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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.

Information per course offering

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Termin

Information for Autumn 2025 TIDAB programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
25 Aug 2025 - 24 Oct 2025
Periods
P1 (7.5 hp)
Pace of study

50%

Application code

50411

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

Swedish

Course memo
Course memo is not published
Number of places

Min: 25

Target group

Mandatory for TIDAB1 but open to all programs, as long as it can be included in your program.

Planned modular schedule
No information inserted
Schedule
Schedule is not published

Contact

Course syllabus as PDF

Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.

Course syllabus II1300 (Autumn 2024–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus II1300 (Autumn 2024–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

The professional role as engineer

  • Interview of an engineer

Working in projects

  • Project methodology and project tools
  • group dynamics
  • Project Work

Presentation techniques and information technology

  • Information retrieval
  • Report writing
  • Oral presentation techniques and computer-based presentation aids
  • The computer as a tool
  • Programming concepts: sequence, selection, iteration, variable, assignment

Intended learning outcomes

After passing the course, the student should be able to 

  • to reflect on the professional role and approach of the engineer
  • to create a simple computer program
  • to apply engineering methods to plan and carry out a smaller project in information technology in groups

in order to

  • obtain knowledge of engineering operational methods and the engineer's professional role
  • develop basic skills in using engineering tools for project methodology, presentation technique and using the computer as a tool.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

No information inserted

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

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.

Examiner

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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

EECS/Computer Science

Main field of study

Technology

Education cycle

First cycle

Supplementary information

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