ADIT 4000 Systems Architecture
This course provides an overview of the architecture and design of large-scale and decentralized information systems from a technical and management perspective. The student will learn, through case studies, about various software development life cycles (SDLC) such as waterfall, extreme programming, and scaled agile. The course will focus on system architectures, requirements analysis, design tradeoffs, and the fundamental -ilities that comprise system architecture. It will also cover the various tiered approaches to software architecture such as data, business logic, and the presentation layer. Students will also investigate modern architecture approaches dealing with cloud, and big data. This course requires no software development experience.
Course overview
- Department
- Advancing Studies
- School
- ADV
- Credits
- 4
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Periodically in the Fall, Periodically in the Spring, Periodically in the Summer
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.75 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 5.00 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 1
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Peter Salvitti | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 7–9 hrs/week | 4 of 5 |