Claudio A. Rivera, Justin Bancroft, Zakia Siddiqui

Proceedings of the 26th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2022, Vol. II, pp. 121-124 (2022); https://doi.org/10.54808/WMSCI2022.02.121

Claudio A. Rivera
RTU Riga Business School, Riga, Latvia

Justin Bancroft
RTU Riga Business School, Riga, Latvia

Zakia Siddiqui
RTU Riga Business School, Riga, Latvia

Cite this paper as:
Rivera, C. A., Bancroft, J., Siddiqui, Z. (2022). Enhancing an Interdisciplinary Program With Blended Learning – Introducing MIT Micromasters Program in Finance Courses in RBS BITL Curricula. In N. Callaos, E. Gaile-Sarkane, S. Hashimoto, B. Sánchez (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2022, Vol. II, pp. 121-124. International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics. https://doi.org/10.54808/WMSCI2022.02.121

Research background: To build a proper interdisciplinary program, the management of Universities should guarantee diversity of faculty members’ profiles, coordination between different academic departments, and introduction of courses from various disciplines. This paper describes a case study where RTU Riga Business School introduces MIT Micromasters Finance online courses to deliver its interdisciplinary Baltic IT Leadership Program (BITL). The authors summarize the experience with the first pilot projects with MIT Micromasters, the take-aways from other blended learning experiments used in finance courses, and the expected blueprint for adopting MIT Micromasters courses in Finance.