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Master of Electronic Commerce

Introduction

This degree is designed to prepare managers for the Electronic Commerce world. The recent surge in the use of the Internet to conduct all forms of business has left many graduates without the required skills to maximise their effectiveness in the new business economy. Employees skilled in electronic commerce concepts and practices will be well placed to operate more effectively and take advantage of the opportunities of doing business in the e-world.

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 a recognised Australian university or institution of equivalent standing.

Students who do not have this qualification may be admitted to a 96 or 72 credit point program, in which undergraduate and/or postgraduate subjects are completed to ensure students have the prerequisite understanding to undertake the program.

Program of Study

Students must complete two compulsory core subjects, and choose at least two subjects from Group A (Applied E-Commerce), at least two subjects from Group B (E-Commerce Management) plus two elective subjects.

Core Subjects:
ITCS938 eBusiness Technologies 6
BUSS907 Fundamentals of E-Business 6
Group A: 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 Detailed Design of Integrated Solutions for eBusiness 6
ITCS937# Security, Risk Management & Control in Electronic Commerce 6
Group B: E-Commerce Management
Students must choose at least 12 credit points from the following:
ACCY936 Management & Information Systems
6
BUSS952 Strategic Information Systems Management 6
BUSS953 Management of Information Systems Development 6
ECON915 Electronic Commerce & the Economics of Information 6
MARK901# Marketing on the Internet 6
TBS908* Supply Chain Management 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: Elective Subjects
ACCY901 Accounting for Managers 6
or    
TBS901* Accounting for Managers 6
BUSS950 Systems Development Methodologies 6
BUSS951 Critical Issues in Information Systems 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

* Offered by the University of Wollongong Graduate School of Business and Professional Development. Start dates differ from the standard University Calendar.

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.

 

 
 
 

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