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Undergraduate Calendar 2010|11

e-Commerce Major

Bachelor of Commerce: e-Commerce Major

Regulations effective September 1, 2010.

Building on the Bachelor of Commerce program is Athabasca University’s e-Commerce major. This program will use online enhancements to emulate the e-commerce business environment.

For more information about this program, contact Athabasca University’s Faculty of Business at 800.468.6531, or email.

Athabasca University advisors have developed a program plan to assist you. Counselling Services offers an assessment Web site, "Mapping Your Future: Your Career and Athabasca University." Athabasca University has developed program learning outcomes that describe the career options that may be available to you upon graduating. Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time of their enrolment.

Enrolment Restriction

Students holding a degree in administration, business, commerce or management; or a degree with a major, concentration, or any equivalency programs from Athabasca University or another university will not be accepted into the Bachelor of Commerce, e-Commerce Major program.

Enrolment Requirement

To gain entrance to the e-Commerce major, students must complete two courses or their equivalent, ACCT 253 Introductory Financial Accounting and ADMN 232 Administrative Principles, each with a grade of 1.7 (60 per cent) or greater. Provisional program entrance will be allowed until these requirements are met.

Students are recommended to take ADMN 233 early in their program.

Program Structure
Total credits in the program 120
Required courses (Years 1 and 2) 36
Options 24
Required courses (Years 3 and 4) 21
e-Commerce major core (Years 3 and 4) 21
e-Commerce electives
9
Options
9
Residency requirement: A minimum of 30 credits must be obtained through Athabasca University, including ADMN 404, in Years 3 and 4. These 30 credits must include ADMN 404 plus 9 credits from the list of core courses for Years 3 and 4. 30
Graduation with Distinction or Great Distinction. At least 24 credits must be obtained through Athabasca University in order to be considered. 24
Maximum Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition credits
21

Years 1 and 2 (60 credits)

Years 1 and 2 of the Bachelor of Commerce Program regulations also apply to the Financial Services Major.

e-Commerce Major Years 3 and 4 (60 credits)

Required Courses (21 credits)

ACCT 356 Strategic and Competitive Analysis (3)
CMIS 351 Management Information Systems (3)
FNCE 370 Overview of Corporate Finance (3)

MGSC 368


MGSC 369

Introduction to Production and Operations Management

or

Service Operations Management

 

(3)
MKTG 396 Introduction to Marketing
ORGB 364 Organizational Behaviour (3)
ADMN 404 Strategic Management* (3)
  *ADMN 404 must be taken with AU. Transfer credit will not be awarded. ADMN 404 should be taken as the last course in the program.  

 

e-Commerce Major Core Courses (21 credits)

ADMN 415 Strategy and Technology Innovation (3)
ECOM 320 Overview of e-Commerce (3)
ECOM 325 Enterprise Resource Planning Using SAP (3)
CMIS 431

or

Information Technology Leadership

 
ECOM 420 Project in e-Commerce (3)
  or  
MGSC 405 Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making  
MGSC 419 Information Technology Project Management (3)
MKTG 410 e-Marketing (3)

ORGB 430


ECOM 425

 

COMP 361

Information Systems and Organizational Design

or

Security, Legal Issues and Ethics

or

Systems Analysis and Design

(3)

 

e-Commerce Major Electives (select 9 credits from the following)

CMIS 214 Custom Applications with Visual Basic (3)
COMM 431 Leadership in Technology (3)

COMP 266


COMP 268

Introduction to Web Programming

or

Introduction to Computer Programming (Java)

(3)
FNCE 408 e-Commerce and Risk Management (3)
MGSC 418 Supply Chain Management (3)
BTMA Any senior (300/400) level BTMA course  
CMIS Any senior (300/400) level CMIS course  
COMP Any senior (300/400) level COMP course  
ECOM Any senior (300/400) level ECOM course  

 

Options (9 credits)

Any non "Business and Administrative Studies" credits at the senior (300/400) level (6)
Business and Administrative Studies credits at senior (300/400) level (3)

 

Information effective Sept. 1, 2010 to Aug. 31, 2011.

Updated January 17, 2020