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 615-252 Electronic Commerce

Note

  1. This subject is regarded by the Faculty of Science as a non-science subject for students enrolled in the BSc, BASc and combined BSc courses.

  2. Students may not gain credit for 615-252 and either 615-325 Current Issues in Information Systems II (Electronic Commerce) or 306-316 Electronic Commerce.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Ms J Carroll

Prerequisites

615-150 Organisational Processes, or equivalent; and 615-155 Principles of Management

Corequisites

615-237 Telecommunications Concepts

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

24 lectures (two per week), 11 tutorials (1 hour per week)

Subject Description

This subject provides a detailed overview of the concepts and processes used in doing business electronically. This will include information exchange processes (EDI) and inter- and intra-organisational communications; electronic exchange and business including EFT, smart cards and electronic money; security issues and networks; internets, intranets and extranets; business models and e-commerce; the internet customer and marketing; economics and e-commerce; taxation, business and exchange issues in e-commerce; and legal and ethical issues in e-commerce. Students will receive experience in using and adapting existing WWW and electronic commerce software in developing applications of e-commerce in real-world contexts.

Assessment

A 2-hour end-of-semester written examination, written work of up to 20 pages, group research and field projects taking approximately 20 hours in total. The weighting of the assessment components will be announced at the commencement of the subject.

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