industry-academia collaboration[C]:Association for Computing Machinery,2019:87-90.