E-commerce (EC)
School of Information Technology and Engineering
511 E-commerce Basic IT Infrastructure (3:3:0) Discusses basic networking infrastructure used in e-commerce environments and typical multitiered e-commerce architectures of e-commerce sites. Includes ISO OSI reference architecture; functions, main features of IP protocol; functions, main features of TCP protocol including connection establishment, error control, and congestion control; HTTP protocol; and load balancers, web servers, application servers, and database servers in e-commerce site architecture. Discusses software architecture elements such as servlets, transaction processing services, remote method invocation, CGI scripts, and active server pages.
512 E-commerce Software Services (3:3:0) Prerequisite: EC 511. Flow analysis of e-commerce transactions, and role of various software servers, such as web, application, and database servers, in executing e-commerce transactions. Uses various technologies to illustrate typical designs. Covers protocols for authentication and payment in e-commerce; introduction to symmetric and public-key encryption; digital signatures and certificates; and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Transport Layer Service (TLS), and secure electronic payment protocols.
521/MBA 603 Managerial Economics and Decisions of the Firm (3:3:0) Prerequisite: admission to MS in e-commerce program. Provides fundamental understanding of how microeconomics concepts are usefully applied to managerial decision making. Explores principles of microeconomic theory, including market supply and demand, production and cost functions, industry structure, and product and resource pricing.
522/MBA 613 Financial Reporting and Decision Making (3:3:0)Prerequisite: admission to MS in e-commerce program. Foundation course focusing on economics and analysis of business transactions and related financial reporting issues. Topics include introduction to accounting framework used in financial reporting, analysis of economic events and impact on financial reports, analysis of impact of accounting method choices on financial reports, and financial statement analysis.
531/PUBP 726 Law and Public Policy in E-commerce (3:3:0) Legal and policy framework applicable to using advanced communications and information technology. Reviews history of U.S. electronic communications regulation and current transformations. Covers international aspects of global networks, including WTO and WIPO international agreements; European privacy directives; and U.S. experiences. Gives overview of salient public policy issues associated with e-commerce deployment: Internet taxation, regulatory issues, digital divide, transborder data flow, spectrum allocation, privacy, authentication, policy, wireless, and UCITA. Includes lectures, guest speakers from government electronic commerce regulators, practical exercises, and hands-on demonstrations.
541 Integrative Case Studies in Electronic Commerce (3:3:0)Open to EC majors only. Prerequisites: EC 511, 521, and 531. Students apply knowledge and skills from core courses to manage complexity of e-commerce in specialized applications. Using case study methods, analyzes and synthesizes requirements for successful e-commerce program development and management in industry- specific applications in health care, banking, retail, and government.
600 Group Project in Electronic Commerce (3-6:3-6:0)Prerequisite: completion of all core courses and at least 9 credits in MS in e-commerce program. Group projects in electronic commerce selected to illustrate special problems and solutions in development, design, and implementation of e-commerce systems.