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Master of Electronic Commerce

The course is designed to prepare managers for the Electronic Commerce world. Many graduates would not have had exposure to electronic commerce concepts and practices while taking their undergraduate studies. This Masters program gives these graduates an opportunity to develop the skills required to operate more effectively in an e-world. Businesses of all sizes are now taking to the Internet and employees who have skills in this area should find themselves well placed to take advantage of the opportunities this new way of doing business will bring.

Entry Requirements
Applicants are required to have a three year Bachelor degree in computer science, information technology, computer engineering, commerce, management or a related discipline from an Australian university or a recognised institution.

Students who do not have this qualification may be admitted to a 96 or 72 credit point program. Additional credit points will be comprised of undergraduate and/or postgraduate subjects to ensure the students have the prerequisite understanding to undertake the program

MEC Structure
After completion of two compulsory subjects, students must then complete two subjects from the applied schedule and two subjects from the management schedule with two elective subjects.

Core Subjects: Compulsory for all students
ITCS938
E-Commerce Technology Essentials
6
BUSS907 Fundamentals of E-Business
6
Group A Subjects: Applied E Commerce
Students must choose at least 12 credit points from the following:
BUSS909 Office Automation and Intranets
6
IACT906 Business On-Line
6
IACT924 Corporate Network Design & Implementation
6
ITCS932 Web Design
6
ITCS936 Enterprise Web Applications
6
ITCS937 Security, Risk Management & Control in Electronic Commerce#
6
Group B Subjects: E Commerce Management
Students must choose at least 12 credit points from the following:
ACCY936 Management & Information Systems
6
BUSS952 Information Systems Management
6
BUSS953 Management of Systems Development
6
ECON915 Electronic Commerce & the Economics of Information
6
MARK901 Marketing on the Internet#
6
TBS908 Supply Chain Management Strategy
6
Plus 12 credit points of electives to be chosen from subjects in Group A, B or C or any other subject approved by the Course Coordinator/s
Group C Subjects: Electives
ACCY901 Accounting for Managers 6
or    
TBS901 Accounting for Managers 6
BUSS950 Systems Development Methodologies 6
BUSS951 Critical Issues in Systems Development 6
CSCI946 Multimedia Studies 6
IACT917 Information Management 6
ITCS923 The Wired World 6
ITCS933 Software Engineering Requirements & Specifications 6
ITCS934 Software Process Management 6
MARK922 Marketing Management 6
or    
TBS904 Marketing Management 6
TBS903 Managing People in Organisations 6
TBS905 Economic Analysis of Business 6
TBS906 Information Systems for Managers 6

#Pre-requisites apply
Note: Any advanced standing granted for this course, will be deemed to be Electives not Core, students must still complete 12 credit points from Group A & 12 credit points from Group B.