Stream

e-Commerce Systems - COMPES8684

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Stream Summary

Faculty: ENG - Faculty of Engineering

School: School of Computer Science and Engineering

Contact: www.eng.unsw.edu.au

Program: 8684 - Information Technology

Award(s):

Master of Information Technology (Specialisation)

Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions

Stream Outline

e-Commerce Systems

e-Commerce systems provide the IT infrastructure for developing and managing enterprise applications. Typical applications concern both B2C (Business-to-Customer) and B2B (Business-to-Business). They include e-government, e-banking, and e-health. e-Commerce systems engineering requires the understanding of the requirements of business processes (e.g., security, public policy, project management) and the effective use of the IT infrastructure for implementation. The development of e-enterprise systems must also take into consideration technological, managerial, and legal aspects.

In order to capitalise on opportunities in the emerging digital economy, organisations are re-inventing themselves as e-enterprises. More importantly, both business and government organisations need skilled IT professionals in e-commerce systems engineering to provide necessary IT support.

The e-Commerce Systems major in the MIT and MCIT programs exposes students to the foundations of e-Commerce systems and architectures, and to software engineering principles and techniques for building and managing such systems. The major also provides interdisciplinary background in the areas of e-Commerce management and policy, covering the legal aspect of e-Commerce, and effectively integrating all components in the development of e-enterprise systems. Students will be given the opportunity to put theory into practice by designing and implementing a large e-enterprise system.

Stream Structure

eCommerce Systems majors take three courses from the following five courses:

Group B/C Courses
Group D Courses
*For GBAT9117 you must apply 6 weeks before the start of semester by submitting a MBT Cross Program Enrolment form to the School of Computer Science & Engineering Student Office. See http://www.student.mbt.unsw.edu.au/forms.html
Enrolment may be subject to relevant work experience. A resume must be attached to the application.
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