Course outline

Short course name:

Electronic Commerce Systems 2

Module number:

COM 207

Course Syllabus:

Generating Shopping Carts and Order Processing Pipelines:

Shopping cart dynamics

Maintaining state data across multiple web pages for shopping carts

Developing order processing and fulfilment pipelines using ASP.NET and other languages

Third-party electronic payment capture systems; coordinating the checkout phase

Integrity and security issues for payment pipelines and E-commerce sites; encryption schemes and SSL

Order tracking and billing modules

Order shipping and transportation site elements

Modules for processing returns


Using Commercial Electronic Commerce Site Generation Tools:

Basic characteristics of site generation tools

Review of current, state-of-the art, E-commerce site-building tools

Selecting appropriate templates

Customizing autogenerated E-commerce sites

Incorporating custom pipelines and add-ons with autogenerated E-commerce sites

Tools for monitoring and analyzing E-commerce site traffic