A Graduate Course on E-commerce Information Systems Engineering

TL;DR

This paper discusses the development and implementation of a graduate course in E-commerce Information Systems Engineering aimed at equipping students with essential skills for E-commerce system development amidst a growing industry demand.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive graduate course on E-commerce systems engineering, detailing its curriculum, delivery methods, and practical focus, based on two years of experience.

Findings

Course effectively prepares students for E-commerce development roles

Positive student feedback and engagement observed

Course content adaptable for different graduate programs

Abstract

Interest in developing and deploying E-commerce systems has grown greatly over the past few years, leading to a major shortage of qualified developers. This paper describes the development of a graduate course in E-commerce education that has been implemented as part of an Honours degree programme and a first year Masters offering for a traditional Information Systems programme. The aim of this course is to give graduate students a broad grounding and holistic set of skills to enable them to begin successful E-commerce systems development. This paper provides a background and context for this course, an overview and discussion of the course content, delivery methods and practical focus, and discusses experience in running and evolving the course over the past two years. We hope that our experiences and approaches will be useful for others who are planning similar courses focusing on E-commerce systems engineering.