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DA2190 General Cultural Knowledge 6.0 credits

Allmän bildning

The common ground of knowledge and beliefs which is the basis for successful communication between people is what "allmän bildning" means. The engineer's professional proficiency should include common knowledge in many areas and this course deals with some of them.

  • Educational level

    Second cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

    A

  • Subject area

  • Grade scale

    A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Course offerings

Autumn 12 for programme students

Autumn 13 for programme students

  • Periods

    Autumn 13 P1 (3.0 credits), P2 (3.0 credits)

  • Application code

    50001

  • Start date

    2013 week: 36

  • End date

    2014 week: 3

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

    20 (preliminary)

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places

    No limitation

  • Schedule

    Schedule (new window)

  • Course responsible

    Johan Karlander <karlan@kth.se>

  • Teacher

    Johan Karlander <karlan@kth.se>

  • Target group

    Available for year 3 at Master of Science in Engineering or Master of Science

Learning outcomes

After the course, the student should be able to

  • recognise cultural fragments that are frequent in educated writing,
  • show general knowledge about cultural and nontechnical subjects,
  • use elements of cultural knowledge in speech and writing

in order to

  • be able to take part in dialogue and debate with nontechnicians,
  • employ new ways of thinking in professional life.

Course main content

General knowledge in speaking and writing. Studies of talks, debate and essays. Discussion about the effects of using markers of erudition.

Factual elements considered to be general knowledge in the areas literature, art, music, history, philosophy, religion, politics and science.

Writing exercises for publication or oral presentation according to choice.

Eligibility

Prerequisites

At least 3 years university studies.

Literature

Examination

  • SEM1 - Seminar Participation, 3.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • ÖVN1 - Assignments, 3.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

In this course all the regulations of the code of honor at the School of Computer science and Communication apply, see: http://www.kth.se/csc/student/hederskodex/1.17237?l=en_UK.

Requirements for final grade

Seminar participation (SEM1; 3 university credits).
Written or oral presentation project (ÖVN1; 3 university credits).

Offered by

CSC/Computer Science and Communication

Contact

Johan Karlander, tel: 790 6340, e-post: karlan@kth.se

Examiner

Johan Karlander <karlan@kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Autumn 09.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 07.