COURSE DESCRIPTION


Electronic Business and Commerce

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University Requirement

Faculty Requirement

Major Requirement

Free Ellective

Complementary Requirement

Total Credit Hours

Complementary Requirement is not calcualted in total credit hours



University Requirement - 24 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 15 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0110151 National Education 3 Concepts and terms related to National Education; Geography of Jordan including location, area, and natural, water, and human resources; Contemporary political history of Jordan, major historical events, achievements of the Kings of Jordan, initiatives of His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al- Hussein; Jordanian constitutional and democratic life; Jordanian society, and the discussion papers of His Majesty King Abdullah II. The course aims to develop students? sense of active and responsible citizenship, reinforce values of belonging and participation in nation-building, and consolidate concepts of justice, equality, and human rights. This course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 4, Goal 10, and Goal 16.
A0110144 Arabic Communication Skills 3 Definition of language; language levels: phonological level, morphological level, syntactic level, semantic and lexical level, rhetorical level, and writing level; Reading comprehension texts; grammar exercises: nominal sentences, verbal sentences, "إنَ" and its sisters, "كان" and its sisters, dual form, sound masculine plural, sound feminine plural, diptotes, vocative, modifiers, numbers; Morphological exercises: active participle, passive participle; Spelling and punctuation; dictionaries; listening texts; speaking. This course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 4, Goal 10, Goal 11, and Goal 16.
A0110143 English Communication Skills 3 This course aims to improve the four skills of the English language, so that students can use it in their daily conversation. This online course is taught via https://vclass.ammanu.edu.jo . The course consists of grammar (word classes, tenses, reported speech, conditionals and other grammatical topics), vocabulary (associated with different reading topics), reading skills (variety of reading texts from different areas of knowledge), listening skills, and writing skills (covering six different writing styles). This course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 4, Goal 10, Goal 11, and Goal 1
A0110155 Military Sciences 3 This course introduces the concept of comprehensive national security and strengthens values of belonging, responsibility, and trust in Jordan?s military and security institutions. It provides students with essential knowledge about the history and development of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and its armed forces, while raising awareness of issues such as psychological operations, drugs, and terrorism. The course aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals by promoting peace, strong institutions, responsible citizenship, and community well-being (SDGs 3, 4, and 16)
A0110154 Life Skills 1 This course focuses on the vital development of the individual at both personal and group levels, serving as a gateway for personal success and helping students understand their own personal competencies. The course discusses the meaning of skills, their levels, characteristics, and importance, including communication skills, and trains students in personal skills such as time management, providing definitions, examples of its applications, and hands-on activities. The course also trains students in dialogue and opinion-exchange techniques which means to resolve conflicts and reduce friction in increasingly open societies. Additionally, it covers effective study skills, family success, and maintaining physical health. This course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 3, Goal 4, and Goal 8.
A0110152 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 1 This course aims to introduce students to entrepreneurship in a practical way by using various tools to convey entrepreneurship concepts. The course covers topics relevant to entrepreneurs, including entrepreneurial fundamentals, traits of successful entrepreneurs, creative thinking and methods for generating entrepreneurial project ideas, teamwork and leadership, business plan preparation, marketing and digital marketing, financing entrepreneurial projects, and feasibility studies for entrepreneurial ventures. This course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goals 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, and 17.
A0110153 Leadership and Societal Responsibility 1 This course addresses key topics related to leadership and management, including the meaning of leadership, its components and levels, administrative styles, their concepts and principles, and some of their theories. It also covers concepts related to social responsibility, servant leadership, strategic planning, change management, the importance of leader self-awareness, professional ethics, and building effective teams, as well as practical leadership and management applications. The course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 4, Goal 8, and Goal 16.

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0110161 Islamic Culture 3 oncept of culture; characteristics of Islamic culture; Islamic culture and other cultures; sources of Islamic culture: the Holy Qur?an, the Sunnah, the Arabic language, and Islamic history. Fields of Islamic culture: faith-based, worship-related, and moral. Challenges facing Islamic culture: Orientalism, globalization, and secularism. Cultural issues and personality development: youth and intellectual invasion, the role of women in Islamic culture, and terrorism and Islam?s stance on it. This course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 1, Goal 3, and Goal 16.
A0110163 Archeology and Tourism in Jordan 3 The course introduces the concept of tourism and the definition of a tourist, the importance of tourism, and tourism motivations. It covers natural and human tourist attractions, tourism components, and types of tourism, as well as archaeology, its fields, methods of collecting archaeological information, and objectives of excavation operations. The course also examines archaeological excavations throughout historical periods and the monuments of ancient civilizations (including Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Nabatean, Islamic, and others). The objectives of the Archaeology and Tourism course in Jordan can be linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 8, Goal 11, and Goal 12.
A0110164 Development and Environment 3 This course focuses on environmental issues, environmental problems, and the relationship between humans and the environment, as well as finding solutions to environmental challenges. It also covers the concepts of development and sustainable development, through which solutions are sought to address problems, particularly for future generations. The course links environmental issues and development to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Goal 11, Goal 12, Goal 13, and Goal 1
A0110165 Contemporary Issues 3 The Contemporary Issues course addresses several topics, including political, social, cultural, and educational issues. In the political domain, the course covers democracy, globalization, and the Arab?Israeli conflict. In the cultural domain, it addresses the role of the Arab intellectual, mechanisms of change, and development in its various dimensions. This course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 1, Goal 8, and Goal 10.
A0110162 History of Jordan and Palestine 3 story of Jordan and Palestine: Geography of Jordan and Palestine; Jordan and Palestine in ancient times ? a general historical overview; Jordan and Palestine during the Mamluk era; Jordan and Palestine during the years of World War I (1914?1918); the Emirate of Transjordan; constitutional and legislative life in Jordan; Palestine under the British Mandate; Jordanian?Palestinian relations. This course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 4 and Goal 11.
A0411601 Legal Education and Human Rights 3 This course identifying the basic concepts of human rights in an analytical way, and then realistic clarify of the international & regional means dealing with human rights such as treaties, recommendations and international means that are in the process of formation, such imperative rules & customs, this course also address realistically the content of human rights and the rights of the first generation such as right of living. The second-generation rights such as the right to work and third-generation rights such as the right of environment. International ways to protect human rights in general. In addition, the extent to which the Jordanian constitution is compatible with international human rights standards.
A0110166 Media and Public Relations 3 This course introduces mass communication and its various activities, with a focus on media and public relations. It covers communication techniques, their development stages, and mechanisms of application. The course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 4 ? Quality Education-- By introducing students to communication, its types, and components, which enhances interaction between students and instructors, and by exploring communication techniques, their development stages, and methods of application in learning. Goal 8 ? Decent Work and Economic Growth -- By providing an understanding of public relations, its role, importance, objectives, and the qualifications required for professionals in the field. Goal 16 ? Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions -- By addressing the importance of soft (symbolic) power and its relationship with specialized media, and the role of media in shaping public opinion and promoting peace and justice in society

Elective Courses - 3 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0871103 Principles of Renewable Energy 3 Introduction to renewable Energy include Photovoltaic, Wind power, Micro hydropower, Biomass energy, Waste power, Solar thermal power, Geothermal power, Ocean energy (tidal, tide-flow and wave), Ocean energy (OTEC), , Comparison of characteristics and cost of renewables. How we can use the sun, wind, biomass, geothermal resources, and water to generate more sustainable energy. It explains the fundamentals of energy, including the transfer of energy, as well as the limitations of natural resources. Starting with solar power, the text illustrates how energy from the sun is transferred and stored; used for heating, cooling, and lighting; collected and concentrated; and converted into electricity
A0110168 Digital Literacy and Artificial Intelligence 3
A1321100 Sport and Health 3 Defining health and fitness: physical education, health education; the cognitive, emotional, skill-oriented, and social goals of physical education; the history of physical education: ancient, medieval, and modern ages, the Olympics, Athletics in Jordan: nutrition and exercising; athletic injuries: bone, joint , muscle, skin injuries; special exercises for figure deformation; diseases related to lack of exercise: diabetes, obesity, being underweight, back pain, cancer; hooliganism: causes and recommended solutions for hooliganism.
A0110167 Critical Thinking Skills 3 This course covers the concept of critical thinking, critical thinking skills, strategies to develop critical thinking, and training activities for critical thinking skills. It also addresses problem-solving and decision-making, including the concept of problem-solving, strategies and types of problem-solving, and time management skills, including the importance of goal setting and time management strategies. This course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 1, Goal 2, Goal 7, Goal 13, Goal 16, and Goal 17
A0110281 Society Health 3


Faculty Requirement - 24 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 24 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0591102 Management Information System 3
A0551201 Microeconomics 3 The course provides the basic knowledge of economics that is essential for all business major students to know. Topics covered in microeconomics include equilibrium models used by consumers and producers to satisfy needs under scarce resources, the theory of demand and supply, shifts in supply and demand, elasticity of demand and supply, consumer equilibrium, producer equilibrium, and markets under perfect competition.
A0571101 Principles of Marketing (1) 3 This course aim to describe the Marketing Concepts, the importance of understanding the marketplace and build customer engagement, and marketing mix; Analyzing the Marketing Environment: Marketing Environment Definition, The Micro-Environment, The Macro Environment, Responding to the Marketing Environment; Products: Product Definition, Product Dimensions, Product Classification, Product life cycle and its strategy;? pricing: pricing concept, pricing strategies and tactics; marketing channels: Understand the importance of marketing channels, Understand what value channel members create; marketing communications: define the promotion mix tools, the integrated marketing communications. Include planning and execution of promotional program.
A0551101 Principles of Financial Management 3 This is an introductory finance course which assumes no prior knowledge of financial management. It introduces students to the fundamental concepts of financial management and the tools of financial decision making. These concepts relate primarily to the financial statement analysis, financial ratios analysis, time value of money, and capital budget techniques.
A0511101 Principles of Business Administration 3 This course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge of management functions. Students will learn the fundamental principles of business administration, which include: Introduction to management and organizations, management history, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling
A0110192 Computer Skills (Humanities) 3
A0110104 Statistics For Business 3 Elementary principles and applications of descriptive statistics; counting principles; linear regression, correlation, and ANOVA; elementary probability principles; probability distributions; test of hypothesis and confidence interval, promoting Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, and SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) through data-driven decision-making, innovation, and the integration of sustainable practices in business analysi
A0531101 Principles of Accounting (1) 3 This course aims to prepare students to understand the definition and objectives of Accounting, and its Principles and Assumptions. As well, this course helps students to use the accounting equation in order to analyze the economic transactions, prepare the journal entries, posting, and prepare financial statements. Moreover, this course illustrates all of the following ( event, transaction, entry, journal, posting, ledger, trail balance, adjusting entries, correcting entries, closing entries, financial statement).


Major Requirement - 69 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 63 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0592201 Electronic Business Models 3 The course explores the issues underpinning e-business models and related issues. It also pays attention to several aspects related to innovative e-applications (e-government, e-management, m-commerce), the economics of e-business, e-tailing and marketing, e-trust, legal and ethical issues in global e-business. More precisely, the course investigates the impact of e-technologies on marketplace transformation, online business activities/processes, management strategies to e-business and related issues with an emphasis on B2C (business-to-consumer) and B2B (business-to-business) e-business models.
A0591201 Fundamentals of Programming 2
A0593201 Development of Electronic Business and Commerce Systems 2 This course teaches students how to develop and manage online business projects. It focuses on how the Internet provides platforms for e-commerce, collaboration, and global market reach. Using real-world examples, students will learn a step-by-step approach to analyzing e-business systems, enhancing business decisions, solving problems, and gaining a competitive edge. At the end of this course, students will gain fundamental knowledge of key concepts and methods to manage e-business projects and information systems effectively.
A0592401 Multimedia Technology 2
A0591401 Introduction to Information Technology 3
A0593101 Internet Services Development 3 This course aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge and skills for becoming web application developers. It introduces key technologies in internet development, emphasizing general web concepts. The curriculum covers the implementation of web-based systems using development tools, delves into explanations of internet protocols governing resource transfer, and explores the fundamentals of web client-server architecture.
A0594102 Practical training 3
A0591202 Fundamentals of Programming Lab 1
A0594503 Development of Mobile Applications Lab 1
A0593204 User Interface Design 3 This course provides a comprehensive overview of the user experience design process. Students in this course will learn the methods, concepts, and techniques necessary to make user experience design an integral part of developing information interfaces. The course provides students with an opportunity to acquire the resources, skills, and hands-on experience they need to design, develop, and evaluate information interfaces from a user-centred design perspective.
A0592404 Web Design and Programming Lab 1
A0591101 Internet Technology 3 This course aims to introduce students to the key concepts of the Internet and web technologies and their services, applications and tools. This course will help the students to acknowledge the main benefits of internet technologies for reconstructing business structures, conducting business and achieving strategic objectives. It also provides students with a holistic view of the current state and the recent development of the Internet technology tools and applications such as computer servers, e-mail, web browsers, file transfer utilities. In addition, this course presents the new information technology infrastructure for internet and the reflection on how emerging technologies will empower society to do more with the Internet.
A0593301 Electronic Payment and Financial Systems 3 This course introduces students to a wide diversity of electronic payment mechanisms that are used worldwide. The course is designed to provide students with basic knowledge about the use of new technologies in money transfer nationally and internationally. This course will help students to identify the different forms of electronic money, how money is transferred through the world's banking systems, and e-payment systems are secured.
A0592402 Multimedia Technology Lab 1
A0594502 Development of Mobile Applications 2
A0592301 Supply Chain Management Systems 3 The course aims to provide students with a foundational understanding of supply chain management in today's business landscape. It emphasizes the crucial role of information systems in enhancing supply chain processes and decision-making. Students will learn to assess how information flows can replace physical resources like inventory and analyze the factors influencing the success or failure of such systems. The impact of Internet technologies, dynamic markets, and globalization on supply chain strategies will be explored, including logistics, digital coordination, inventory and risk management, procurement, supply contracting, product and process design, and revenue management.
A0592302 Electronic Government 3 The goal of this course is to equip students with basic knowledge of the fundamentals of supply chain management in today?s business environment. It also highlights the significant the role of information systems in managing and improving of supply chain processes performance and decisions making. In this course, students will develop the ability to evaluate how information flows can substitute for the stock of physical resources, such as inventory, and why such systems succeed or fail. They assess how internet technologies, dynamic markets, and globalization are impacting supply chain strategies and practices, including logistics, digital coordination of decisions and resources, inventory and risk management, procurement and supply contracting, product and process design, and revenue management.
A0591301 Electronic Commerce 3 The course introduces the student to e-commerce concept and fundamentals. It covers key areas of e-commerce, including business-to-consumer, business-to-business and business-to-government electronic commerce (EC); online business models and EC technology basics. This course will also shed the light on e-commerce barriers and enables, Standards, online payments models, regulation and policy, security, social and economic issues will also be considered.
A0593205 Customer Relationships Management Systems 3
A0593202 Development of Electronic Business and Commerce Systems Lab 1 This course aims to prepare students to develop and manage E-business projects effectively. It pays a special attention to the role of Internet technologies in providing technological platforms for electronic business, commerce, and collaboration within / among enterprises and global markets. It describes a complete life-cycle approach and uses a combination of user, business, and information technology that help to enhance business decision-making, solve problems, and gain competitive advantage. In this course students will learn the fundamental concepts and methodologies for in-depth analysis of E-business systems and the management of E-business and information systems projects.
A0594501 Ethics for Electronic Business and Commerce 3 This course introduces students to ethical and legal issues in e-business. It discusses ethical and legal theories, exploring implications stemming from advancements in online business and the ethical impact of technology on society. Additionally, the course offers solutions and scenarios to help students define online boundaries, address internet privacy issues, navigate the intellectual property and copyright concerns, and understand professional ethics.
A0593501 Cyber Security 3 This course aims to provide students with a basic introduction to all aspects of cyber security including business, policy, procedures, communications security, network security, security management, legal issues, political issues, and technical issues. The course demonstrates how ethical, legal, and economic frameworks enable and constrain security technologies and policies. It will present specific topics including policy-making (at the national, international, and regulatory level), business models, and legal frameworks (including security duties, privacy issues, and security issues).
A0591502 Database Management Systems Lab (1) 1
A0592403 Web Design and Programming 2
A0593203 Project Management for Electronic Commerce 3 This course is articulated to introduce students to the application of project management concepts into e-commerce projects. Particularly, students will acquire the basic knowledge to plan e-commerce-related projects, and lean how to implement an e-commerce project within a predefined timeframe, according to a specific project methodology
A0594101 Graduation project 3
A0591501 Database Management Systems (1) 2

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0512202 Change and Crisis Management 3 This course focuses on the conceptual frameworks of change management and provides a practical and thorough overview of how effective change can be achieved in organizations. Students will learn the importance of organizational change, change approaches, the relationship between change and managerial topics, and how to deal with resistance to change its pros and cons. In addition, students will learn analytical and practical foundations to anticipate potential crises and develop methods of avoiding or minimizing damage.
A0512102 Human Resource Management 3 This course aims to enable students to understand the various principles and concepts of Human Resources Management. It provides students a full and practical introduction to human resource management techniques, with a focus on how to use those techniques to improve performance, productivity and profitability at work. Students will learn the fundamental principles of human resource management including: Planning, job analysis, recruitment, selection, training and development, performance appraisal and compensation.
A0542302 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems 3 This course provides an overview of enterprise resource planning software systems and their role within an organization. It introduces the key concepts of integrated information systems and explains why these systems are valuable to businesses. In this course, students will learn about the critical success factors and implementation strategies that lead to enterprise system success and about the information, knowledge, and decision-making opportunities those enterprise systems provide. In addition, the program will study modules typical of enterprise systems: materials management, supply chain management, customer relationship management, finance, projects, and human resource management.
A0591203 Knowledge Management 3
A0563203 Social Media Marketing 3 This course aims to develop students' concepts of social media marketing, as it is based on an eight-part social media planning model that provides students with a cumulative learning experience and shows them how to build social media strategies that achieve the desired marketing goals. These marketing objectives form the process of developing tailored social media strategies. Particular attention is paid to the most effective methods of determining target marketing on the social Internet, with an emphasis on creating personalities representing important online market segments of the company. You will discover how to put these well-defined personalities to work in selecting the optimal social media platforms to reach the organization's marketing goals.


Free Ellective - 15 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 15 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0511109 Business Communication Skills 3
A0512302 Scientific Research Methods 3 This course provides students with knowledge and skills related to the scientific method of conducting business research. Students will learn the basic steps of conducting scientific research and writing a report using APA style formatting. Topics include; Introduction to scientific research, problem identification, literature review, theoretical framework, hypothesis development, research design, data collection methods, variable measurement, sampling, citation, and references. Ethical considerations and implications related to the research process are also covered.
A0561102 Principles of E-Marketing 3 This course aims to provide students with the basics of internet marketing, its benefits and advantages and the difference between traditional marketing and e marketing as part of the marketing communications mix. This course also aims to provide students with knowledge related to business models, e-strategies, methods used for online advertising, and methods of maintaining and existing customers via the internet. New customer acquisition techniques, as well as the basic tools used in Internet marketing, developing Internet marketing strategies and plans and evaluating their results.
A0412301 Electronic commerce legislation 3 Studying the most important legal aspects raised using electronic information systems, clarifying means of communication and their components, their impact on different branches of law, and the definition of electronic commerce. As well as studying the legal of electronic payment by credit card, in addition defining the applicable law for E-commerce disputes
A0512303 Quantitative Methods in Business 3 This course aims to enable students to use quantitative methods and techniques for efficient decision making in business context. Topics include decision theory, linear programming, graphical and simplex methods, transportation models and assignment techniques. It emphasizes learning by doing through analytic techniques and computer packages. 


Complementary Requirement - 9 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 9 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0110191 Computer Skills (Remedial) 3
A0110141 English Language (Remedial) 3 This course aims to improve the four skills of the English language, so that students can use it in their daily conversation. This online course is taught via https://vclass.ammanu.edu.jo . The course consists of grammar (word classes, tenses, reported speech, conditionals and other grammatical topics), vocabulary (associated with different reading topics), reading skills (variety of reading texts from different areas of knowledge), listening skills, and writing skills (covering six different writing styles). This course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 4, Goal 10, Goal 11, and Goal 16.
A0110142 Arabic Language (Remedial) 3 Reading skills: comprehension texts, meaning and vocabulary; Grammar and morphology: parts of speech (noun, verb, particle), definite and indefinite nouns, pronouns and their types, demonstrative pronouns, relative pronouns, singular, dual and plural forms, prepositions, verb types, nominal and verbal sentences; Spelling and punctuation: writing the hamza in its various positions, the distinguishing alif after the plural ? و ?, differentiating between ض and ظ , "التنوين" , letters that are pronounced but not written in some words, and letters that are written but not pronounced in some words; Speaking; Writing; Listening texts and exercises. This course is linked to the following Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 4, Goal 10, Goal 11, and Goal 16.

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