Course Description:
This course introduces students to models and applications used in E-commerce and E-business. It covers the fundamental issues and typical challenges one can face in designing an E-Commerce web-based application. It starts with a review of web and server-side technologies, then moves on to design issues of creating tiered and scalable applications; takes a look at various e-commerce applications and developing business-to-business applications using XML, SOAP AND BizTalk servers, among others.
Course Goal:
The goal of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of e-commerce from both a business and an IT point of view.
Course Objectives:
Following their completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Understand and demonstrate their literacy and fluency with E-Commerce concepts and applications
- Identify and explain major infrastructural components of the Internet and World Wide Web.
- Explain and demonstrate how marketing and revenue generation is different than traditional models.
- Explain the implications of today’s e-business environments on legal, ethical, and tax issues.