Designing E-Commerce Site

The phenomenal growth in the last few years of the Internet and its related technologies has created new ways of communicating and trading. The most obvious effects of this growth is the great impact of e-commerce on business transactions in today’s marketplace. This course presents concepts and skills for the strategic use of e-commerce and related information system technologies needed to plan, design, analyze develop and evaluate an e-commerce website. Through this project oriented course, students learn essentials of e-commerce Web site development including design techniques, shopping carts, payment options, security, ethical and legal issues. Students design and create a fully functioning e-commerce site and online shops for small business clients. In class projects guide the students step by step through the design and business decisions that are critical to success.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CS-625; CS-630