BIS 667 Electronic Commerce

 

Instructor:  Dr. Jim Scott

Office:  Grawn 317 before and after class or by appointment

Phone:  (989)330-0457

E-Mail:  james.p.scott@cmich.edu

Textbook:  Schneider, Electronic Commerce, Fourth Edition, Course Technology, 2003.

 

Class Policies:

Each class begins with an exam over the reading assignment.  If you arrive late or unprepared or miss class, you will be penalized by a poor exam grade.  The lowest exam grade will be dropped from your average.  Because I know that situations arise that are outside our control, exams may be taken on-line for 24 hours before class -- on http://blackboard.cmich.edu.

 

I never give make-up exams and I never accept late assignments.  If you must miss class, please send me any assignments that were due as E-mail attachments before midnight on class day. 

 

Project:  Each student will prepare a web site for a real or fictitious business.  Grades will be assigned based on site sophistication and application of principles discussed in the text.  You may use any HTML editor that you please.  FrontPage and NotePad are available on lab computers.  The site may be located on the web, if you have a web server, or you may save it to CD-R.

 

Grading:

Chapter Exams (11)

7 each

77

     

Project

23

23

TOTAL

 

100

 

Grade Distribution:  Standard

 

Academic Honesty:  Failure to abide by the university policy on academic integrity will result in a failing grade for the class and a report to the dean of students.


Class Schedule:

 

Topics

Chapter Readings

Exams

Case

May 17:

Introduction to Electronic Commerce

Chapter 1

 

 

May 19:

Technology Infrastructure: The Internet and the World Wide Web

Chapter 2

Chapters

1 and 2

1 & 2

May 24:

Selling on the Web: Revenue Models and Building a Web Presence

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

3

May 26:

Marketing on the Web

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

4

June 2:

Business-to-Business Strategies: From Electronic Data Interchange to Electronic Commerce

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

5

June 7:

Web Auctions, Virtual Communities, and Web Portals

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

6

June 9:

The Environment of Electronic Commerce: International, Legal, Ethical, and Tax Issues

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

7

June 14:

Web Server Hardware and Software

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

8

June 14:

Electronic Commerce Software

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

9

June 16:

Security Threats to Electronic Commerce

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

10

June 16:

Implementing Electronic Commerce Security

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

11

June 21:

Payment Systems for Electronic Commerce

Chapters 12

Chapter 12

12

June 23:

Planning for Electronic Business

Chapters 13

Chapter 13

13