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Electronic Commerce – (M.Sc.)
Kingston University
Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,690 - ≈ € 12,560 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | January, September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Kingston University
Electronic commerce, or e-commerce, enables the management of vital flows of information within industry supply chains, as well as the selling of products and services within industry or to consumers. This course will give you the knowledge and skills required to design, develop and implement e-commerce applications and technologies. It offers a multi-disciplinary and holistic approach, placing the applications and enabling technologies of e-commerce into the wider business, social and economic context.
This MSc is a career-enhancing programme designed to build on your previous experience and education, to improve your job performance and allow you to develop team-working and leadership skills so that you can contribute to the knowledge base of the company.
What will you study?
You will use advanced tools and techniques to analyse, design, implement and manage the use of electronic commerce between businesses, consumers and government. You will investigate the design and management of e-commerce systems to show how e-commerce can accommodate the increased rate of change created by social, economic, political and technical developments.
You will also focus on the organisational and change management implications of new business models enabled by e-commerce. In addition, you will have the opportunity to carry out in-depth analysis of the impact of the internet in a variety of organised activity areas, such as business and administrative organisations and in society. The Research Methods module prepares you for work on your project/dissertation.
Contents
Core modules
* Requirements Engineering and Management
* Corporate Data and Database Management
* Broadband and Mobile Networks
* Building E-Business
* Research Methods
* Project/Dissertation (MSc only)
Option modules (choose three)
* Component-Based Software Engineering
* Developing Object-Orientated Solutions
* Digital Communications
* Electronic Commerce Technologies
* Enterprise Networking
* Geographical Information Fundamentals
* Internet Map Services
* Internet Wireless Networks
* IT and Entrepreneurship
* Knowledge Management
* Location-Based Services, Applications and Technologies
* Multimedia Communications
* Network Design and Management
* Network Operating Systems
* Network Security
* Programming in Java
* Projects and Risk Management
* Secure and Dependable Computing
* Software Engineering Tools
* Software Quality Assurance
* Spatial Information Analysis and Modelling
* Strategic Information Systems for E-Business
* TCP/IP Networks
* Usability Engineering
* Visualisation and Image Processing
* Web Development in Java
* Wireless Communications
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Requirements
* Good Honours degree or equivalent in IS/IT subject or substantial relevant work experience.
* International students must have an IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
Accreditation
Many of the courses that we run are accredited and recognised by relevant professional bodies within their respective fields. As part of our commitment to providing quality, relevant courses we seek accreditation and recognition wherever possible. In fact the Higher Education Funding Council of England awarded us a quality rating for 'Excellence in teaching'.
Kingston Business School is also one of an elite number of UK business schools with Association of MBA accreditation of our MBA courses. Plus we have received EPAS accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development for several of our postgraduate and undergraduate business programmes; only the second UK business school to receive this accreditation.
To view a full list of our accreditations, please visit our website.
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