NBU CBCS SEC (H) : E-Commerce Revised Syllabus
Revised Syllabus for B.Com Honours Program
[Effective from: 2022-23]
B.Com. Honours Program: Semester IV
COURSE SEC(H)-2
E-COMMERCE
Marks: 75 (Lectures: 50)
Objective: To enable the students to become
familiar with the mechanism of dealing with the business transactions through
electronic means and the security mechanism.
Contents:
Unit I: Introduction (Lectures: 10)
Meaning, nature, concepts, advantages,
disadvantages and reasons for transacting online; types of E-Commerce,
e-commerce business models (introduction , key elements of a business model and
categorizing major E-commerce business models), forces behind e- commerce;
Designing, building and launching e-commerce website.
Unit II: E-payment System (Lectures: 10)
Models and methods of e–payments (Debit Card,
Credit Card, Smart Cards, e-money), 24 digital signatures (procedure, working
and legal position), payment gateways, online banking (meaning, concepts,
importance, electronic fund transfer, automated clearing house, automated
ledger posting), risks involved in e-payments.
Unit III: On-line Business Transactions
(Lectures: 10)
Meaning, purpose, advantages and disadvantages
of transacting online, E-commerce applications in various industries like
banking and insurance; payment of utility bills, online marketing, e-tailing,
online services (financial, travel and career), online auctions, online portal,
online learning, online entertainment, Online shopping.
Unit IV: E- Security (Lectures: 10)
E-commerce security environment: definition and
scope of E- security, security threats in the E-commerce environment (security
intrusions and breaches, attacking methods like hacking, sniffing,
cyber-vandalism etc.); Technology solutions: Encryption, security channels of
communication, protecting networks and protecting servers and clients.
Unit V: IT Act 2000 and Cyber Crimes (Lectures:
10)
IT Act 2000: Definitions, Digital signature,
electronic governance, Attribution, acknowledgement and dispatch of electronic
records, Regulation of certifying authorities, Duties of subscribers, Penalties
and adjudication, Appellate Tribunal, Offences and Cyber-crimes.
Suggested Readings
1. Kenneth C. Laudon and Carlo Guercio Traver,
E-Commerce, Pearson Education.
2. David Whiteley, E-commerce: Strategy,
Technology and Applications, McGraw Hill Education
3. Bharat Bhaskar, Electronic Commerce:
Framework, Technology and Application, 4th Ed.,
McGraw Hill Education
4. PT Joseph, E-Commerce: An Indian Perspective,
PHI Learning
5. KK Bajaj and Debjani Nag, E-commerce, McGraw
Hill Education
6. TN Chhabra, E-Commerce, Dhanpat Rai&Co.
7. Sushila Madan, E-Commerce, Taxmann 8. TN
Chhabra, Hem Chand Jain, and Aruna Jain, An
Introduction to HTML, Dhanpat Rai & Co.
Revised Syllabus for
B.Com Program [Effective from: 2022-23]
B.Com. Program:
Semester-IV
COURSE SEC(P)-2
E-COMMERCE
Marks: 75 (Lectures:
50)
Objective: To enable
the students to become familiar with the mechanism of dealing with the business
transactions through electronic means and the security mechanism.
Contents
Unit I: Introduction
(Lectures: 10)
Meaning, nature,
concepts, advantages, disadvantages and reasons for transacting online, types
of E-Commerce, e-commerce business models (introduction , key elements of a
business model and categorizing major E-commerce business models), forces
behind ecommerce Technology used in E-commerce: The dynamics of world wide web
and internet (meaning, evolution, and features); Designing, building, and
launching e-commerce website (a systematic approach involving decisions
regarding selection of hardware, software, outsourcing vs. in-house development
of a website)
Unit II: Security and
Encryption (Lectures: 10)
Need and concepts, the
e-commerce security environment: (dimension, definition and scope of e-
security), security threats in the E-commerce environment (security intrusions
and breaches, attacking methods like hacking, sniffing, cyber-vandalism etc.),
technology solutions (encryption, security channels of communication,
protecting networks and protecting servers and clients)
Unit III: IT Act 2000
and Cyber Crimes (Lectures: 10)
IT Act 2000:
Definitions, Digital signature, electronic governance, Attribution,
acknowledgement and dispatch of electronic records, Regulation of certifying
authorities, Digital signatures certificates, Duties of subscribers, Penalties
and adjudication, Appellate Tribunal, Offences and Cyber-crimes.
Unit IV: E-payment
System (Lectures: 10)
Models and methods of
e–payments (Debit Card, Credit Card, Smart Cards, e-money), digital signatures
(procedure, working and legal position), payment gateways, online banking
(meaning, concepts, importance, electronic fund transfer, automated clearing
house, automated ledger posting), risks involved in e-payments
Unit V: On-line
Business Transactions (Lectures: 10)
Meaning, purpose,
advantages and disadvantages of transacting online, E-commerce applications in
various industries like banking, insurance, payment of utility bills, online
marketing, e-tailing (popularity, benefits, problems and features), online
services (financial, travel and career), auctions, online portal, online
learning, publishing and entertainment} Online shopping (amazon, snapdeal,
alibaba, flipkart,etc.)
Suggested Readings:
1. Kenneth C. Laudon
and Carlo Guercio Traver, E-Commerce, Pearson Education.
2. David Whiteley,
E-commerce: Strategy, Technology and Applications, McGraw Hill Education
3. Bharat Bhaskar,
Electronic Commerce: Framework, Technology and Application, 4thEd., McGraw Hill
Education
4. PT Joseph,
E-Commerce: An Indian Perspective, PHI Learning
5. KK Bajaj and
Debjani Nag, E-commerce, McGraw Hill Education
6. TN Chhabra,
E-Commerce, Dhanpat Ra i& Co.
7. Sushila Madan,
E-Commerce, Taxmann
8. TN Chhabra, Hem
Chand Jain, and Aruna Jain, An Introduction to HTML, Dhanpat Rai & Co
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