Online eCommerce Degree and eBusiness Degree Programs

An online eCommerce degree, also know as an online eBusiness degree, will prepare you to keep pace with changing business practices.

The terms "e-business" and "e-commerce" are used interchangeably to discuss buying and selling of products and services online. Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. earn their living e-business. Many of these people work for businesses that sell their products online, to consumers (known as "business to consumer", or B2C) as well as to other businesses (known as "business to business", or B2B). The success of these operations is based on the use of successful business strategies and appropriate technologies that smooth out business transactions. A career in ecommerce can go in many directions. You can work on the creative side for example Web design, Internet marketing and advertising. You can also work on the technical side as a programmer or systems or business analyst. You can also work in ecommerce, management overseeing operations. E-business courses include marketing, data management, sales, customer support, advertising, data mining, and market exploration.

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Selected Universities Offering Campus and Online e-Business Degrees

Strayer University

• Bachelor of Business Administration - E-Business

DeVry University

• Graduate Certificate - Electronic Commerce Management

Ecommerce Programs in Canada (Diploma Programs)

University of Canada West (Degree)

• Bachelor of Commerce - E-Business

Vancouver Career College

• Business Administration / E-Commerce Management (BAE)

Reeves College

• Business Administration / E-Commerce Management

eCommerce Education and Training

An eCommerce degree or ebusiness certificate program combines traditional business disciplines for example finance, accounting and project management, marketing with courses in electronic commerce, electronic security and privacy, management of information systems to prepare you for the field of virtual business. This also requires computer, Internet and other technology skills. This degree is ideal for students who are interested in stand-alone e-ventures and integrate e-commerce.

The emphasis is on e-commerce protocols, management of e-commerce ventures, e-strategy planning, e-tools and programming and other Internet and Web concepts and applications, and the impact of e-commerce on organizational behavior. This program explores new and novel business models that incorporate the Web and the Internet to formulate business-to-business, business-to-consumer, and other related e-business strategies.

Ecommerce training includes courses in:

• Database management and administration
• Systems analysis and design
• Internet/intranet and extranet technologies
• Web design
• Ecommerce foundations and principles
• Internet resource management

Ebusiness and Ecommerce Careers

E-Business (electronic business) is more than just the sales of goods and services. It includes all business processes, from purchasing to credit card processing services to billing to customer service, all done electronically. Therefore individuals interested in a career in e-commerce or e-business should be interested in both business and technology.

Expected Salary and Projected Career Growth

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics anticipates that sales related positions should increase by 38% in the next decade. With an online ecommerce degree, after several years of successful business you could earn $25,000 to $50,000 a year, and if you become very successful, your income could range from $65,000 to $125,000 annually.

Big companies like eBay and Amazon popularized and grown the sales of goods over the Internet, but other industries for example finance, education, entertainment, manufacturing, and software services are also gaining entry into e-commerce and e-business fields. Also you can develop your own ecommerce website and run your own small business in whatever field you are specialized with an online e-commerce degree.