FDM3514 Forskningsmetoder i Medieteknik och Människa-datorinteraktion 7,5 hp

The course gives both an orientation in the different research methods used in the fields of Media Technology and Human-Computer Interaction, and allows the PhD student to develop a more solid understanding of the methods he/she plans to use in dissertation work. In the course, the student will learn to critically analyse fundamental notions in the two fields, such as consumer and user, labour and leisure, discourse and ideology, and learn to formulate and evaluate research questions. The student will learn to understand the different values and disadvantages with different research methods, such as qualitative and quantitative methods, conceptual analysis and interpretation, participatory research, etc. Further, the student will become familiar with some of the problems encountered in interdisciplinary research and cooperative research.

När kurs inte längre ges har student möjlighet att examineras under ytterligare två läsår.

• EXA1 - Examination, 7,5 hp, betygsskala: P, F

Examinator beslutar, baserat på rekommendation från KTH:s handläggare av stöd till studenter med funktionsnedsättning, om eventuell anpassad examination för studenter med dokumenterad, varaktig funktionsnedsättning.

Examinator får medge annan examinationsform vid omexamination av enstaka studenter.

Rob Comber

Sandra Pauletto

• Vid grupparbete har alla i gruppen ansvar för gruppens arbete.
• Vid examination ska varje student ärligt redovisa hjälp som erhållits och källor som använts.
• Vid muntlig examination ska varje student kunna redogöra för hela uppgiften och hela lösningen.

The course is obligatory for PhD students in Human-Computer Interaction at CSC/KTH. The course contains lectures and seminars. The student is required to read texts, discuss them at seminars, do group work, and write an individual paper.

Course start: 18 September 2012.