1. Introduction to course, general history and definitions
2. Rationale for Software Architecture
3. Visual Modeling
4. Architectural Description Languages
5. ADL Proliferation
6. Classifying Architecture Design Methods
7. Architecture Requirements Analysis
8. Domain Analysis 1
9. Domain Analysis 2
10. Synthesis-based Architecture Design 1
11. Synthesis-based Architecture Design 1 (Continued)
12. Synthesis-based Architecture Design 2
13. Alternative Space Analysis
14. Application Frameworks
15. Software Architecture Views: 4+1 View Model
16. Architecture View Modeling Views & Beyond Approach 1
17. Architecture View Modeling Views & Beyond Approach 2
18. Architecture View Modeling Views & Beyond Approach 3
19. Architecture View Modeling Recovery Style
20. Introduction to Patterns
21. Overview of Selected Architecture Design Patterns
22. Software Architecture Patterns Overview
23. Software Architecture Evaluation
24. Software Architecture Analysis Method
25. Course Summary

This course teaches the basic concepts, methods and techniques for designing software architectures. The topics include: rationale for software architecture design, modeling software architecture design, architectural styles/patterns, architectural requirements analysis, comparison and evaluation of architecture design methods, synthesis-based software architecture design, software product-line architectures, domain modeling, domain engineering and application engineering, software architecture implementation, evaluating software architecture designs.