INF3014F :: Electronic Commerce

Introduction

INF3014F is a first semester half course for students majoring in IS that wish to gain an understanding of electronic commerce. The course covers both theoretical e-Commerce issues as well as the practical skills required to develop of a small e-Commerce website.

The theory component covers the fundamentals of e-Commerce, overview of the underlying internet technologies, retailing in EC, e-business models, payment systems, marketing, legal issues, management and future trends in e-Commerce.

The practical component includes web site planning and structuring, advanced HTML editing, client-side and server-side scripting, database connectivity, marketing, web-site usability. The practical component will culminate in your group project in which you are required to build a website.