Faculty Contact Information:
Email: dstachurski@faculty.ed.umuc.edu
I usually check mail once a day and respond within two. Email reserved for private consulation. Course questions/comments reserved for WT Conference.
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Consultation:
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Best way to contact me for private questions/coments is through email.
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Required Texts and Readings:
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Schneider, G.P. (2003). Electronic Commerce (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology.
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Supplementary Readings:
Evans, J., and Barron, A. (2002). Microsoft FrontPage 2002 - Illustrated Complete. Boston, MA: Course Technology.
The standard for papers in the graduate program is the APA style. All participants in this course and all graduate INSS, MGMT, PUAD, and ECON courses should have a copy of the style guide:
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition. Washington DC: Author.All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library at http://www.umuc.edu/library/ http://www.umuc.edu/library/. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students' research and writing skills.
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Recommended Journals:
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Publications of the various professional societies (such as ACM -- the Association for Computing Machinery, the IEEE Computing Society, and the various management professional societies) are strongly recommended. In addition, there are many trade journals (such as eWEEK) that MIS professionals should become familiar with, many of these being published both weekly and on-line.
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Course Description:
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3 semester hours credit. This course compares and contrasts "traditional" commerce and electronic commerce ("e-commerce"). Students experience the use of available tools to design and construct a prototype e-commerce site for a business. Students conduct research and report on current issues in e-commerce, such as privacy, security, relevant legislation, marketing strategies, ethics of various types of strategies, and payment methods.
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Course Goals:
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Students who have successfully completed this course should::
Understand the underlying fundamentals that determine the success or failure of both e-commerce enterprises and the more traditional "bricks and mortar" businesses.
Understand the impact on potential success of the enterprise of different factors present in the e-commerce setting, such as immediacy, lack of geographical constraints, 24/7 availability, available options for payments by customers, and absence of personal communication with customers.
Be "current" on privacy and security issues.
Be able to research relevant legislation.
Understand various marketing strategies, and the associated ethical issues.
Have the ability to evaluate current tools available for development of e-commerce web sites.
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Course Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course the student will:
Understand what is involved in starting up and operating an internet business (and you'll know exactly what it means to work in "internet time")
Have basic knowledge of what is involved in designing, maintaining and administrating a web-based ecommerce site;
Understand the history and development of global electronic commerce;
Understand the complexities of the marketplace for ecommerce (i.e., marketing, advertising, consumer demographics, business models);
Be familiar with basic Internet economic issues, such as the problem of pricing the use of the Internet infrastructure and problems of emoney;
Be familiar with legal and regulatory policy issues that affect ecommerce;
Understand issues surrounding privacy and the protection of intellectual property;
Have basic knowledge of network security risks and solutions;
Know how to use elementary cryptographic techniques, and understand their strengths and weaknesses for data authentication and integrity and digital signatures;
Be familiar with markup language for business (ebXML).
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Grading Information:
Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A 92%
B 80 – 91%
C 70 – 79%
F Below 70%
Please note that Bowie State University does not use "D" for graduate students. The grade F(a) is used to designate academic failure. F(n) is used to designate failure for non-completion. Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC-Europe policies. For further details, please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog, available in your local Education Center or online at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs.
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Course Requirements:
Graduate school at the masters level focuses on helping students obtain the education needed for success as professionals in their chosen fields. Thus, UMUC-Europe Graduate Programs and Bowie State University share the common goals of promoting excellence in academic scholarship through thoughtful inquiry and the skillful application of knowledge and theory for the betterment of society.
In order to maximize your graduate educational experience in general and this course in particular, you are required to:
10% - Participate in classroom discussions. Includes overall design, operation, and performance of online store. Will also include weekly module assignments and group project participation.
75% - Complete graduate level projects or programming assignments, write graduate level papers or case studies. Orally/visually present prepared material. (Ex. Online storefront, documents to support your enterprise, security and issues papers) Exact deliverables announced the first week of the course.
15% - Complete one or more written examination(s).
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Description of Course Requirements:
Participate in classroom discussions: You are expected to come to class prepared to engage in all discussions in a professional and informed manner. Usually this requires two to three hours for every hour of a face-to-face class and approximately ten hours of preparation per week for a DE class.
Complete graduate level projects or programming assignments, write graduate level papers or case studies: You are required to conduct professional-level research, including appropriately citing works of others and avoiding plagiarism. Plan on committing approximately 150 hours over the duration of this course to producing professional level deliverables, to include programs, projects, papers, and/or case studies.
Orally/visually present prepared material: You are required to present your results in a professional manner. In a face-to-face course, this typically means an oral presentation accompanied by appropriate visual material. In a DE class, this means creating a visual/textual presentation for your instructor and classmates.
Complete one or more written examination(s): The examination process in this class will assist you in developing the writing and critical thinking skills necessary for successfully passing the comprehensive exam required of all graduate students. The examination questions used for this course will either be taken directly from past comprehensive exams or written as though to be included on a comprehensive exam.
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Course Schedule:
This schedule presents 14 units or modules, with each unit corresponding to two regular three-hour weekday meetings, a half-day on weekends, or a full week of DE.
Initial meeting: Introductions Review of syllabus Clarification of goals, objectives and requirements Orientation to subject.
Second and further meetings: To Be Announced the first week of the course.
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Academic Policies:
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Faculty Bio:
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Who I am: I am UMUC educated having earned a BA in Business and Management as well as a MS in Computer Systems Management. Somewhere along the way I also picked up a Graduate Certificate in Information Resource Management as well as the title of Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE). The rest you'll learn throughout the course.
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