It may definitely become a course in the near future, but I'm not sure if you could make a major out of it. And I'm speaking not about bitcoin here, also not about cryptocurrencies actually, but about the blockchain. A lot of institutions are trying to adapt the blockchain mentality, so maybe blockchains can become a major in the future.

I am very optimistic about colleges pursuing cryptocurrencies as a major in the near future. Due to the changing nature of the financial system, universities and colleges would be left with no option than to institutionalized and impact knowledge on crytocurrencies in order to meet demands of financial institutions, financial market and financial instruments.

Maybe 20 years ago...

Yes I think in the future it will become a major in college because as you can see it is getting more and more popular.

Programming, blockchain, etc. yes. I think it's more on people to choose to write their thesis on it rather than it being a standalone major.

im thinking along the same lines; if anything, blockchain technology could be developed into a major, but i think it's way too niche of a subject to be developed into an entire field of study. i could definitely see courses in blockchain technology being integrated into other majors, such as software engineering, but you cant build a field of study on the blockchain alone. could be a pretty good topic for a thesis though.

there's enough information out on the internet for me to get a bachelor's in just about every STEM degree out there too, but i dont exactly have 50 degrees now do i? hell i could teach myself enough information to get a couple degrees in a few years time. your argument is invalid.

of course you dont have studies on money itself, its not like we have a dollar and euro major at your local college or anything. however, there's plenty of economics degrees going around, where'd you get the idea that those didnt exist?

I think temporary bitcoin will not appear in College courses. Unless it has affected most people's lives. Now the government is more exclusive than bitcoin, and the banking industry is more like bitcoin. Maybe a few years later, in the university computer counseling course, there will be some encrypted currency related introduction

You can already get your Masters degree in Digital Currencies - even from the comfort of your own home (online courses)!

The degree is offered by the University of Nicosia:
https://digitalcurrency.unic.ac.cy/about-the-program/

You can find an overview of the offered topics here:
https://digitalcurrency.unic.ac.cy/about-the-program/semester-breakdown/

If you are still not sold on the degree, look at some of the people, who are involved as teachers:

One user has given good explanation regarding the courses available related to digital currencies online. Maybe in future we can find lot of courses relating to blockchain technology, because everything is functional based on the particular technology and has got importance over each and every sector.

I doubt colleges will create a special course of study for crypto currencies. But I am sure that crypto should be joined to a course of economic theory of every place where it studied. People need to know about crypto currencies, even if some politics and economists do not admit it as money or have generally "fraud" opinion about it.