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ADIT 4000

Systems Architecture · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

95BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

79thMore challenging than 79% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

95BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

93rdMore work than 93% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

80BC — “Workload”1 record · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

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.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Peter SalvittiAdvancing Studies Provisional	1001 record	93rd	79th

There is no ranking to read here: Peter Salvitti is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADIT 4000, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Peter Salvitti

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
BZAN 2021Coding for Business	777 records	74
ADIT 2050Operating Systems	12 records	76
ADIT 3200DevOps Automation and Cloud Security	12 records	96
ADIT 4058Systems Architecture	12 records	95
ADIT 2010Operating Systems	11 record	89
ADIT 3102DevOps Automation and Cloud Security	11 record	94

Other ADIT classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADIT 3308Project Management	19 records	88
ADIT 2025Data Visualization	35 records	82
ADIT 2100Computer Networks	15 records	94
ADIT 2000Computer Security	14 records	95
ADIT 2500Cybersecurity Fundamentals	14 records	87
ADIT 3300Project Management	14 records	91

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9561st pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9562nd pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

100100th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

100100th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

100100th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

100100th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9569th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9578th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

100100th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

100100th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

8093rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9579th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8011th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Peter Salvitti	Fall 2025	01	100	95	80

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.