Study Guide@lith
 

Linköping Institute of Technology

 
 
Valid for year : 2017
 
TDDD91 Professionalism for Engineers, part 5, 1 ECTS credits.
/Ingenjörsprofessionalism, del 5/

For:   D   U  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 8
Rec. self-study hours: 19

  Area of Education: Humanities

Main field of studies: Other subjects

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G1

Aim:
After completing the course, all six modules, a student shall be able to:
  • Plan, prioritize, perform within the stipulated time, follow upp, and reflect on their own work
  • Reflect on their own skills and approaches
  • Reflect on their education and their own learning
  • Structure and present information both orally and written
  • Communicate with others in roles as a colleague, mentee, coach, and mentor
  • Reflect on what leads to effective team work and personal effort in interaction with other
  • Reflect on the engineer's professional role
  • Analyse ethical issues in software development and in organisations


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
The course requires experience and knowledge from studies in the lower grades in the degree program in Computer Science and Engineering or Computer Science and Software Engineering acquired in parallel with this course.

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
The course consists of 6 modules for grades 1-3, 1-6 semesters, each with 1 ECTS credits and is based on lectures and active participation in dialogue seminars with preparatory tasks. The seminars will be held in groups with students from grades 1-3. In support of the preparatory work lectures will be given dealing with the course's four areas: personal effectiveness, personal development, social skills and the engineer's professional role.
The course runs over the entire autymn semester.


Course contents:
The course covers four areas: personal effectiveness, personal development, social skills and the engineer's professional role. These areas will be addressed during the lectures, classes, and seminars. Each area consists of a number of elements as follows:
Personal effectiveness:
  • Personal management: planning, prioritization, monitoring, time-study
  • Personal leadership: vision, goals, Johari window, the power of thoughts and feelings
  • Coaching: own coach, coaching others, and encouragement

Personal development:
  • Self awareness: bad and good habits, thoughts, feelings, behaviour, and initiative step model
  • Self motivation: positive thinking, mental attitude, reward, and procrastination
  • Presentation Skills: oral presentation techniques
  • Mentoring: reflection, seek first to understand then to be understood
  • Coaching: own coach, coaching others, and encouragement

Social skills:
  • Team work: group processes and dynamics, team development, and changes
  • Interpersonal leadership: dependencies, win/win perspective, dysfunctional teams, empathy, and creative collaboration
  • The art of communication: constructive feedback, active listening, and the experience cube

Engineer's professional role:
  • Engineering: technical and interpersonal skills, values, overall perspective, and business sense
  • Ethics: essential ethics applicable to data ethics, integrity and developing company culture
  • Life career: I corporation, lifelong learning, continuous quality improvement, stress, and sleep


  • Course literature:
    Literature will be listed on the course website.

    Examination:
    Assignment
    1 ECTS
     
    The course runs over three years and examined by each module. Examination by data presented both orally and in writing. Examination by also actively participation in mandatory dialogue seminars addressing specific tasks. Absence managed with a written analysis and reflection of the texts discussed.



    Course language is Swedish.
    Department offering the course: IDA.
    Director of Studies: Ahmed Rezine
    Examiner: Aseel Berglund

    Course Syllabus in Swedish

    Linköping Institute of Technology

     


    Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
    Last updated: 05/09/2016