3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: IT 246.
Students learn how to conduct business online and the technological issues associated with constructing an electronic-commerce web site. Students will implement a genuine transaction-enabled business-to-consumer web site, examine strategies and products available for building electronic-commerce sites, examine how such sites are managed, and explore how they can complement an existing business infrastructure. Students get hands-on experience implementing the technology to engage cardholders, merchants, payment gateways and other parties in electronic transactions.