Nottingham, University of, BSc (Hons), E-Commerce and Digital Business

Year 1: Students are introduced to the key concepts and tools underpinning e-commerce and digital business; students learn how to program in Java and a variety of web programming languages and meet the areas of mathematics students need later in the course; students are also introduced to business economics and study the requirements digital business places on the computing technologies which support it; students also select 1 optional module from within the school of computer science. Year 2: Students learn about business and e-commerce system design; students study the components of large scale computer systems, such as networks, databases, the internet and web services; students learn about marketing and how these technologies can be used to enhance it; students also select 2 optional modules from within the school of computer science and a further 2 from the business school. Year 3: Students apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired by undertaking an individual project; students may select a topic from a list proposed by a member of staff or propose an idea of their own; students also study the use of networked computer systems within organisations, looking at issues such as security and the effect these systems have on management strategy; students also select 1 optional module from within the school of computer science and a further 2 from the business school.