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<body stylesrc="Syllabus_No_Frames.html" background="../../../images/scarletback.gif" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" text="#000000" link="#FFFFFF" vlink="#FFFFFF" alink="#FFFFFF">  <div align="left"> <table border="0"> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="115" height="95%"> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4" face="Arial"><strong>CONTENTS</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="#MEMORANDUM"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>MEMORANDUM</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="#CONTACT"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>CONTACT</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="#DESCRIPTION"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="#GRADING"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>GRADING</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="#HOMEWORK AND ASSIGNMENTS"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>ASSIGNMENTS</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="#PARTICIPATION"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>PARTICIPATION</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top"><a href="#EXAMINATIONS"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>EXAMINATIONS</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="#EXAMINATIONS"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>BLACKBOARD</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="#ACADEMIC INTEGRITY"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>INTEGRITY</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="#WITHDRAWAL POLICY"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>WITHDRAWAL</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="#UNIVERSITY CLOSINGS"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong> CLOSINGS</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="#ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>INSTRUCTOR</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="115" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="../ITEB02.html#copyright" target="_parent"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>COPYRIGHT NOTICE</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="115" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="115" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="../ITEB02.html#Syllabus" target="_parent"><font size="3" face="Arial"><strong>BACK</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="115" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2"><em>Last updated</em></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2"><em>03/18/02</em></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top" width="15"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" width="15" height="1"></td> <td valign="top" width="450"><p align="center"><a href="#PARTICIPATION"><img src="../../../images/rutgers.gif" alt="Rutgers" border="0" width="152" height="53"><br> </a><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" width="300" height="1"></p> <h1 align="center"><font color="#000099">Syllabus</font></h1> <h2 align="center">22:010:622:60<br> <font size="6">Internet Technology and<br> E-Business</font><br> Spring 2002 </h2> <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="3" height="40"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="90"></td> <td valign="top" colspan="2"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"><a name="MEMORANDUM"><font face="Arial"><strong>MEMORANDUM</strong></font></a><font face="Arial"><strong><br> </strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3">Internet Technology and E-Business Students<br> January 30, 2002<br> <p>The syllabus for this course is attached to this memorandum. It contains information about grading, assignments, examinations, and my course philosophy and policies. A separate document contains the detailed timetable for the semester.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1"><font size="3">You may, of course, contact me by e-mail or by telephone either to discuss problems and issues arising from the course, or to fix a mutually convenient time for us to meet outside office hours. E-mail is generally the most efficient way to contact me</font><br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">This is a foundational course offering primarily designed for MBA students following the EC-MBA concentration.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">The various policies and procedures for the course will be followed strictly and without exception. If you have any problem that requires some accommodation, I will generally be more flexible if you let me know in advance than if a deadline has already passed. Every effort will be made to grade participation, projects and examinations promptly and accurately. Grades will be posted anonymously on my Web Site.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">My goal is that if you make the effort required to succeed in this class, you will develop a good understanding of various Internet technologies and their implications for successful electronic commerce and other electronic business applications. This will require hard work on all sides. I am sure you will expect me to be prepared for every class, and I intend to be. In return, I expect you to be both present and prepared. In addition, I expect you to participate in classroom activities to the fullest extent possible given the number of people present. Remembering and understanding the material are both necessary; they will take time, and will require regular study. It is most unlikely that pre-examination cramming will be successful as a study technique.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">I will be giving this course my best effort throughout the semester, and I need you to do the same if I am to achieve my goal. I am looking forward to working with you. You will see that I take a serious view of the commitment we will all need to make if the course is to be a success. However, nothing in this memorandum is meant to suggest that we should not enjoy our semester together. Studying can be both rewarding and fun in itself, but if you see opportunities for adding fun to our class that I have missed, please do not hesitate to draw them to my attention. I wish you every success in studying Auditing this semester.</p> <p>Yours sincerely</p> <p>Peter R Gillett<br> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"><table border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="55"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="55" width="1" height="1"></td> <td valign="top"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="1" vspace="10" width="1" height="1"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><a name="CONTACT"><strong>Room:</strong></a></td> <td valign="top">Beck 219<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Time: </strong></td> <td valign="top">Wednesday 6.00 - 9.00<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Instructor: </strong></td> <td valign="top">Professor Peter R. Gillett<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Office: </strong></td> <td valign="top">Levin 231<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Telephone: </strong></td> <td valign="top">(732) 445 4765<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Fax: </strong></td> <td valign="top">(732) 445 3201<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>E-mail: </strong></td> <td valign="top"><a href="mailto:gillett@everest.rutgers.edu">gillett@everest.rutgers.edu</a><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Office Hours: </strong></td> <td valign="top">Wednesday  5.00 - 6.00 or at other times by appointment<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Texts: </strong></td> <td valign="top"> <p>D.E. Comer. <b><i>The Internet Book: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works. 3<sup>rd</sup> Ed.</i></b> Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2000 (ISBN 0-13-030852-8). <a href="http://vig.prenhall.com/acadbook/0,2581,0130308528,00.html">http://vig.prenhall.com/acadbook/0,2581,0130308528,00.html <br> </a><br> G.P.Schneider and J.T. Perry. <b><i>Electronic Commerce.</i></b> Course Technology - Thomson Learning, Cambridge, MA, 2000 (ISBN 0-619-03378-9 ). <a href="http://www.course.com/sl/viewtitle.cfm?isbn=0-7600-1179-6">http://www.course.com/catalog/product.cfm?isbn=0-619-03378-9 <br> </a><br> We may also make use of <b><i>State of the Internet 2001</i></b>, United States Internet Council, Washington, DC, November 2001. <a href="http://www.itta.com/internet2001.htm">http://www.itta.com/internet2001.htm</a><b><i>,</i></b> but this item is not <i>required</i>. </p> <p> <em>For additional readings, see the References appended to the Timetable.</em><br> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="20"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="7" width="1" height="1"></td> <td valign="top"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="1" vspace="10" width="1" height="1"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="2"><a name="DESCRIPTION"><font face="Arial"><b>DESCRIPTION</b></font></a><font face="Arial"><b><br> </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="2">This course introduces the main ideas and fundamental technology underlying Internet and Electronic Commerce. This course covers the following issues: introduction to telecommunications including LANs and WANs; discussion of how the Internet works including the protocols, routing and domain name service; all the major Internet services including World Wide Web, e-mail, telnet, ftp, newsgroups, talk and chat; markup languages including HTML and eXtensible Markup Language (XML); security of information including basics of secret-key and public key cryptography, digital signatures and certificates; and security of networks and hosts including access control, packet filtering, firewalls and intrusion prevention and detection. The course also covers the emerging technologies like multicasting and Mbone, data mining, and intelligent agents.<br> </span> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="20"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="7" width="1" height="1"></td> <td valign="top" width="160"> </td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top" width="20"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="7" width="1" height="1"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="4"><a name="GRADING"><font face="Arial"><b>GRADING</b></font></a><font face="Arial"><b><br> </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial"><b>Total Possible Points:<br> </b></font></td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top">Classroom Participation </td> <td align="right" valign="top">100<br> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top">Personal Web Page </td> <td align="right" valign="top">100<br> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top">Course Project</td> <td align="right" valign="top">300<br> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top">Final Examination </td> <td align="right" valign="top">500<br> ____<br> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top">TOTAL </td> <td align="right" valign="top">1000<br> ____<br> </td> <td valign="top"><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="1" vspace="10" width="1" height="1"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><a name="HOMEWORK AND ASSIGNMENTS"><font face="Arial"><b>ASSIGNMENTS</b></font></a><font face="Arial"><b>, ETC.<br> </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Most classes will be based on discussion of a number of textbook chapters and various published papers. <br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">Although individuals must perform their own preparation, which should be the result of their own efforts, students are encouraged to seek assistance from each other and from the instructor if necessary prior to class. Assignments are primarily designed as learning opportunities rather than evaluation tools. Collaboration and co-operative learning are here regarded as positive aspects of scholarly endeavor.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">Students will prepare a personal web site in the first half of the semester. In the second half of the semester, there will be a larger project. Further details will be available later, so that I can modify them to take account of the skill sets of the students participating.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">Needless to say, examinations must be the result of unaided individual efforts.<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="1" vspace="10" width="1" height="1"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a name="PARTICIPATION"><font face="Arial"><b>PARTICIPATION</b></font></a><font face="Arial"><b><br> </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Participation grades will be assigned based on my assessment of how consistently and how effectively you contribute to the learning experiences of the class by your active participation. Factors assessed will include, but will not necessarily be limited to, demonstrated preparation of any assigned discussion questions, posing or answering questions during class, student-lead discussions, and postings to the Discussion Board. A pre-condition of your participation, of course, will be your physical presence in class.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">Although late arrival for class cannot always be avoided, persistent lateness is a discourtesy to me and to your fellow students, and will be penalized as part of the class participation grade along with absence. It is my policy to teach with the classroom doors closed; if you arrive late please close the door again quietly and avoid disturbing those of us who are already at work. You are expected to behave in class in a manner appropriate for professional accounting students.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">Quality of participation is more important than quantity; too much is no better than too little; the ability or intention to participate is not a substitute for actually doing so. Be adventurous: wrong answers will gain you nothing - but they will not lose you points you have already gained!<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="1" vspace="10" width="1" height="1"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><a name="EXAMINATIONS"><font face="Arial"><b>EXAMINATIONS</b></font></a><font face="Arial"><b><br> </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">You must take the Final Examination in order to pass the course. The Final Examination will be comprehensive.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">A single make-up examination will be given if necessary for students unable to take the Final Examination during its scheduled period due to documented medical problems, participation in other university-sanctioned activities, or required religious observances.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">Examinations will be closed book. Examination questions will be a mixture of essay questions, short problems and multiple-choice items, and may cover any material in <i>assigned</i> materials (whether or not they surfaced in class discussions), any matters discussed in class (assigned materials), and matters arising from assignments and projects.<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><a name="BLACKBOARD"><font face="Arial"><b>BLACKBOARD</b></font></a><font face="Arial"><b><br> </b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">The course is supported by the BlackBoard  Web-based front end; see <a href="http://www.fom.rutgers.edu">http://www.fom.rutgers.edu</a>. The course is PRG622. Students are responsible for any Announcements posted to this site, and for any information the Instructor posts to the Discussion Board (see under "Communication"). Students’ activities on the Discussion Board will count as class participation. Please note that your postings should be appropriate for this course. Dial-up connection of home PCs to the Internet through Rutgers modems is supported by RUCS (Rutgers University Computing Services). Please follow their instructions at: <a href="http://www.nbcs.rutgers.edu/online.html">http://www.nbcs.rutgers.edu/online.html</a> or call the RUCS Information Center at (732) 445-2296.<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="1" vspace="10" width="1" height="1"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><a name="ACADEMIC INTEGRITY"><font face="Arial"><b>ACADEMIC INTEGRITY</b></font></a><font face="Arial"><b><br> </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">University policy on academic integrity will be strictly enforced; penalties for cheating are severe. All suspected violations will be pursued and maximum penalties may be expected to be imposed. Academic dishonesty is always unacceptable, and never more so than in a professional school.<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="1" vspace="10" width="1" height="1"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><a name="WITHDRAWAL POLICY"><font face="Arial"><b>WITHDRAWAL POLICY</b></font></a><font face="Arial"><b><br> </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">A student may withdraw from a course through the February 8 without penalty, or though March 1 .<br>   <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1"> Late withdrawals will be given the appropriate letter grade based on the actual number of points accumulated at the time of withdrawal.<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="1" vspace="10" width="1" height="1"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><a name="UNIVERSITY CLOSINGS"><font face="Arial"><b>UNIVERSITY CLOSINGS</b></font></a><font face="Arial"><b><br> </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">The class will meet as scheduled if the University is open. Should the University close for any reason, any assignments due that day will be accepted at the next class meeting, but subsequent assignments will not be postponed. If the University is closed on a day that an examination is scheduled, then the examination will be deferred until the next class meeting. Any information available to me will be posted on the BlackBoard site.<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="1" vspace="10" width="1" height="1"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><a name="ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR"><font face="Arial"><b>ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR</b></font></a><font face="Arial"><b><br> </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Peter R. Gillett is an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems of the Faculty of Management at Rutgers. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Oxford, and a Ph. D. in Business from the University of Kansas, where he was the Ronald G. Harper Doctoral Fellow in the School of Business, and held the Ernst & Young Doctoral Fellowship in the Ernst & Young Center for Auditing Research and Advanced Technology.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">Prior to joining Kansas, he spent from 1975 to 1992 in professional practice as an auditor, EDP auditor, and management consultant. After nine years with Price Waterhouse in London, he joined Grant Thornton's National office as National Computer Audit Partner, and subsequently assumed roles as Partner in charge of Advanced Audit Techniques, and European Director of Audit Methods.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">Dr. Gillett has taught courses on Managerial Information Systems, Accounting Information Systems, Auditing and Advanced Auditing. He is a member of the Editorial Board of <i>Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory</i>, in which he has also published. In addition to numerous articles in professional journals in the UK, he has recently contributed a chapter on audit judgment to a monograph on Auditing Practice, Research and Education published by the AICPA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and of the Institute of Management; in addition, he is a Member of the British Computer Society and of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems.<br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1">Dr. Gillett's dissertation "A Comparative Study of Audit Evidence and Audit Planning Models Using Uncertain Reasoning" won the 1997 Outstanding Dissertation Award at the University of Kansas. His current research is studying the use of uncertain reasoning techniques in audit planning models, and the representation of causality in auditing using event spaces. </td> </tr> </table> </div></td> <td valign="top" width="5"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" width="5" height="1"></td> </tr> </table> </div>  </body>