MSc (top-up) / Postgraduate
Diploma in E-Technology for Business
MSc Awarded
by University of Sunderland
This Masters level
programme is designed to provide computing
graduates with skills and knowledge in the areas
of electronic technology and electronic commerce.
The main aim of the programme is to enable
students to make critical assessments of
technology and its application in E-Technology
for Business - enabling them to contribute
professionally at a high level in the creation
and adoption of quality E-Technology Business
systems and give them the ability to identify the
appropriate role for electronic commerce
technologies in developing and implementing IT.
Completion of the Postgraduate Diploma will
enable students to progress to a Dissertation
Module accredited by the University of Sunderland
– that will lead to the award of an MSc in
E-Technology for Business.
WEB INTERACTION DESIGN
This Unit will address issues associated with:
Usability
Fundamentals
Page Context Design
Interface Evaluation
User profiling
Stake holders
Design Guidelines and
issues
Usability surveys
Interaction and media
design
RESEARCH, ETHICAL,
PROFESSIONAL AND LEGAL ISSUES
The content of this unit is based on the
following:
Nature and types of
research
Research process and
its management
Ethical issues in
research
Research methods
Literature surveys
Critical analysis and
evaluation of sources
Presenting work
orally and by other appropriate means
Structuring a
research report and dissertation
INFORMATION SYSTEM
SECURITY ENGINEERING
The prime aspects of this module will cover:
Security engineering
processes - risk, and risk analysis
Security policies
Legal issues
Cryptography
Firewalls and
intrusion detection systems
Security testing and
incident response
E-TECHNOLOGIES FOR
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Content for this module will include:
Advanced information
management
The current B2B
scenarios
Issues and
technologies currently employed
The semantic web as
the emergent technology
The use of, analysis
design and evaluation as the backbone for
semantic web applications development.
The use of
intelligent techniques to carry out data
processing tasks and generate intelligent and
context sensitive behaviours in web applications
DYNAMIC WEB
ENGINEERING FOR E-COMMERCE
The indicative content of this module covers:
The engineering
process
Professional World
Wide Web development and design
XHTML concepts,
including Dynamic-HTML and image maps
Active X technologies
Java-Script language
Forms processing and
data validation
Wireless Application
Protocol and its design implications
Advanced technology
implications
Database driven web
sites
Web based application
development tools and techniques
DATABASE SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING
Module topics include:
Data warehousing and
data mining
Software engineering
approaches to database design and management
Advanced security
Performance issues
such as benchmarking, query optimization &
advanced query processing
Transaction and
concurrency control
Data models and
architectures
Distributed and
Internet databases
DISSERTATION
MODULE
Accredited by the University of Sunderland
Entry requirements
Applicants will be admitted to the course on the
basis of the following criteria:
MSc (top-up) / Postgraduate
Diploma in E-Technology for Business