B.S. in E-Commerce Technology 2003

The Bachelor of Science program in E-Commerce Technology is a pioneering degree in an emerging technological field. With the explosive growth of the Internet, industries are increasingly employing Internet and related electronic commerce technologies. E-Commerce has expanded beyond its early roots in electronic funds transfer and data interchange to embrace the use of Internet technologies for such applications as Web-based retailing, electronic supply chain management, and Web publishing. This technical degree program is designed to meet that demand. Students earning a B.S. in E-Commerce Technology will acquire computer programming, user-centered design, and E-Commerce system development skills, as well as knowledge of the technology of databases, networking, and middleware.

The Bachelors of Science in E Commerce Technology consists of three elements:

• The Liberal Studies Program

• Major Field Study

• Open Electives

Liberal Studies Program

Liberal Studies Core

6 courses/24 quarter hours required distributed as follows:

• First Year Program: (16 quarter hours required) Discover Chicago or Explore Chicago, Focal Point Seminar, and Composition and Rhetoric I and II.
• Sophomore Seminar:(4 quarter hours required) Sophomore Seminar on Multiculturalism in the United States
• Junior Year Experiential Learning:(4 quarter hours required)
• Senior Capstone: All CTI majors require that students complete the senior capstone in their major field.

Learning Domain Requirements

13 courses (52 quarter hours) are required and are distributed across six learning domains as follows:

• Arts and Literature-AL 3 courses required (12 quarter hours). At most two courses from the same department or program. ART 104 or ART 105 is required.
• Philosophical Inquiry-PI 2 courses required (8 quarter hours).
• Religious Dimensions-RD 2 courses required (8 quarter hours). One "Patterns and Problems" and one "Traditions in Context". Note: One course must be a course in ethics. PHL/REL/MGT 228 is required.
• Scientific Inquiry-SI 1 course required (4 quarter hours). This course must be designated as a lab course. Neither CTI nor mathematics courses are acceptable.
• Self, Society and the Modern World-MW 3 courses required (12 quarter hours). These courses must be chosen from at least two different departments.
• Understanding the Past-UP 2 courses required (8 quarter hours). One  "pre-1800" category and one "1800-1945". In addition, the two courses must be chosen from different geographical categories: Asia; Latin America; Africa; North America or Europe; inter-continental or comparative history.

Grades for any Liberal Studies course must be ‘D’ or better. Grades for Composition I and II must be C- or better. The Pass/Fail option may not be used for any Liberal Studies course.

Special Notes for Transfer Students:
Transfer students who enter DePaul with 30 or more quarter hours may not take the first year core. Instead, they should complete two domain electives (from different domains). Transfer courses may be used to satisfy these requirements.

See the Liberal Studies homepage for more information.

Major Field Study

Nineteen (19) Liberal Studies courses (see above) plus the following 29 courses. Although all 29 courses are required, the grouping of the courses into First-Year, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior courses is a recommendation only. See your advisor for help in choosing your classes.

First Year:

CSC 211 Programming in Java I

CSC 255 Information Structures and Representations

ECT 250 Internet, Commerce, and Society

ECT 270 The Internet and the Web

MAT 140 Discrete Mathematics I

Sophomore:

CSC 212 Programming in Java II

CSC 336 User Interface Development

CSC 319 Database Technology

CSC 323 Data Analysis

ECT 353 Server Side Web Application Development

Choose 1 from English (ENG):

ENG 204 Technical Writing [formerly Eng 204]

or ENG 301 Writing in the Professions [formerly Eng 301]

Choose 1 from Communication (CMN):

CMN 220 Public Speaking

or CMN 212 Small Group Communication

Junior:

ECT 355 Internet Systems: Collaboration, Commerce, and Media

HCI 310 Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction

IS 315 Analysis and Design Techniques

IS 370 Computer Information Systems

TDC 361 Basic Communication Systems

One course chosen from the following:

MKT 301 Principles of Marketing

PSY 380 Industrial and Organizational Psychology

ART 260 Art and Design I: History, Concept, Structure [prereq

Senior:

ECT 359 E-Commerce Technology Senior Project

ECT 372 Software Project Development and Management

Two 300-level CTI elective chosen in consultation with student’s advisor. Recommended courses for these electives are as follows:

ECT 341 Usability Issues for Electronic Commerce

ECT 356 Advanced Server Side Programming

ECT 357 Mobile Commerce

ECT 390 Topics in E-Commerce Technology

GPH 371 Survey of Computer Graphics

HCI 360 User-Centered Evaluation

IS 313 Business Application Development in Java

IS 371 Introduction to I.t. System Management

IS 373 Introduction to Large Systems Implementation

Open Electives

Seven courses to be chosen in consultation with student’s advisor.

Note:PHL/REL/MGT 228 Business, Ethics, and Society is a required course that is already credited in Liberal Studies.

Note:Grades for all courses in the students major (i.e. non-Liberal Studies and non-Open Elective) must be ‘C’ or better. Grades of ‘C-‘ may be accepted provided the overall grade point average in the major is 2.0 or better.

Last Modified: Wednesday December 19, 2007