Electronic Commerce

Faculty

Nabil A. Tamimi, Ph.D., Chair
S. Kingsley Gnanendran, Ph.D.
Deborah J. Gougeon, Ph.D.
Satyanarayana V. Prattipati, Ph.D.
Rose Sebastianelli, Ph.D.
Ling Xue, Ph.D.

Overview

Electronic commerce is an emerging business environment that provides common business services, multimedia content publishing and secure interactive web sites by integrating back-end and front-end applications. The necessary electronic commerce infrastructure is provided by integrating information and telecommunication technologies, the Internet and the World Wide Web, and business models that incorporate security, privacy, and legal issues. Electronic commerce lets companies reach new markets, operate around the clock, shorten the product-development cycle, enhance customer service, reduce or eliminate inventory related costs, and create enterprise links – all at lower costs. The phenomenal growth in online commerce increases the demand for people with skills in areas such as electronic commerce infrastructure, new business initiatives, law and security, electronic payment, financial services, and interactive marketing. The program below develops the knowledge and skills necessary for linked organizations in the new millennium.

Minor in Electronic Commerce

To minor in Electronic Commerce the student must take a minimum of 18 credits. Three courses are required: C/IL 104 (or equivalent), EC 251, and OIM 471 and any three of the following: EC 362, 370, 371, 372, 461, 462, 470, 471, 472, 473; OIM 353, 363, 470.

Electronic Commerce Curriculum
Dept. and No.				Descriptive Title of Course	Credits
				FIRST YEAR	FALL	SPRING
GE S/BH		ECO 153-154		Prin. of Micro-Macro Economics	3	3
GE SPCH - WRTG		COMM 100 - WRTG 107		Public Speaking - Composition	3	3
GE PHIL-T/RS		PHIL 120 - T/RS 121		Introduction to Philosophy - Theology I	3	3
GE C/IL		C/IL 104		Computing & Information Literacy		3
GE QUAN		MATH ELECT1		Math Option (2 courses)	3-4	3-4
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT 2		Humanities Elective	3
GE FSEM - PHED		INTD 100 - PHED ELECT		Freshman Seminar - Physical Education	1	1
					16-17	16-17
				SECOND YEAR
BUS CORE		ACC 253-254		Financial-Managerial Accounting	3	3
BUS CORE		STAT 251-252		Statistics for Business I-II	3	3
BUS CORE		MGT 251		Legal Environment of Business		3
GE PHIL - T/RS		PHIL 210 - T/RS 122		Ethics - Theology II	3	3
MAJOR		EC 251		Introduction to Electronic Commerce	3
BUS CORE		OIM 471		Business Information Management		3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Electives	3	3
GE ELECT		FREE ELECT 3		Free Elective	3
					18	18
				THIRD YEAR
MAJOR		EC 362		Database Mgt. for Electronic Business	3
MAJOR		EC ELECT		EC Electives	3	3
BUS CORE		MGT 351-352		Principles of Management I-II	3	3
BUS CORE		MKT 351 - FIN 351		Principles to Marketing - Intro to Finance	3	3
BUS CORE		OIM 351 - OIM 352		Intro to Mgt. Science - Intro to Oper Mgt.	3	3
BUS CORE		ECO/IB 351		Environment of Intl. Business	3
GE PHIL-T/RS		PHIL or T/RS ELECT		Philosophy or T/RS Elective		3
					18	15
				FOURTH YEAR
MAJOR		EC 461		Internet Applications Development	3
MAJOR		EC 473		Bus. Appl. of Comm. Networks		3
MAJOR		EC ELECT		Electronic Commerce Electives		6
BUS CORE		MGT 455		Business Policy & Strategy	3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Elective	3
GE NSCI		NSCI ELECT		Natural Science Electives	3	3
GE ELECT		FREE ELECT		Free Electives	3	3
GE PHED		PHED ELECT		Physical Education	1	1
					16	16
					Total: 133-135 Credits
1 Students are tested for math placement during summer orientation. On the basis of these tests and their high school background it will be recommended that some students take Option II, especially if they expect to pursue graduate studies. The majority of students will be placed in Option I, and may also be required to take MATH 106: Quantitative Methods I as a prerequisite to taking MATH 107.
2 If EDUC 113 is required in the first semester, it is taken in place of a humanities elective and is counted as a GE free elective. One GE free elective in the fourth year must then be taken as a humanities elective. 3 If a third math course is required, it replaces this GE elective.