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qualitative and quantitative techniques. Provide students with skills to produce a research proposal and highlight ethical research practices to students. Indicative Content: Introduction to scientific research; Formulating and clarifying the research topic and research problem; Conducting a literature review; Different research approaches; Ethics in research; Sampling; Use of secondary data; Collection methods for primary data; Analyzing qualitative data; Analyzing quantitative data and writing a research proposal and project report. Reference Books: i. H. Cooper, Synthesizing Research: A Guide for Literature Reviews, Thousand oaks, California: Sage Publications, 1998. ii. M. Sounders, P. Lewis, & A. Thornhill, Research Methods for Students , 3rd edition, UK, Financial times, Prentice hall, 2003. BSE 1205 Introduction to Internet Programming (4 CU) Course Description: This course covers ASP.NET development fundamentals, providing hands-on experience through the building of a fully functional time and expense tracking application like TimeEx. Starting with an overview of server-side technologies, it then goes into the C# (C Sharp) programming language commonly used for ASP.NET and database development utilizing MSDE (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine). Particular attention is given to techniques for integrating ASP.NET pages with the advanced client-side (DHTML) technologies covered first. Indicative Content: ASP.NET development fundamentals; Server-side technologies; Interaction of web application with SQL Database; Integration of ASP.NET pages into advanced client-side technologies Reference Books: i. Z. Ruvalcaba, Build Your Own ASP.NET Website Using C# &VB.NET, 1st edition, 2005. ii. P. J. Deite and H. M. Deitel, Internet & World Wide Web: How to Programme, Prentice Hall; 4th edition, 2007. iii. S. Walther, ASP.NET Unleashed: unleashed, Sams Publishing, 2003. iv. K. Kalata, Internet Programming with VBScript and JavaScript (Web warrior series), Course Technology, 1st edition, 2000. CSC 1207 Programming Methodology II (3 CU) Course Description: The course is to give an in depth understanding of Object Oriented programming. It is to cater for Object Oriented Programming practices like inheritance, interfaces, exception handling, action handling, security, software reuse and robustness. The aim of the course is to: Move the students’ programming skills from basic to advanced; Avail students with skills to handle non functional Programme aspects like robustness and security and train students to develop complete computer applications. Indicative Content: The object oriented paradigm; Classes and objects; Inheritance and visibility modifiers; Interfaces and abstract classes; Graphical user interface and action handlers; Exception handling; Working with files; Working with databases; Sessions and user management. Reference Books: i. J. Lewis and W. Loftus, Java Software Solution: Foundations of Programme Design 4th edition, 2008. ii. K. A. Mughal and R. W. Rasmussen, A Programmer’s Guide to JavaTM Certification: A Comprehensive Primer, 3rd edition, 2008. BIT 2103 Electronic Commerce (3 CU) 72
Course Description: The course aims to provide students with the skills required to design, implement and evaluate robust ecommerce applications. The theory and application of electronic commerce solutions on the internet to improve business profit are presented. The techniques, tools and infrastructure required for on-line transactions are presented. The course includes a major group project, which draws on a wide range of skills of team members to set up an integrated electronic business. Issues such as business-to-business transactions are also covered. Indicative Content: Computerized trading systems, electronic funds transfer, automatic product identification and bar code technology, electronic data interchange; the infrastructure of electronic commerce; electronic payment systems; Electronic commerce retailing and corporate finance; Intranets and supply chain management; remote banking, procurement and purchasing, online marketing and advertisement, home shopping, and auctions. Ecommerce security issues, transaction integrity and electronic payment systems are considered; and legal aspects of ecommerce. Reference Books: i. J. F. Rayport and G. J. Jaworski, Introduction to e-Commerce, McGraw-Hill, 2002. ii. J. F. Rayport and G. J. Jaworski,. Cases in e-Commerce, McGraw-Hill, 2002. iii. E. Turban, et al., Electronic Commerce, a Managerial Perspective, Upper Saddle River, NJ; Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004. iv. G. P. Schneider, Electronic Commerce: The Second Wave, Boston MA Thompson Course Technology, 2004. BIT 2105 Electronic Media Systems and Multimedia (3 CU) Course Description: This course provides a comprehensive overview of the various platforms, applications, media and technology used to develop digital media products and communications. This course will investigate the use of several software tools for multimedia production and the ways in which media components can be represented and integrated into final multimedia production. The course aims at:- Introducing students to the concepts of electronic media, the systems there of and the general field of multimedia. Indicative Content: Introduction to digital graphics, photography, video, audio, networked multimedia and authoring; Visual design skills: leading to Graphic Design and other major areas of Multimedia Production, including a variety of design techniques using specialist software to design and manipulate images. Reference Books: i. R. Steinmetz and K. Nahrstedt, Multimedia Systems, Springer 2004. ii. Z- Nian Li and M. S. Drew, Fundamentals of Multimedia, Prentice Hall 2003. iii. R. Steinmetz and K. Nahrstedt, Multimedia Applications, Springer 2004. BIT 2107 Web Systems and Technologies I (3 CU) Course Description: This course aims to: Provide an understanding of the basics of the Internet, how it originated, how it works, and how to develop and maintain Web sites; Provide a basic understanding of Internet related technologies and introductory skills in Web applications. On completion of this course unit, the students will be able to: Have essential skills for website management; demonstrate understanding of the basic Internet technology concepts and; Develop a prototype of interactive World Wide Web applications. Indicative Content: HTML editors; website management tools such as FrontPage and/or Dream weaver; Basic Internet technologies such as DNS, email services, LDAP and the HTTP protocol; Introduction to tools and techniques for specifying and prototyping interactive World Wide Web applications based on HTML. Web technologies: HTTP Protocol, Presentation abstractions, Web-markup and display languages. Reference Books: 73
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