Enables the student to demonstrate the mastery of the learning objectives in the Webmaster, Web Designer, or E-Commerce Specialist programs. Guides the student through the process of developing a portfolio. Focuses on demonstration of the knowledge, skills, and techniques required to plan, develop, and implement a website. To be taken in the final semester of the program.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Plan and implement an e-commerce web site using the learning objectives presented in the certificate program from inception to maintenance.
2. Differentiate between business-to-business and business-to- customer transactions.
3. Assess the advantages of site hosting vs. outsourcing and describe the effect of controlling one's Internet site, in-house.
4. Utilize hardware and bandwidth considerations in determining the construction of an e-commerce site.
5. Define Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and how it relates to the hosting of an e-commerce site.
6. Demonstrate the use of catalogs and shopping carts in the construction of an e-commerce site and payment processing systems and tolls (e-cash, smart cards, credit cards and check-based systems).
7. Identify security issues such as cryptography, digital certificates and Secure Electronic Transactions (SET).

Web Design in a Nutshell (Paperback) by Jennifer Niederst Paperback: 704 pages; Publisher: O'reilly; 3 edition (March 7, 2006) - ISBN-10: 160033012