ECT250 Course Site - Class Schedule

Class	Topics
1	Traditional Commerce/History, Buyer/Seller viewpoint, Business Processes, E-Commerce History, E-Commerce suitability, Advantages/Disadvantages of E-Commerce, International E-Commerce Issues. Internet History, Uses, Components, Growth, Evolution.
2	Networking Technology Components: Architecture-Client Server Model, Packet Switching, Protocols-TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP and Others, LAN/WAN/Internet/WWW, Domains, IP Addresses, URLs.
3	Internet Utilities, Into to Frontpage: Getting Started, Text, Backgrounds, Images, Lists, Hyperlinks, Navigation, Formatting, Publishing, Unix. Lab time for MS Frontpage.
4	Researching the web using Search engines. SGML, HTML, XML, Frames, Info Architecture/Organizational Schemes
5	Software Development Life Cycle, Web Architectures, Server Software. Mid Term Exam Review.
6	Mid Term. eCommerce Business Models
7	E-Commerce Security: Threats, Solutions: Encryption, Public Key infrastructure, SSL, firewalls, proxy servers, protecting the web client.
8	Payment Systems: General Types, Credit Cards, SET, Digital Payment systems in B2C, B2B Payment Systems/
9	Business Concepts of the Web: Marketing, demographics, brands, segmenting, targeting, Internet marketing technologies, strategies, research, communications
10	Privacy & Information rights, intellectual property rights, trademarks, copyrights, patents. Ethical, social and political issues in eCommerce.
11	Final Project Due