Course Aims & Objectives:
This course aims to provide students with knowledge and experience of modeling essential aspects of Electronic Commerce (eCommerce) Application Systems.  The course will emphasise the special requirements of eCommerce and the appropriate analysis and design methods.  Emphasis will be placed on the mechanisms required for the acquisition and modeling of requirements of eCommerce and the formulation of information system solutions for eCommerce applications.

On completion of this course students should be able to a) understand the special characteristics of eCommerce applications; b) understand the issues involved in the analysis and design of eCommerce applications; c) understand the different analysis and design methods for eCommerce applications and, d) identify and apply the appropriate analysis and design methods for the development of eCommerce applications.

Units: 3

Level: P5

Medium of Instruction: English

Keyword Syllabus:
Modeling.  Systems Development Life Cycle.  ECommerce architecture and customer requirements definition.  Overview of application development options.  Different approaches to eCommerce analysis and design.  ECommerce processes and component-based development.

Teaching Pattern:
Duration of course: 1 semester
Current mix of lecture/tutorial/laboratory, other: 2 hrs. lecture; 1 hr. tutorial

Assessment Pattern:
Examination duration: 2 hours
Percentage distribution of marks for coursework, examination, other: 70% Coursework, 30% Examination
** Student must pass BOTH coursework and examination in order to get an overall pass of this course. **
Grading pattern: Standard (A+ A A- ... F)

Pre-requisite(s): Nil

Pre-cursor(s): Nil

Equivalent Course(s): Nil