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BIT-5594: Web-Based Applications and Electronic Commerce

Description: An examination of the concepts, technology, and applications of electronic commerce in business and society. Topics include the world wide web as a platform for electronic commerce; intranets; electronic data interchange; electronic banking and payment systems; implementing security technologies and policies, security and firewalls; software agents; and social, legal, corporate governance and international issues of electronic commerce.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (BIT-5474 or ACIS-5514)

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 12

Average GPA: 3.35 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 25.04%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Parviz Ghandforoush202449.0%43.3%5.8%0.7%1.2%0.0%3.3512

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Summer I 2020Fall 2020Summer I 2021Fall 2021Summer I 2022Fall 2022Summer I 2023Fall 2023Summer I 2024Fall 2024Term050% W