Required Courses
Elective Courses
Area I: Internet and Information Systems
Area II: Enterprise Solutions
Required Courses
ECLT5710 Fundamentals of E-commerce Technologies
An overview of the principles of E-Commerce. The origin and growth of E-Commerce. Technologies that support the development of E-Commerce applications. Business models and strategies for E-Commerce. Legal issues related to E-Commerce such as privacy, consumer rights and intellectual property. Information interchange and application sharing via extensible markup languages and web services to support logistics and operations management.
ECLT5720 Electronic Payments Systems
This course covers various methods of transferring payments over the Internet andcompares their functionality. Topics include electronic money, electronic contracts, micro-payments, authenticity, integrity and reliability of transactions, encryption and digital signature techniques needed to support electronic cash, and technologies available to support secure transactions on the Internet.
ECLT5930 Engineering Economics
Principles of engineering economy. Value and cost, cash flows. Economic analysis of alternatives, technological, social and human factors. Models involving allocation and scheduling of resources. Analytical techniques for evaluating industrial projects. Relationship between economics of technical choice and industrial productivity. Basic financial accounting concepts, financial statements.
## ECLT5730 Logistics Management
After completing the course, a student should have developed an appreciation of the practical significance and complexities of logistics management, gained an understanding of the key processes involved, and mastered some analytical tools useful in the designing, operating and improving of a logistics system.
## ECLT5940 Supply Chain Management
Management of moving raw materials, in-process inventory and finished-goods; transferring information and payment. Topics include: electronic information and payment transfer and its impact, distribution, forecasting, inventory management, purchasing and supplier management, ERP systems supply chain integration and strategic partnering. Impacts of E-Commerce in supply chain management.
## Either ECLT5730 or ECLT5940
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Elective Courses
Area I: Internet and Information Systems
ECLT5810 E-Commerce Data Mining Techniques
After completing the course, a student should understand the foundation in data mining concepts and techniques, and acquire the knowledge of Ecommerce data mining applications.
ECLT5820 Distributed and Mobile Systems
Distributed and mobile systems are the key framework for E-Commerce applications. This course covers the principles of distributed systems (including mobile applications) and software, and the engineering mechanisms for their specifi cation, design, deployment, and evaluation. Topics include: architectural models for distributed systems, server techniques, remote procedure call and multicast communications, RFID technology, emerging standards and platforms, distributed transactions, concurrency control, reliability and security issues.
ECLT5830 Network and Web Programming
This course addresses the techniques for programming in both low-level (Network) and high-level (Web) of internet. Network programs includes: Client-server system design; sockets; etc. Web programming includes: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Web page design and construction. The course also explores on modern topics including serverless systems and web security issues.
ECLT5840 Open Systems for E-Commerce
Introduction to open system standards and protocols. Transaction protocols. Electronic commerce applications using open system and artificial intelligence technologies. Application of intelligent agents for automated transaction processing. Integration of web programming techniques with information and communication systems. Case studies for E-Commerce open system applications.
*** ECLT5850 Project I in E-Commerce and Logistics Technologies
An individual or a team project on E-Commerce technologies.
*** ECLT5960 E-Commerce and Logistics Technologies Internship
The objective of the course is to allow students to acquire a basic understanding and the skills of the practical aspects of E-Commerce and Logistics Technologies. To qualify for the award of the subject credits, the student must attach to a company in an E-Commerce and Logistics Technologies related post as approved by the Professor-in-Charge for no less than 12 weeks. The student will have an academic supervisor as assigned by the Professor-in-Charge and an industry supervisor from the company. There will be a mid-term company visit by the academic supervisor. At the end of the internship, the student must give a presentation to the academic and industry supervisors, and submit a report summarizing what the student has done and learnt from the internship. The student’s grade will be determined by (1) the presentation, (2) the student report and (3) a testimonial from the industry supervisor.
The internship should normally take place in the summer term after a student has finished the first two semesters of studies. Part-time students can decide to undertake the internship in the summer term of either the first or second year of studies.
Students are recommended to seek the Professor-in-Charge’s comment on potential internship opportunities before enrolling in the course.
*** Among these courses, only one can be counted towards the minimum graduation requirements.
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Area II: Enterprise Solutions
ECLT5910 Information Technology Management
The challenges, techniques and technologies associated with the management of information technology (IT) for logistics and supply chain operations. The linkage of IT to business models and corporate strategies in logistics and supply chain industry. Information systems and technology planning, sourcing and acquisition, budgeting and deployment. Performance evaluation and audit. Standard, privacy and security policies.
ECLT5920 Decision Methodology with Financial Application
Cash flow analysis, portfolio optimization, capital asset pricing theory, derivative contracts, no-arbitrage pricing theory, risk management.
ECLT5940 Supply Chain Management
Management of moving raw materials, in-process inventory and finished-goods; transferring information and payment. Topics include: electronic information and payment transfer and its impact, distribution, forecasting, inventory management, purchasing and supplier management, ERP systems supply chain integration and strategic partnering. Impacts of E-Commerce in supply chain management.
*** ECLT5950 Project II in E-Commerce and Logistics Technologies
An individual or a team project on E-Commerce technologies.
*** ECLT5960 E-Commerce and Logistics Technologies Internship
The objective of the course is to allow students to acquire a basic understanding and the skills of the practical aspects of E-Commerce and Logistics Technologies. To qualify for the award of the subject credits, the student must attach to a company in an E-Commerce and Logistics Technologies related post as approved by the Professor-in-Charge for no less than 12 weeks. The student will have an academic supervisor as assigned by the Professor-in-Charge and an industry supervisor from the company. There will be a mid-term company visit by the academic supervisor. At the end of the internship, the student must give a presentation to the academic and industry supervisors, and submit a report summarizing what the student has done and learnt from the internship. The student’s grade will be determined by (1) the presentation, (2) the student report and (3) a testimonial from the industry supervisor.
The internship should normally take place in the summer term after a student has finished the first two semesters of studies. Part-time students can decide to undertake the internship in the summer term of either the first or second year of studies.
Students are recommended to seek the Professor-in-Charge’s comment on potential internship opportunities before enrolling in the course.
*** Among these courses, only one can be counted towards the minimum graduation requirements.
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