INET 4034
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Credits4
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Delivery MethodIn person
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Related Program
About This Course
Launches spring 2026
Though cloud architectural solutions can differ depending on the industry, type of application, and size of the business, this course emphasizes best practices for the AWS cloud that apply to all cloud solutions. Through a hands-on approach, it recommends various design patterns to help students think through the process of architecting optimal IT solutions on the cloud. The concepts in this course align with the knowledge and skills described in the AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate certification (SAA-C03) exam. The course is structured around four AWS Domains:
- Design Secure Architectures
- Design Resilient Architectures
- Design High-Performing Architectures
- Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
Prerequisites
- INET 4031 – Introduction to Systems
- INET 4033 – Cloud Essentials
Recommended (not required)
INET 4032 – Systems I: Enterprise Storage and Protection
INET 4083W – Systems II: Systems Engineering and Project Management
Instructor
MBA, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota; MA, information assurance and security, Capella University; BA, philosophy/logics, Brown University
As an enterprise architect leading architecture teams, Norman Owens has built cloud and security service solutions totaling over $648M since 2013 for the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Kansas, and Georgia and at the California State University system. Norman is currently a senior solution architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He is passionate about enabling the new leaders of IT transformation to become tomorrow’s business disrupters. He challenges students to be the best predictors of the future by getting ready to make it and backs up this challenge with AWS-based hands-on labs in his classes.
- INET 4034 – Cloud Architecture and Management