1. COURSE TITLE: CS7330 – ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Credit Hours: 3 (Theory) + 0 (Lab)
Pre-requisites: NIL
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This comprehensive, market-leading course emphasizes the three major driving forces behind e-
commerce—technology change, business development, and social issues—to provide a coherent
conceptual framework for understanding the field.
CLASS POLICY:
A student must reach the class-room in time. Late comers may join the class but are not
entitled to be marked present.
Attendance shall be marked at the start of the class and students failing to secure 75%
attendance will not be allowed to sit in final exam.
The assignment submission deadline must be observed. In case of late submission, ten percent
may be deducted from each day.
Those who are absent on the announcement date of the assignment/test. Must get the
topic/chapter of test/assignment confirmed through their peers.
Mobile phones must be switched-off in the class-rooms.
GRADING POLICY:
Internal Evaluation
Midterm Exam 20%
Attendance 5%
Assignment/Presentations 5%
Quizzes/Tests 10%
Total Internal Evaluation 40%
Final-term Examination
Final-term Exam 60%
Total Marks 100%
TEXT BOOKS:
E-Commerce: Business Technology and Society Kenneth C. Laudon, Caral G. Traver 10th
Edition
The Complete E-Commerce Book Design, Build, & Maintain a Successful Web Based Business.
Reynolds 2nd
Edition
2. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
WEEK NO TOPICS COVERD ASSESSMENT
1 Chapter 1 – The Revolution is Just Beginning
Understanding computer networks
E-commerce and e-business
Unique features of e-commerce
Major types and dimensions of e-
commerce
2 Chapter 1 (continued)
Evolution of E-commerce
Origins and growth of e-commerce
Potential limitations on growth of B2C e-
commerce
Visions, assessing, predictions & major
themes of e-commerce
Major academic discipline contributing to
e-commerce research
Case Study: Napster Rocked. But was it
Legal?
Assignment – 1
3 Chapter 2 – E-Commerce Business Models and
Concepts
Business plan and business model
Ingredients of a business model
Major B2C business model
4 Chapter 2 (continued)
Major B2B business models
Business models in emerging e-
commerce areas
Basic business concepts
Case Study: Priceline.com-Can this
Business Model Be Saved?
Quiz – 1
5
SECTION II –
TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR E-
COMMERCE
Chapter 3 – The Internet and World Wide Web:
E-Commerce Infrastructure
Evaluation of Internet
Key technology concepts
Picking up a domain name
6 Chapter 3 (continued)
The Internet today
Internet architecture concepts
Limitations of current internet
infrastructure
Assignment – 2
Quiz – 2
3. Internet2 ® Project
Wireless technologies
7 Chapter 4 – Building an E-Commerce Website
Systematic approach
System Development Life Cycle
Website Budget
8 Chapter 4 – Continued
Website Architecture
E-Commerce Merchant Server Software
Right-sizing hardware
Factors that annoy customers
Factors for successful e-commerce
website
Developing Mobile web Presence
9 Midterm Exam Chapter 1 – Chapter 4
10 Chapter 5 – Security and Encryption
The e-commerce security environment
Security threats in the e-commerce
environment
Technology solutions
Policies, procedures, and laws
Case Study: Verisign
11 Chapter 6 – E-Commerce Payment Systems
Opening Case: PayPal: The Money's in
the E-mail
Payment Systems
Credit Card E-commerce Transactions
New E-commerce Digital Payment
Systems
Electronic Billing Presentment and
Payment (EBPP)
Case Study: CheckFree
Quiz –3
12
SECTION III –
BUSINESS
CONCEPTS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCS
Chapter 7 – E-Commerce Marketing and
Advertising Concepts
Digital Commerce Marketing and
Advertising Strategies and Tools
Internet Marketing Technologies
Understanding the Costs and Benefits of
Online Marketing
Case Study: Instant Ads; Real-Time
Marketing on Exchanges
Assignment – 3
13 Chapter 8 – Ethical, Social, and Political Issues in
E-Commerce
Understanding Ethical, Social, and
Political Issues in E-Commerce
Privacy and Information Rights
Intellectual Property Rights
Assignment – 4
4. Governance
Public Safety and Welfare
14
SECTION IV – E-
COMMERCE IN
ACTION
Chapter 9 – Online Retail and Services
The Online Retail Sector
Analyzing the Viability of Online Firms
E-Commerce in Action: E-tailing Business
Models
The Service Sector: Offline and Online
Quiz – 4
15 Online Financial Services
Online Travel and Career Services
Case Study: OpenTable: Your
Reservation Is Waiting
16 Chapter 10 – Social Networks, Auctions, and
Portals
Social Networks and Online Communities
Online Auctions
E-Commerce Portals
Case Study: eBay Evolves
17 Chapter 11 – B2B E-Commerce: Supply Chain
Management and Collaborative Commerce
B2B E-Commerce and Supply Chain
Management
Net Marketplaces
Case Study: Elemica, Cooperation,
Collaboration, and Community
18 Final-term Exam Chapter 5 – Chapter 11