Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon successful completion the student will be able to:

• Describe the infrastructure for E-commerce and key features of Internet, Intranets and Extranets and explain how they relate to each other.
• Demonstrate an understanding of E-commerce related programming, database, and networking issues.
• Explain key issues related to Internet security standards, cryptography and authentication, and firewalls.
• Recognize security issues and discuss risks and risk management issues.
• Evaluate electronic payment systems
• Analyze the effectiveness and uses of intelligent agents - push technology
• Discuss technical support and customer service needs related to the Internet
• Recognize E-commerce legal issues such as content ownership and liability, information privacy, copyright and trademarks, and taxation.
• Analyze Internet trading relationships including business-to-consumer, business-to-business, government-to-consumer, and intra-organizational.
• Determine the appropriateness of EDI and/or the Internet for E-commerce transactions.
• Evaluate technologies, concepts, strategies, and trends related to E-commerce.

To assess achievement of the outcomes any combination of the following may be used:

• Written examinations and/or quizzes;
• E-commerce case study analysis;
• Individual or group e-commerce related projects;
• Presentations;
• Research assignments;
• Homework and/or lab assignments that demonstrate the application of appropriate e-commerce technologies;
• Participation in class activities
• Interactive role-plays.