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LK150N Communication Design for Innovators and Entrepreneurs 7.5 credits

Kommunikationsdesign för innovatörer och entreprenörer

Please note

This course is in the process of being cancelled.

Critical business intelligence.
Conceptual development.
Development of communication concepts.
Visual language design.

  • Educational level

    First cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

    B

  • Subject area

    Techonology

  • Grade scale

    P, F

Last planned examination: Spring 16

Course offerings

Spring 13 Vecka 03-18 for single courses students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P3 (4.0 credits), P4 (3.5 credits)

  • Application code

    20026

  • Start date

    14/01/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 18

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    10 - 175

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Schedule

    Schedule (new window)

  • Course responsible

    Mats Nyberg

  • Target group

    Students who have at least 30 credits in technology, natural sciences and engineering.

Autumn 13 LK150N for single courses students CANCELLED

  • Periods

    Autumn 13 P1 (4.0 credits), P2 (3.5 credits)

  • Application code

    10023

  • Start date

    02/09/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 51

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    10 - 20

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Course responsible

    Mats Nyberg

  • Teacher

    Mats Nyberg <manyberg@kth.se>

  • Target group

    Students who have at least 30 credits in technology, natural sciences and engineering.

Learning outcomes

After the course the student should be able to:
Plan, formulate and implement communication about innovation and projects dealing with development and change which cause interest and is effective. 
Be able to create communication focusing on technology, economy, medicine, natural and engineering science which is of interest even for those who do not have a deep knowledge of the subject.

Course main content

Development and communication of your own innovation project.
Business intelligence in the innovation and communication process.
Behavioral science in the innovation and communication process.
Development of communication concepts in the innovation process.
Visual language design, a central part of the innovation process.
Fellow critique of assignments and presentations.

Disposition

The course is web based and given by distance which requires the student to have access to a computer, Internet and a broadband connection.

Eligibility

  • Completed upper secondary education including documented proficiency in Swedish corresponding to Swedish B and English corresponding to English A. For students who received/will receive their final school grades after 31 December 2009, there is an additional entry requirement for mathematics as follows: documented proficiency in mathematics corresponding to Mathematics A and
  • 30 credits in any subject.

Literature

Compulsory literature, examined

  • ISBN: 9789147073627 Ordning & oreda: omvärldsanalys för beslutsfattare by: Bengt Wahlström. Publishers: Liber
  • ISBN: 9780385499842 The art of Innovation by: Tom Kelley. Publishers: Broadway Business
  • ISBN: 9780141035307 Freakonomics by: Steven Levitt & Stephen J Dubner. Publishers: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9789197516570 Bäst i text: läseboken; Bäst i text: skrivboken by: Tomas Dalström Publishers: Koala Publishing. Note this book is ordered directly at: tomas@bastitext.se

Reference literatur, not examined

  • ISBN 9197360775 Det missförstådda varumärket by: Bengt Håkansson. Publishers: Liljedahl Publishing AB
  • ISBN 0786311258 Riding the wawes of culture, Fons Trompenaars, Charles Hampden-Turner. Publishers: McGraw-Hill
  • (ISBN 917331238X) Effektiv Visuell Kommunikation, Bo Bergström. Publishers: Carlsson

Reference compendiums, not examined

As a student on this course you will also be given a number of compendiums with excerpts of interesting literature, relevant within the area.

Required equipment

The course is web based and given by distance which requires the student to have access to a computer, Internet and a broadband connection. To be able to follow the course the student needs to be used to his/her computer and active in the search for information and assignments on the Internet. Web camera and headset is an advantage.

Examination

  • MOM1 - Communication Design, 5.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • TEN1 - Examination, 2.5 credits, grade scale: P, F

Examination
MOM1 - projects and tasks in Communication Design, 5,0 credits, grades: P,F
TEN1 - Literature Exam, 2,5 credits, grades: P, F

Examination by:
Written online literature exam.
Presentation of personal work and tasks in personal innovation project.
Criticism of others' work in their innovation project.

Requirements for final grade

Pass grade on literature exam.
Completed, accounted and approved course project and assignments.
Completed, accounted and approved critique of fellow students’ projects and assignments.

Offered by

ECE/Language and Communication

Contact

komdes150@kth.se

Examiner

Mats Nyberg <manyberg@kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Spring 11.
Examination information valid from: Spring 09.