ADIT 3650 Incident Response and Disaster Recovery

This course provides an overview of contingency planning, including incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning. Effective techniques to minimize risk and downtime in emergency situations will be discussed. Tabletop exercises will be utilized to mimic actual incidents to prepare students for incident management.

Course overview

Department
Advancing Studies
School
ADV
Credits
4
Level
Undergraduate
Offered
Periodically

Catalog details

Prerequisites
ADIT1200

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
4.80 / 5 · Excellent
10 responses
Instructor rating
4.80 / 5 · Excellent
10 responses
Terms evaluated
2
Most recent: Fall 2025

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Fall 2025Brian Bernier4.85.04.84.84.84.84.84.4—5 of 13
Spring 2024Brian Bernier4.84.65.05.04.84.85.04.64–6 hrs/week5 of 5

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Brian Bernier
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2024 · Official rating 4.80/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Fall 2026 · Brian Bernier · Limited seats become available on 8/26 at 9 AM;M 06:15PM-07:45PM · Offered