P17 MSc in Electronic Commerce

Programme Aims Programme Curriculum Entrance Requirements Apply Online Now

 

Programme Aims

This programme aims to produce a new generation of information technology (IT) professionals so that they will be competent in evaluating and developing electronic commerce systems and services within a business context. In contrast to eCommerce programmes offered elsewhere in Hong Kong, which tend to concentrate either on technology or business aspects, this programme takes a broad-based inter-disciplinary approach. Students will gain knowledge of core business and technical related subjects, together with an in-depth understanding of the specific business, legal, and technical issues involved in the exploitation of eCommerce, and the necessary knowledge and skills to analyze, plan, design, develop, and maintain electronic commerce application systems

 

Programme Curriculum

The MSc in Electronic Commerce programme is jointly offered by the Department of Computer Science of the College of Science and Engineering and the Department of Information Systems of the College of Business, with support from the School of Law and other academic departments within the University. To be awarded the degree, a student must complete 9 courses from the required set (of which up to 3 courses' credit can be transferred based on the student's previous study) and 2-3 courses from the rich set of electives.

Required courses:

• Introduction to eCommerce
• Computer Networks and Internets
• Internet Application Development
• Information Security for e-Commerce
    or
  Network and Information Security
• eBusiness System Integration
• Analysis and Design of e-Commerce Systems
• eCommerce Strategies and Management
• eCommerce Project
• eCommerce Law

Sample Elective courses:

• Financial Accounting
• Multimedia Technologies and Applications
• Distributed and Interoperable Databases
• Cyber Marketing and Customer Relationship Management
• Data Warehousing & Data Mining
• Multimodel Interface Design
• Internet and Distributed Systems Programming
• Topics on eCommerce Technologies
• Managerial Economics
• Financial Management
• Management Support and Business Intelligence Systems
• Knowledge Management
• Contemporary Topics in eCommerce
• Infrastructure and Security Management for eCommerce
• Information Technology Leadership Forum
• Project Management and Quality Assurance

 

Entrance Requirements

To enter the MScEC, students will need to have either one of the following qualifications:

1. Honours degree in a computing discipline (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems), or
2. Honours degree in a related discipline (e.g., Electronic Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Economics and Finance) together with at least one year of relevant IT professional experience, or
3. An exceptionally good alternative qualification with substantial IT professional experience acceptable to the University.
4. Sufficient command of the English language.

Students will normally have obtained at least second class honours in their prior degree.