DH1602 Communication 6.0 credits

In the course lectures as well as hands-on student-driven seminars will be the main pedagogical forms.   Practical content:                 

• technical and scientific writing including the formulation of problems, the search for literature and sources, discussions, references and layout, etc.
• rhetoric
• analysis of argumentation
• source criticism
• the analysis of the audience and the users
• individual supervision on practical moments
• oral presentation in group, both individually and in teams
• media analysis.

 Theoretical content: 

• theory of science
• technical and scientific writing
• communication and discourse
• forms and expressions in narration
• creation of meaning.

After the completed course, the student will be able to:

• apply general methods for oral presentation
• use written representation as a process of documentation and problem solving
• understand the basic principles for the design, construction and representation of a technical report and a scientific paper
• be able to construct a scientific text with specific attention to the needs of the concrete audience
• apply the basic insights into the deign and construction of a scientific paper in an individual essay
• identify and analyze a number of genres for human communication
• analyze communicative events from the point of view of basic theories and methods of understanding communication.

Completed upper secondary education including documented proficiency in Swedish corresponding to Swedish B and English corresponding to English A. For students who 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.

To be announced at least 4 weeks before course start at course web page.

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

• TEN1 - Examination, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
• UPP1 - Assignment, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, 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.

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.

Written exam (TEN1; 1,5 university credits).
Writing shorter academic paper and participation in lectures and seminars (at least 80%) (UPP1; 4,5 university credits).

Leif Dahlberg

• 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.

Communication and Media DH1601.

This course cannot be combined with DH1600 or DH1608.