Undergraduate Handbook - School of Computing and Informatics ...

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:
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