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II1300 Engineering Skills 7.5 credits

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The overall aim is to provide knowledge of engineering practices and to provide basic skills in using different engineering tools, with emphasis on project methodology, presentation skills and computer as a working tool. The course is conducted through lectures, exercises, oral presentations, book seminar, personal study planning, Lego robotics projects with tutorials and a written course report.

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Headings with content from the Course syllabus II1300 (Autumn 2021–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

The professional role as engineer

  • Interview of an engineer

To work in project

  • Project methodology
  • group dynamics
  • Project Management
  • Project tools
  • Project Work

Presentation and information techniques

  • Information retrieval
  • Report writing
  • Oral presentation techniques
  • Computer-based presentation tools
  • Web publishing

To use the computer as a working tools

  • Word processing and calculating programs
  • Programs for presentation and drawing

Intended learning outcomes

Having passed the course, the student should be able to:

  • reflect on the engineer's professional role and approach in inter alia ethical, environment and sustainability issues
  • reflect on and apply basic engineering methods to plan and carry out a smaller IT project in a group

in order to

  • obtain knowledge of engineering operational methods and the engineer's professional role
  • obtain basic skills in using different engineering tools with an emphasis on project methodology, presentation technique, and the computer as a working tool.

Course disposition

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Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

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Recommended prerequisites

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Equipment

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Literature

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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

  • INL1 - Assignments, 4.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • PRO1 - Project, 3.0 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

Active participation in seminars and presentations.

Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination

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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination

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Examiner

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 web

Further information about the course can be found on the Course web at the link below. Information on the Course web will later be moved to this site.

Course web II1300

Offered by

Main field of study

Technology

Education cycle

First cycle

Add-on studies

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Contact

Bengt Koren, bengtk@kth.se, (Anders Sjögren, as@kth.se, tel 087904420)

Supplementary information

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