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II2210 Ethics and Sustainable Development for Engineers 1.5 credits

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The course provides an introduction to ethics and sustainable development for engineers. The course is available for students who have already studied the other components in II2202 Research Methodology and Scientific Writing.

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Application

For course offering

Autumn 2024 Start 26 Aug 2024 programme students

Application code

51203

Headings with content from the Course syllabus II2210 (Autumn 2021–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

The course contains the following parts:
• Research ethics
• The professional role and ethics
• Research ethics: people as research subjects and computer issues
• Sustainable development:

Intended learning outcomes

Having passed the course, the student shall be able to:
• identify and describe examples of ethics and sustainability aspects related to the student's subject area
• orally as well as in writing give examples of and explain societal and ethical aspects as well as sustainable development in the student's subject area.

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

  • PRO1 - Online quiz, 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.

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 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

Main field of study

Computer Science and Engineering

Education cycle

Second cycle

Add-on studies

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Supplementary information

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