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SALISBURY, MD--To keep up with the changing world of business and technology, Salisbury State University’s Perdue School of Business offers a seven-week Web-based course titled “E-Commerce, E-Business” for the spring 2001 semester for undergraduate and graduate students--and they never have to go to class.  

“This course allows me to work on my studies whenever I have free time.  I just turn on my computer and can complete an entire course over the period of seven weeks,” said senior Tina Stevens of Berlin, MD. 

The course is unique because the students never actually meet face-to-face with their professor, Dr. Memo Diriker. Rather class is conducted via the Internet. 

This course is offered at the undergraduate level (BUAD 338) as well as in the Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) program (BUAD 699) as an elective. Students cover topics such as online marketing, privacy, buying business-to-business, and internal e-business. 

The courses also include virtual group chat sessions, and all assignments are handed in via e-mail. 

Electronic business involves buying and selling products as wells servicing customers and collaborating with partners over the Internet. This form of business is cost efficient and reduces barriers by creating the opportunity to expand distribution channels and meet customer demand. These “paperless” transactions allow companies a fast, cheap way to conduct business and also a way to be environmentally friendly. 

Future plans include offering more half-semester options and “hybrid” courses that are a combination of limited face-to-face classroom sessions and Internet-based learning. 

For more information contact Dr. Diriker at mfdiriker@salisbury.edu or 410-548-5353.