Reflection document, period 1 2019/2020

Before you start writing your reflection you need to do the preparations.

The written reflection

Write a reflection document based on the preparations and inspired by the following questions. The document should be 500-800 words, not counting quotations of learning objectives. You should cite at least one intended learning outcome of a course or a program objective in your document.

Reflect on the fact that the majority of courses within the master's program are second cycle courses. This could mean that the courses cover more advanced topics, but perhaps also that the course contents may be left open for the students to define and explore.

• Only first-year students (prosamm19):
  • What do you expect to differ from your earlier studies?
  • What is your experience from the first weeks of the semester?
• Only second-year students (prosamm18):
  • In your experience, what is different? Examples?
  • Which track and courses have you taken and chosen for 2019? Why did you choose this track and these courses?
• Both first and second-year students:
  What are the values and risks of specialisation?
  • What does the title “Master” imply, in terms of specialisation?
  • What kinds of specialisation runs the risk of becoming obsolete?
  • Is it OK to be broad, without going deep into anything special?

The document should be written as, or be converted to, a Google document. Set the permissions, so that everyone with the link will be allowed to comment the document. The following video shows how to do this:

If you do not want to use Google Docs for your text, there is an alternative described in the course memo.

Hand in the reflection

The link to your written reflection must be added to your group's Canvas page for this seminar before 19:00 on September 13, but not before September 9.

First, check that you are logged in to Canvas (in the blue Canvas menu to the left). You will (after September 9) find your group page by clicking Groups/Grupper in the blue Canvas menu to the left, choose your group (named prosamm group X HT19), click on Pages/Sidor and the page named "period 1 2019/2020: Depth vs Breadth in Master's Education". Then edit this page, adding a line consisting of your name and course offering (prosamm19 or prosamm18) at the end of the document, and make this line link to your Google document by using the chain icon and entering the URL of the Google document. Then save the page. Be careful not to change or remove anything on the page that anyone else has written.

(If you after September 9 still cannot find your group in Canvas, please email Viggo Kann <viggo@kth.se> to get a group.)

You will also need to read the other group members' reflections and comment on them.