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Internet Studies Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Computer Science via distance learning
Internet Studies via distance learning
This program of Internet studies presents an interdisciplinary field that examines the social, psychological, pedagogical, political, technical, cultural, artistic, and other dimensions of the Internet and associated information and communication technologies. The Internet is a global network of billions of computers and other electronic devices. With the Internet, it's possible to access almost any information, and communicate with anyone else in the world.
Academic Supervisor : Javier Fernandez Salgado
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Internet Studies Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Internet Studies.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Cryptocurrency - E-Business & E-Commerce - Influencer Marketing - Online Marketing - Persuasive Technology - Social Community Management - Social Media Management .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Internet Studies Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Internet Studies via distance learning = Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module.
Bachelor's Degree - Internet Studies Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Internet Studies via distance learning = Academic credits + 60 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Computer Science from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: E-Business & E-Commerce.
Master's Degree - Internet Studies Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Internet Studies via distance learning = Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Computer Science from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: E-Business & E-Commerce. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Internet Studies Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Internet Studies via distance learning = Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Computer Science from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: E-Business & E-Commerce. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
BIU adapts each Distance Learning Higher Education degree program to the needs of each student. More info...
Internet Studies Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Internet Technology
This course provides a study of the architecture, utilities, services, and protocols of the Internet and World Wide Web. Topics cover markup languages (e.g. HTML), data location resources (e.g. search engines and agents), web page management, scripting languages, TCP/IP, IP routing and servers, reliability, security, electronic commerce, and virtual worlds.
Academic Supervisor: Javier Fernandez Salgado
Data Communications
This course covers the main concepts and components of data communications particularly modern communication standards, protocol systems and their implementation, and transmission technology. It also examines the principles of complex networks: Open System Interconnection (OSI), Wide Area Networks (WANs), and Local Area Networks (LANs).
Academic Supervisor: Javier Fernandez Salgado
Internet Studies
This course of internet studies explores the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices to serve billions of users worldwide and allowing infinite possibilities for sharing information and communicate.
Academic Supervisor: Javier Fernandez Salgado
Web Administration & Security
This course shows how to administer a network, setup a server for a network and an Internet environment, design and implement cabling for a network, solve troubleshoot network security problems related to e-commerce. Also, it demonstrates how to use networking protocols, TCP/IP architecture, and security essentials to include authentication, encryption, and firewalls.
Academic Supervisor: Javier Fernandez Salgado
Web Design & Programming
This course evaluates web design tools, discusses technology standards and programming, and explores incompatibility issues surrounding current browsers, design software, and programming. It teaches the competencies necessary for designing, developing, publishing, and hosting multimedia web sites. It includes various tools for web design, e-commerce sites development, shopping carts, and payment methods.
Academic Supervisor: Ricardo Miralles Damm
Web & Database Integration
This course allows students to develop expertise in database programming and the connection of interactive web sites to relational databases. It defines the different types of databases and database management systems, describes the differences between a relational database and a non-relational database, and differentiates between Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) and Java Database Connectivity (JDBC).
Academic Supervisor: Thiyagu Nagaraj
Internet Ethics & Legal Issues
This course defines cyberculture and the policies currently discussed to ensure proper web conduct. It provides readings and web references on various ethical and legal issues that are shaping the future of our cybersociety. It also provides an enhanced appreciation of the legal issues affecting the development of E-commerce.
Academic Supervisor: Ricardo Miralles Damm
Cyberspace Law
This course focuses on the legal issues confronting the participants in Cyberspace. Whether considered as a Virtual Space, the Internet, or simply the Web, Cyberspace embodies a challenging interaction of law, public policy, technology, and market. In the context of cyber culture and technology, this course examines the key contemporary procedural and issues including jurisdiction, governmental regulation of pornography and indecency, privacy, intellectual property, and evolving Internet commerce. It also focuses on the investigation and prosecution of computer crimes.
Academic Supervisor: Margarita Trejo Poison
Deep Web
This course of the deep web explains the invisible web made of contents that are not indexed by standard web search-engines. The content of the deep web can be located and accessed by a direct URL or IP address. The dark web is only a small fraction of the deep web, which require specific software, configurations, or authorization to access, and it is often, but not necessarily, used for illegal activities.
Academic Supervisor: Alex Vuginshteyn
Social Community Management
This course of social community management focuses on developing, maintaining and nurturing great customer relationships through social media. Social community management is all about engagement, about customer service, responding to complaints and engaging with the brand’s online community. The social community manager’s main role is to increase goodwill towards the brand, build its reputation and establish trust & authority within the online community.
Academic Supervisor: Thiyagu Nagaraj
Digital Privacy
This course of digital privacy examines the rights of individuals to determine how their digital information is collected and used, to exist freely on the internet, and to choose what types of information they are exposed to. In this context, communication privacy states the right to communicate information digitally with the expectation that those communications are secure and only accessible to the sender's original intended recipient. Digital Privacy encompasses information privacy, communication privacy, and individual privacy.
Academic Supervisor: Alex Vuginshteyn
Electronic Payments Systems
This course covers the principles of various methods of online payment transfer and compares their functionality. Topics include electronic money, electronic contracts, micro-payments, authenticity, integrity and reliability of transactions, the encryption and digital signature techniques needed to support electronic cash, and the technologies available to support secure transactions on the Internet.
Academic Supervisor: Humayun Bakht Dr.
E-Commerce
This course examines web commercial services. E-commerce is the name given to the business process of selling products, goods, and services over a Web browser. In its simplest form, it allows a company's product catalog to be hosted on a Web server that can be accessed by clients and potential customers to see what's been offered and make orders. Each E-commerce site is different and requires specific considerations.
Academic Supervisor: Thiyagu Nagaraj
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Internet Studies Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
ABINC - Associação Brasileira de Internet das Coisas
Abranet - Associação Brasileira de Internet
ABRAWEB - Associação Brasileira de Webdesigners e Webmasters
AIR - Association of Internet Researchers
ALAI - Asociacion Latinoamerica de Internet
AUI - Asociación de Usuarios de Internet
CIS - Center for Internet Security
CSA - Cloud Security Alliance
CSIA - Cyber, Space & Intelligence Association
FedFIRE - Federation for Future Internet Research and Experimentation
Fing - Fondation Internet Nouvelle Génération
FUILAC - Federación de Usuarios de Internet de Latinoamérica y Caribe
IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals
IMI - Identity Management Institute
IRIS - Instituto de Referência em Internet e Sociedade
IS - Internet Society
ISA - Internet Security Alliance
RSIC - Radiografía de la Sociedad de la Información y Conocimiento
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Admission requirements - Internet Studies
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
7. Age: Check the admission requirements for each distance education degree program. More info...
Duration - Internet Studies Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
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Faculty of Computer Science via distance learning
Internet Studies Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
