GCO3601

Infrastructure for electronic commerce

(IT)

Malaysia: Mr Thomas O'Daniel

6 points + 3-4 hours per week + Second semester + Gippsland, Malaysia, distance + Prerequisite: BEG1601 and 6 points of second level Computing studies (GCO2xxx or equivalent)

Synopsis: National and global infrastructures in use and planned for business using electronic commerce. Infrastructures at the local and workplace levels. Wide area networks and server technologies, multimedia; software agents; Internet security issues; introduction to XML; computer-mediated human and corporate communications; Internet commerce applications using XML; electronic payment mechanisms, including smart cards and smart card security, credit, debit and stored-value cards; privacy and anonimity technologies.

Assessment: Assignments 50% + Examination (3 hours): 50