The major purpose of the DIS390/MGT695 summer course - entitled Electronic Commerce - will be to build Web sites for Kentucky (and possibly other) commercial firms. The Kentucky Small Business Development Center (KSBDC) is identifying the firms. The projects will be part of the KSBDC's Student to Business Program.
MBA/DSIS students have constructed eight commercial Web sites through the Student to Business Program in the last three years. Recent examples are:
Students find the projects very interesting and challenging. The projects also carry a great deal of uncertainty because the students typically have not implemented a project for a commercial firm, and are unfamiliar with the business application and technology. Students often feel uncomfortable during the projects, but quite gratified upon their successful completion.
The course will meet Monday afternoons from 4:30 PM to 8:10 PM for the 12 week summer session in 201 Gatton Business & Economics. The primary purpose of the class meetings will be to plan and report the status of the Web site projects.
No special knowledge is needed for the course. An explanation of the hypertext mark-up language (html) will be available for those unfamiliar with it. A mix of students from diverse backgrounds (such as information systems and marketing) is desired.
Enrollment in the course has no pre-requisites. However, permission of the instructor is necessary. A questionnaire is available in 425 Gatton Business & Economics Building from administrative assistant Karen Rivera. A short interview might be requested. (Priority registration begins March 29 and the first class is Monday, May 17 in 201 Gatton.)
Since DIS390/MGT695 is offered as a four week course, its credits will be assessed against the four week term. In other words, if a student wants to take more than four hours in the four week, he or she must petition the Dean. Four week fees are assessed per credit hour and this course will be assessed as four week tuition.
Students will have to register themselves on VIP after they have been notified by the instructor (and either Deborah Englert or Marilyn Underwood have been notified) that they were accepted in the class.
So if you wish to participate, please obtain the questionnaire, complete it, and return it to Ms. Rivera. Then wait until you hear from the instructor.
Students need not purchase a textbook for the course.
Each team will write a one page progress report for presentation at each class meeting. The report will describe accomplishments during last week, tasks planned for next week, and anticipated impediments to task completion. Teams will send each progress report to clients, and distribute a copy to the instructor, Student to Business coordinator, and the other students in the class at each class meeting.
On July 26, each student will turn in a 200 word paper summarizing what he or she learned from the course.
Grading will be based on the quality of the Web site. The instructor will consider feedback from the client and Student to Business coordinator in his judgment.Please email questions about the class to Prof. Lederer.
This site was last updated May 14, 1999