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ECOM 660 E-Commerce Financial Management and
Accounting (3)
This course focuses on evaluating e-commerce/information technology
investments being considered by an organization. The
time value of money, discounting techniques, and option pricing
principles are applied to e-commerce investment opportunities
in a strategic context. Additional topics cove red include financial
management processes and activities significantly affected by the
implementation of e - c o m m e rce technologies in organizations,
such as accounting systems design, activity-based management
applications, risk management as it pertains to internal controls,
and the use of intelligent agents.
ECOM 670 Social, Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues (3)
This course focuses on the protection of intellectual property
on electronic networks through trademarks, copyrights, and
patents. Privacy and liability issues will be examined in areas
that include the handling of e-mail, the electronic dissemination
of data, and the regulatory requirements for the safeguarding of
confidentiality of information. Society’s responsibility to provide
universal availability of Web-based technologies is considered,
and an ethical framework for the development and implementation
of e-commerce applications is developed.
ECOM 680 E-Commerce Application Software (3)
This course examines application software for business-to-business
and business-to-consumer e-commerce. Initially studied are several
fundamental e-commerce application software tools including
programming languages (e.g., Java, Perl/cgi-bin), search
engines and Web authoring tools (e.g., HTML, HTTP, and
XML). Also studied are transaction processing software tools
including intelligent agents. Specific business-to-business transaction
exchange methods reviewed include Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).
ECOM 681 Introduction to Electronic Government (3)
In 2001, nearly one in ten Americans visited a state, county, or
city government Web site for the first time. E - g overnment has
become an important part of how many Americans interact with
government—most Internet users (76 percent) and more than
half (51 percent) of all Americans have now visited a government
Web site. This course examines the policy framew o rk that
enables an electronic government in the United States at the
federal, state, and local levels of government. Government-toc
i t i zen, government-to-business, and gove r n m e n t - t o - g ove r n m e n t
p rocesses to provide information and services through electro n i c
media are analyzed and evaluated within both the policy framew
o rk and the context of current U.S. government issues and activities.
Critical concerns such as priva c y, security, e-democracy, and
access in an electronic environment are addressed throughout
the course.
ECOM 690 E-Commerce Capstone (3)
Pre requisite: Completion of at least 27 of the re q u i red 36 cre d i t s .
The capstone course integrates all the knowledge accumulated
t h rough the previous courses. The class focuses on best practices
as demonstrated through case studies. Wo rking in teams, students
d e velop a compre h e n s i ve business plan or a market plan for a new
Internet ve n t u re with a real company. This course also integrates
c ross-cutting issues such as learning organizations, the changing
n a t u re of work, entre p reneurship and intrapre n e u r s h i p, technology
trends, communication, cre a t i v i t y, and innovation.
ECOM 760D E-Commerce Financial Management and
Accounting (3)
This course focuses on the evaluation of e-commerc e / i n f o r m a t i o n
technology investments being considered by an organization. T h e
time value of money, discounting techniques, and option pricing
principles are applied to e-commerce investment opportunities
in a strategic context. Additional topics cove red include financial
management processes and activities significantly affected by the
implementation of e-commerce technologies in organizations,
such as accounting systems design, activity-based management
applications, risk management as it pertains to internal contro l s ,
and the use of intelligent agents.
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