5. The master's program revisited

The computer science master's program revisited, reflection seminar in September 2015

Preparations for the reflection

• Read the general instructions for the seminars in the menu to the left.
• Find which group you belong to by looking up your results of the course in the Rapp system (Group number, fall, between 1 and 18). If this is your second year of the course, then the group number is the same as it was during fall 2014.
• The European Bologna agreement of higher education.
  Read the two first sections (What is the Bologna Process and who participates? and What are the main issues in the Bologna Process?) in European University Association's description of the Bologna process. The second cycle in the Bologna system is called avancerad nivå (advanced level) in Swedish. Master's programs belong to the second cycle. Therefore you should read the section second cycle qualification (Master) on page 2 in the text known as  the Dublin descriptors, since the agreeement was signed in Dublin.
• Read the objectives of the master's program.
• Read about the contents, courses and tracks of the master's program in the program syllabus.

The written reflection

Write a reflection document based on reading above and the following questions. The document should be 500-600 words, not counting quotations of learning outcomes.

Reflect on the fact that the majority of courses within the master's programme are on the "advanced level". This could mean that the courses cover more advanced topics, but perhaps also that the course contents may be left open for the students to define and explore. Also consider the pedagogy and the assessment.

• Only first year students (prosamm15):
  • What do you expect to differ from your earlier studies?
  • What would you like to be different?
  • What should remain the same?
  • What is your experience from the first weeks of the semester?
• Only second year students (prosamm14):
  • In your experience, what is different? Examples?
  • Are courses with small classes different in this respect?
  • Are you exposed to more "open questions"? Is this good?

Hand in the reflection, read the group members' reflections and comment on them

Your written reflection must be handed in before 24.00 on September 17. There is a video showing how to upload the document to Google Drive. The link to the document should be put (not earlier than September 12) in a file with your name in the AFS directory
/afs/nada.kth.se/info/prosamm15/seminars-1516/period-1/group-X
where X is your group's number.

You have to comment on all the other group members' reflection documents using the Google Drive comment functionality (Comment in the Insert menu) before September 21, at 12.00. The comment should have some sort of content, not just "I agree".

Participate actively in the seminar

Find your group number in the table below and lookup when and where your seminar is. The seminar is about 50 minutes, and it is important to be on time. Notice the odd starting times (10 minutes past)! Instructions on how to find the rooms can be found in the menu to the left.

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