NUS - National University of Singapore

Bachelor of Computing in Electronic Commerce

Overview

The four-year joint E-Commerce programme (EC) is offered by School of Computing (SoC) and School of Business (BIZ). The programme will have a mix of Information Technology (IT) and Business knowledge areas.

Graduates of the EC programme will be in demand by companies in the E-Business space - an area large companies cannot ignore in today's new media age. E-Commerce students will develop into experts on Internet business. They will learn the basics of e-commerce, such as accounting, marketing, e-payment and e-economy, social computing, web forums and social networks, web user characteristics, e-loyalty and e-migration, and Internet technology. Students will become strategists in analysing and influencing e-commerce, such as web traffic, web opinion, virtual markets, virtual economy, electronic word of mouth, collaborative mobile and social e-commerce. Typical jobs include e-commerce entrepreneurship, online marketing, web design, web analysis, and web consultancy.

University Scholars Programme (E-Commerce)

Students in the University Scholars Programme who choose the Bachelor of Computing (E-Commerce) major will take the E-Commerce programme, but with the following variations:

They will not be required to read University Level Requirements (20 MCs). These are replaced by the 3 USP Inquiry Modules and 2 USP Foundation modules (Quantitative Reasoning Foundation and University Scholars Seminar).
They will not be required to read IS2101 Business and Technical Communication. It is replaced by USP Foundation module: Writing and Critical Thinking.
They will have 8 (instead of 20) MCs under Unrestricted Electives.
They will read UROP modules (CP3208 and CP3209) in place of the EC team project module (IS4102). CP3208 and CP3209 are independent study modules (ISMs) which will be counted as 2 USP Inquiry modules in Sciences and Technologies Basket.
They will be required to take 44 MCs (11 modules) from the Programme Electives. Among these modular credits, at least 12 MCs (3 modules) must be at level-4000.

Note:

^* : Students will be encouraged to use their unrestricted electives to take industrial-related modules, such as CP3200 Internship and CP3201 Industry Seminar. They will also be encouraged to use their unrestricted electives to take modules that will build up their business domain knowledge. Having a strong knowledge of a business domain will provide EC graduates a favorable advantage in employment opportunity in the industry.

Summary of degree requirements for BComp (E-Commerce)

Modules	MCs	Subtotals
UNIVERSITY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS		20
PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS		120
Core Modules	60
CS1010 Programming Methodology	4
CS1020 Data Structures and Algorithms I	4
IS1103 Computing and Society	4
IS1105 Strategic IT Applications	4
IS1112 E-Business Essentials	4
IS2101 Business and Technical Communication	4
IS2150 E-Business Design and Implementation	4
CS3240 Human Computer Interaction	4
IS3230 Principles of Information Security	4
IS3150 Digital and New Media Marketing	4
IS4150 Mobile and Ubiquitous Commerce	4
IS4102 E-Business Capstone Project	8
IS4260 E-Commerce Business Models	4
ST1131 Introduction to Statistics	4
Programme Electives (PE)	48
Students are required to choose 2 out of the 4 modules in this list: IS3220 Service Science IS3240 Economics of E-Business IS3241 Enterprise Social Systems CS4880 Digital Entrepreneurship	8 (All modules are 4 MCs).
Students are required to choose 3 modules from this list of School of Business modules: ACC1002X Financial Accounting ACC2002 Managerial Accounting BSP1004X Legal Environment of Business BSP1005 Managerial Economics DSC2006 Operations Management DSC3201 Supply Chain Management FIN2004 Finance MNO1001X Management and Organisation MKT1003X Principles of Marketing MKT2412 Global Marketing TR2201 Entrepreneurial Marketing TR2202 Technological Innovation TR3001 New Product Development	12 (All modules are 4 MCs).
Students are required to choose 7 modules from this list (3 of the 7 modules must be at level-4000): IS3222 IT and Customer Relationship Management IS3223 IT and Supply Chain Management IS3243 Technology Strategy and Management IS3242 Software Quality Management IS3221 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems CS3235 Introduction to Computer Security CS3249 Elements of User Interface Design IS4224 Service Systems IS4225 Strategic IS Planning IS4226 IT Outsourcing and Offshoring Management IS4227 Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture IS4231 Information Security Management IS4232 Topics in Information Security Management IS4233 Legal Aspects of Information Technology IS4234 Control and Audit of Information Systems IS4240 Business Intelligence Systems IS4243 Information Systems Consulting	28 (All modules are 4 MCs).
Either: CP4101 BComp Dissertation or Three IS4XXX modules	12
UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVES ^*		20
Grand Total		160