This capstone course integrates all prerequisite learning into professional systems architecture practice. Learners apply idealized design, evolutionary architecture, participatory methods, and comprehensive analysis to a real-world architecture challenge. The course emphasizes systems design as a professional practice that combines technical rigor, human understanding, and strategic thinking. Learners complete a comprehensive portfolio demonstrating systems design competency.
- Teacher: Andy Hillier
This course develops advanced analytical capabilities for assessing and improving systems. Learners master leverage analysis, criteria gaming assessment, risk management, trade-off analysis, and architecture optimization techniques. The course builds on modeling skills from SYSE 330 to conduct sophisticated architecture analysis and design resilient, robust systems.
Prerequisite: SYSE 330
- Teacher: Andy Hillier
This course develops the core modeling and design competencies for systems engineering. Learners master multiple modeling techniques for both structural and behavioral architecture, learn to integrate models across views, and develop human-centered architecture design skills. The course connects systems thinking foundations from SYSE 230 to practical architecture modeling and representation.
Prerequisite: SYSE 230
- Teacher: Andy Hillier
This course establishes the systems thinking foundations that underpin all systems design and architecture work. Learners develop a shared vocabulary and conceptual framework, learn to classify and frame architecture problems, and understand the principles of evolutionary systems development. The course introduces double-loop learning, abductive reasoning, and multi-perspective thinking as core habits of mind for systems design practitioners.
- Teacher: Andy Hillier