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Synopsis of Course Content
This course introduces the major concepts and
technologies
relating
to
service
oriented
architectures which represent a new approach for
building interoperable, loosely coupled distributed
systems. This includes the core architecture,
overview and main principles of service orientation,
web services, evolution of distributed system
technologies, and standards which includes XML,
SOAP, UDDI, and WSDL to address the basics of
interoperable services.
Assessment Methods
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Final Examination: 50%
WIE3001
ADVANCED DATABASE
Credit:
3
Course Pre-requisite(s):
None
Medium of Instruction:
English
Learning Outcomes
1. Administer the database.
2. Employ basic monitoring procedures.
3. To use distributed database and big data.
Synopsis of Course Content
Enable students to play the role of a database
administrator and perform tasks such as creating
database instances, managing storage structures,
schema objects, data concurrency, undo data,
administrating users security and configuring
database. This course will enable students to
understand how distributed database are
implemented, scaling up to big data size databases.
Assessment Methods
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Final Examination: 50%
WIE3002
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Credit:
3
Course Pre-requisite(s):
None
Medium of Instruction:
English
Learning Outcomes
1. Explain technologies, standards and
business processes involved in implementing
electronic commerce.
2. Apply advance modes on usage of
information technology in business activities
to boost new opportunities developed from
the usage of Internet among its users.
3. Build simple e-commerce applications for
specific areas of business that had potential
commercialization values.
Synopsis of Course Content
This course consists of the following components:
(a) History of e-Commerce 1: Development of
telegraph, mail orders, call centres, EDI, web
businesses, network economy, real and virtual
network; (b) History of e-Commerce 2: Economy
scale offer vs. demand, Metcalfe’s Law, dominant
enterprise model and cost model; (c) Market
opportunity analysis; (d) Online business models;
(e) Interface design and system design; (f)
Market communication and branding; (g)
Implementation of resources system, website
development and web architecture; (h) Electronic
payment system; (i) E-commerce issues including
security and policies and cyber laws; (j) E-
commerce in practice and future trend and (k)
Mobile commerce.
Assessment Methods
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Final Examination: 50%
WIE3003
INFORMATION SYSTEM CONTROL AND
SECURITY
Credit:
3
Course Pre-requisite(s):
None
Medium of Instruction:
English
Learning Outcomes
1. Identify control and security involve in an
information systems from the physical/
environmental
perspective,
application
perspective and operational perspective.
2. Explain types of current security control for
the information system organisation, including
the
methodology,
procedure
and
implementation design.
3. Solve security problems in information system
using workflow, procedure and control being
studied.
4. Apply ethical value in each of the security
development of information system complying
to the law and policy for better control.
Synopsis of Course Contents
There are ten elements of the syllabus of the course
are; (a) Information Security and Risk
Management; (b) Access Control System and
Methodology;
(c)
Cryptography;
(d)
Physical/Environmental Security; (e) Enterprise
security system architecture and design; (f)
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Planning; (g) Telecommunication, Networks and
Internet Security; (h) Application Security; (i)
Operation Security; (j) Law, Investigation,
Compliance and Ethics.
Assessment Methods
Continuous Assesssment: 50%
Final Examination: 50%
