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DD1348 Ethics in Introduction to Computer Science 1.5 credits

Administer About course

The course consists of the ethics item of the course DD1390.

Admission is restricted to students who have started secondary year at CDATE and therefor can't take the whole DD1390.

Information per course offering

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Termin

Information for Autumn 2025 etik25 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
27 Oct 2025 - 12 Jan 2026
Periods
P2 (1.5 hp)
Pace of study

10%

Application code

50543

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

Swedish

Course memo
Course memo is not published
Number of places

Places are not limited

Target group

Only students from CDATE who have not been admitted to DD1390.

Planned modular schedule
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Contact

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Course syllabus as PDF

Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.

Course syllabus DD1348 (Autumn 2021–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus DD1348 (Autumn 2021–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

Elementary ethics: fundamental concepts, computer ethics.

Intended learning outcomes

After finishing the course the participants should be able to analyze and evaluate social and ethical consequences of computer applications.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

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Recommended prerequisites

One of the following courses:
2D1320/DD1320 Applied Computer Science, 2D1343/DD1343 Computer Science,
2D1344/DD1344 Fundamentals of Computer Science, or the equivalent.

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

P, F

Examination

  • ETI1 - Ethics, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Other requirements for final grade

Ethics (ETI1; 1,5 university credits).

Examiner

Profile picture Viggo Kann

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

EECS/Computer Science

Main field of study

Technology

Education cycle

First cycle

Supplementary information

Admission is restricted to students who have started secondary year at CDATE and therefor can't take the whole DD1390.

In this course, the EECS code of honor applies, see:
http://www.kth.se/en/eecs/utbildning/hederskodex