Software Design Patterns

A graduate-level course on the recurring solutions experienced designers reach for when building object-oriented systems that need to stay maintainable as they grow. You'll work through the classic GoF creational, structural, and behavioral patterns alongside SOLID principles and refactoring techniques, with homework, a midterm, and a final project that typically involves mining or analyzing patterns in real open-source codebases. It sits at the intersection of software engineering practice and research, sharpening the design judgment you'll need whether you head into industry or pursue research in software architecture and program comprehension.