SDC305 Software Architecture with AI Tools

College of Technology Applied AI Department

Course Description: This course introduces software architecture as the discipline of structuring software systems to meet business goals and quality requirements. Students learn to read and diagram existing systems, prioritize architectural characteristics, analyze trade-offs, compare the major architectural styles, and design and document an architecture using architecture decision records. AI tools draft candidate diagrams and architectures throughout, and students evaluate and revise that output against documented evidence. The course culminates in an architecture package presented and defended to a stakeholder audience.

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: All of: SDC255

Corequisites: None