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Bachelor of Computing in Electronic Commerce

Objective

The four-year joint E-Commerce programme (EC) is offered by School of Computing (SoC) and School of Business (BIZ). The programme will have a mix of Information Technology (IT) and Business knowledge areas.

Graduates of the EC programme will be in demand by companies in the E-Business space - an area large companies cannot ignore in today's new media age. E-Commerce students will develop into experts on Internet business. They will learn the basics of e-commerce, such as accounting, marketing, e-payment and e-economy, social computing, web forums and social networks, web user characteristics, e-loyalty and e-migration, and Internet technology. Students will become strategists in analysing and influencing e-commerce, such as web traffic, web opinion, virtual markets, virtual economy, electronic word of mouth, collaborative mobile and social e-commerce. Typical jobs include e-commerce entrepreneurship, online marketing, web design, web analysis, and web consultancy.

University Scholars Programme (E-Commerce)
Students in the University Scholars Programme who choose the Bachelor of Computing (E-Commerce) major will take the E-Commerce programme, but with the following variations:

  • They will not be required to read University Level Requirements (20 MCs). These are replaced by the 3 USP Inquiry Modules and 2 USP Foundation modules (Quantitative Reasoning Foundation and University Scholars Seminar).
  • They will not be required to read IS2101 Business and Technical Communication. It is replaced by USP Foundation module: Writing and Critical Thinking.
  • They will have 8 (instead of 20) MCs under Unrestricted Electives.
  • They will read UROP modules (CP3208 and CP3209) in place of the EC team project module (IS4102). CP3208 and CP3209 are independent study modules (ISMs) which will be counted as 2 USP Inquiry modules in Sciences and Technologies Basket.
  • They will be required to take 44 MCs (11 modules) from the Programme Electives. Among these modular credits, at least 12 MCs (3 modules) must be at level-4000.

Table 6: Summary of degree requirements for B.Comp. (E-Commerce)

Modules

MCs

Sub
totals

UNIVERSITY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS

 

20

PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS

 

120

Core Modules

60

 

CS1010        Programming Methodology

4

 

CS1020        Data Structures and Algorithms I

4

 

IS1103         Computing and Society

4

 

IS1105         Strategic IT Applications

4

 

IS1112         E-Business Essentials

4

 

IS2101         Business and Technical Communication

4

 

IS2150         E-Business Design and Implementation

4

 

CS3240        Human Computer Interaction

4

 

IS3230         Principles of Information Security

4

 

IS3150         Digital and New Media Marketing

4

 

IS4150         Mobile and Ubiquitous Commerce

4

 

IS4102         E-Business Capstone Project

8

 

IS4260         E-Commerce Business Models

4

 

ST1131        Introduction to Statistics

4

 

Programme Electives (PE)

48

 

Students are required to choose 2 out of the 4 modules in this list:
CS4880            Digital Entrepreneurship
IS3220             Service Science
IS3240             Economics of E-Business
IS3241             Enterprise Social Systems

8

(All modules are 4 MCs).

 

Students are required to choose 3 modules from this list of School of Business modules:
ACC1002X     Financial Accounting
ACC2002       Managerial Accounting
BSP1004X      Legal Environment of Business
BSP1005X      Managerial Economics
DSC2006        Operations Management
DSC3201        Supply Chain Management
FIN2004          Finance
MNO1001X     Management and Organisation
MKT1003X      Principles of Marketing
MKT2412        Global Marketing
TR2201           Entrepreneurial Marketing
TR2202           Technological Innovation
TR3001           New Product Development

12

(All modules are 4 MCs).

 

Students are required to choose 7 modules from this list (3 of the 7 modules must be at level-4000):
CS3235            Introduction to Computer Security
IS3221             Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
IS3222             IT and Customer Relationship Management
IS3223             IT and Supply Chain Management
IS3242             Software Quality Management
IS3243             Technology Strategy and Management
IS3250             Health Informatics
IS3260             Gamification for Organisations and Individuals
IS4224             Service Systems
IS4225             Strategic IS Planning
IS4226             IT Outsourcing and Offshoring Management
IS4227             Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture
IS4231             Information Security Management
IS4232             Topics in Information Security Management
IS4233             Legal Aspects of Information Technology
IS4234             Control and Audit of Information Systems
IS4240             Business Intelligence Systems
IS4241             Social Media Network Analysis
IS4243             Information Systems Consulting
IS4250             Healthcare Analytics

28

(All modules are 4 MCs).

 

Either:
CP4101            B.Comp. Dissertation
or
Three IS4XXX modules

12

 

UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVES69

 

20

Grand Total 

 

160

69     Students will be encouraged to use their unrestricted electives to take industrial-related modules, such as CP3200 Internship and CP3201 Industry Seminar. They will also be encouraged to use their unrestricted electives to take modules that will build up their business domain knowledge. Having a strong knowledge of a business domain will provide EC graduates a favourable advantage in employment opportunities in the industry.
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