Systems Architecture

4 credits

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.