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Agentic AI Architecture

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

Agentic AI Architecture teaches students to build modern AI Agents and Applications, progressing from large language model (LLM) fundamentals to autonomous agents. Students first develop practical intuition for how LLMs behave, prompting, and reasoning. Then learn Context Engineering, like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Agent Skills, and Agentic retrievals. The course then moves from AI that chats to AI that acts: students design agents with tools, memory, and reasoning, applying architectural patterns such as routing, orchestration, and reflection, and standardized interfaces like the Model Context Protocol. Hands-on work includes contemporary agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude Code and Codex). The course closes with AI strategy, governance, and ethics for responsible deployment. Programming projects are required throughout.

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Learning Outcomes

• Build and evaluate LLM-powered applications, applying prompt and context engineering.
• Design and implement AI Agents that integrate tools, memory, and multi-step reasoning.
• Architect the full cycle of Agentic AI systems.
• Analyze the strategic, ethical, and governance implications of deploying AI systems, and evaluate opportunities for impact, feasibility, and responsible human oversight.

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