With the advancement of internet, E-Commerce or Electronic Commerce is gaining more popularity these days. E-Commerce is fundamentally a task of carrying out commercial activities electronically on a network. Some of the examples of E-Commerce services are stock marketing online, selling and buying commodities over the World Wide Web, internet banking, telephone banking, credit cards and Automated Teller Machines.

As most of us know, Bachelor of Commerce is a conventional course that is being offered for several years now by many educational institutions in India. However, B. Com is nowadays being offered with specializations like B. Com Corporate Secretaryship, B. Com Computer Applications and B. Com E-commerce. Of these, B. Com E-Commerce is relatively a new entrant and this is a three-year degree course offered only by a few colleges in India. The names of Government Colleges offering Bachelor of Commerce with specialization in E-Commerce are given below:

• Government Arts College, Udumalpet, Tamil Nadu

• V.S. Sivalingam Government Arts College, Tamil Nadu

• Government Arts College for Women, Tamil Nadu

Eligibility requirements:

For getting into the B. Com (E-Commerce) offered by the above-mentioned colleges, candidates must have completed their higher secondary with information technology or mathematics as a subject and they must have secured not less than 50% of marks in the qualifying examination. However, a relaxation of 5% of marks is offered to reserved category candidates.

Admission Procedure:

Normally, admission to the B. Com (E-Commerce) course is done based on the merit secured by the candidates in the higher secondary examination.

Subject taught under B. Com E-Commerce course:

Some of the subjects taught in this three-year degree course are:

• Object-Oriented Programming with C++

• Personal Web sites

• Globalization of E-Commerce

• Brand and traffic building

• Privacy, security, legal and taxation issues

• Internet marketing plans

• Online communities

• Personalization and customization

• E-Commerce application

• Database Management System and System Analysis and Design

• E-Commerce Technologies

• Internet and World Wide Web

• E-Commerce and functional business systems

• Fundamentals of Electronics Communications

• Overview of E-Commerce

• E-Payment

• Security of E-Commerce

• E-Ticketing

• Digital Economy

Thus, this course offers a wide knowledge to the students in all types of latest technological advancements taking place with respect to commerce in the world of computers.

Higher Studies:

After completion of B. Com (E-Commerce) course, candidates can go for Master of Commerce or they can also go for Master of Computer Applications and Master of Business Administration. When it comes to specialization in MBA, they can select finance and information technology as well since they get knowledge about these two fields in their B. Com (E-Commerce) course.

Future job prospects:

Candidates with B. Com (E-commerce) degree can find job placements in the following sectors:

• Banking

• Insurance

• Network marketing firms

• Sales agencies

• Consultancy firms

These candidates can also work individually since the course arms them with the right industrial-based knowledge. Nowadays most of the websites are using E-commerce websites since the incidence of purchasing and selling online has improved considerably these days. Therefore, B. Com (E-Commerce) graduates can find job placements easily.