BIT2103 Electronic Commerce 1

The course unit is designed to introduce the students to the Internet and its use in Electronic Commerce.

Course Objectives
This course unit is meant:

• To give students a working knowledge of the Internet,
• To give students knowledge of use of electronic commerce
• To define E-commerce and describe its various categories
• To describe and discuss the content and framework of E-commerce
• Describe the major types of E-commerce transactions
• Describe some E-commerce models
• Discuss the benefits of E-commerce to organizations, consumer, and society
• Describe the limitations of E-commerce

Expected Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this course unit, the students should be able to:

• Use the Internet to do business
• Understand various types of E-commerce
• Appreciate benefits of E-commerce
• Appreciate the limitations and risks of doing business on the Internet