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LS2441 STEM communication with impact 7.5 credits

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Please note: This course is cancelled P4 2026. Next course is planned to run in P1 2026.

Students interested in a 7.5-credit English course in P4 are recommended to apply for LS2444 Technical Communication in English. 

Information per course offering

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Termin

Information for Autumn 2026 Start 24 Aug 2026 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
24 Aug 2026 - 23 Oct 2026
Periods

Autumn 2026: P1 (7.5 hp)

Pace of study

50%

Application code

11406

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

English

Course memo
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Number of places

Min: 18

Target group
Open to all students provided that the course can be included in the program The course is suitable for incoming students
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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 LS2441 (Autumn 2026–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus LS2441 (Autumn 2026–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

The course aims to provide students with strategies for communicating persuasively in advanced English. Students will practise applying these strategies to produce persuasive oral presentations and texts within, but not limited to, their specific technical fields.

​ ​The course covers:

​ Linguistic strategies for persuading the audience in, for example, oral presentations, debates and argumentative texts with technical and scientific content, focusing on current topics such as sustainable development and societal challenges

  • ​Advanced technical and scientific English: style, text cohesion, sentence structure, grammar and vocabulary 
  • ​Presentation techniques 
  • ​Argumentative texts 
  • ​Source management.

Intended learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:

​ 1. ​identify and analyse effective communication strategies and some common rhetorical devices in speech and writing, and apply these in their own oral presentations and texts with technical and scientific content

​ 2. convey technical expertise in speech and writing in clear and effective English, and adapt language, structure and content to the purpose and target audience

​ 3. engage in discussions and participate in debates in English on topics related to their own field of technology, with the aim of persuading various target audiences.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Documented knowledge in a STEM discipline, with a minimum of 90 ECTS, and English proficiency equivalent to B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

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

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • INL2 - Assignment, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • SEM2 - Seminars, 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.

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

Examiner

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Profile picture Susanna Zeitler Lyne

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

ITM/Learning in Engineering Sciences

Main field of study

This course does not belong to any Main field of study.

Education cycle

Second cycle

Transitional regulations

The examiner will decide on the procedure and assessment if a student who was enrolled on the course intakes from Autumn 2024 to Spring 2026 wishes to complete the course.