Seminar period 1 2022/2023: The road towards the Degree of Master

  • Due No due date
  • Points 1
  • Available after 8 Sep 2022 at 12:00

Here you find instructions for how to prepare for the seminar and the group schedule of the seminar. Before the seminar, you also need to write a reflection document  and read and  comment on other group members' reflection documents.

Preparations for the reflection

  • If you started the DD2300 prosamm course this year, read the course memo (kurs-PM), in particular, the section "The reflection seminars".
  • If you are not used to reflective writing, look at this video.
  • Find which group you belong to by looking up your results of the course under grades/omdömen in Canvas. Look for "Group number, fall", a number between 1 and 24. In order to make the groups of the same size, some students from the second year have got a new group number, so everyone needs to check. You can also find your group under "Groups" in the grey menu to the left. If you have not been assigned a group you need to contact viggo@kth.se
  • The second cycle in the Bologna system (see Further reading below) is called avancerad nivå ("advanced level") in Swedish. Master's programs belong to the second cycle. 
  • Read the qualitative targets (examensmålen) for the degree of master according to the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance (Högskoleförordningen).
  • Read the objectives of the master's program.
  • Review the structure of the Computer Science master's program presented in the introductory lecture of prosamm.
  • Look at the flow charts that visualize the courses of the tracks of the program (for students enrolled your year).
  • Check the formal list of courses and tracks in the official program syllabus for students enrolled your year (prosamm22 or prosamm21).
  • Check the KTH web pages about career support (på svenska karriärstöd), and see which career support that might be useful to you.
  • Read below about study visits in prosamm and D-dagen.
  • Read the EECS Code of Honour and do the mandatory Code of Honor quiz.

Group schedule

Find your group number in the table below and look up when and where your seminar will be. The seminar is about 50 minutes, and it is important to be on time. Notice the odd starting times (10 minutes past)! 

The seminar will be a walking seminar, starting from the meeting place.

Group number Mentor Date and time for walking seminar Meeting place for walking seminar
1 Cyrille Artho (substituting Philipp Haller) September 21 at 10:10 In front of Lindstedtsvägen 17
2 Cyrille Artho (substituting Philipp Haller) September 21 at 11:10 In front of Lindstedtsvägen 17
3 Cyrille Artho September 23 at 13:10 In front of Lindstedtsvägen 17
4 Cyrille Artho September 23 at 14:10 In front of Lindstedtsvägen 17
5 Tino Weinkauf September 23 at 13:10 Moved to Zoom 660 490 5122 Links to an external site.
6 Tino Weinkauf September 23 at 14:10 Moved to Zoom 660 490 5122 Links to an external site.
7 Johan Jansson September 23 at 13:10 In front of Lindstedsvägen 1
8 Johan Jansson September 23 at 14:10 In front of Lindstedsvägen 1
9 Viggo Kann September 23 at 13:10 Under the vault near Osquars backe 12 (opposite the library entrance)
10 Viggo Kann September 23 at 14:10 Under the vault near Osquars backe 12 (opposite the library entrance)
11 Mårten Björkman September 23 at 13:10 In front of the F2 entrance, Lindstedtsvägen 28
12 Mårten Björkman September 23 at 14:10 In front of the F2 entrance, Lindstedtsvägen 28
13 Stefan Nilsson September 23 at 13:10 In front of Lindstedtsvägen 9
14 Stefan Nilsson September 23 at 14:10 In front of Lindstedtsvägen 9
15 Joakim Gustafson September 23 at 13:10 In front of the F1 entrance, Lindstedtsvägen 22
16 Joakim Gustafson September 23 at 14:10 In front of the F1 entrance, Lindstedtsvägen 22
17 Sten Ternström September 23 at 13:10 In front of Lindstedtsvägen 24
18 Sten Ternström September 23 at 14:10 In front of Lindstedtsvägen 24
19 Tomas Ekholm September 23 at 13:10 In front of Lindstedtsvägen 15
20 Tomas Ekholm September 23 at 14:10 In front of Lindstedtsvägen 15
21 Danica Kragic September 23 at 13:10 In front of Teknikringen 14
22 Danica Kragic September 23 at 14:10 In front of Teknikringen 14
23 Musard Balliu September 23 at 13:10 At the Ada fountain in the middle of the courtyard
24 Musard Balliu September 23 at 14:10 At the Ada fountain in the middle of the courtyard

All meeting places are outdoors, close to the Main building (D and E buildings). 
The meeting places are marked as green circles in the map below.

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Swapping seminar with another student

If you are unable to attend the seminar with your group, you may try to find another student to swap seminar with, using the seminar group swap page.

Alternative seminars in Zoom

For those who absolutely cannot participate in the walking seminar due to illness, injury or similar, a Zoom seminar will be held jointly for all groups as an alternative, see below.

Groups Mentor at the Zoom seminar Date and time for Zoom seminar Link to the Zoom session
1-24 Philipp Haller September 23 at 14:10

https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66859481476 Links to an external site.

Study visits in October and November

The first intended learning outcome of DD2300 is "compare different workplaces and professions relevant to computer scientists". In order to make you fulfill this learning outcome, you will visit an IT company each year in the course and reflect on the visit at the next seminar.

The list of available study visits will be published in the course room October 20 (prel.).
The study visit will be after 15:00 during a Thursday between October 27 and November 17.

Every student should participate in one study visit.

D-dagen October 13

D-dagen is organized by the D student chapter. It is not a formal part of DD2300. More information.

Further reading

The European Bologna agreement of higher education was made in 1999. The so-called Bologna process has recently been extended beyond 2020. Read more about it on the European Higher Education Area web site. Currently, 48 countries have signed this agreement. It might also be interesting to read the section second cycle qualification (Master) on page 2 in the text known as the Dublin descriptors, since the agreement was signed in Dublin.

There is also a European quality assurance agreement, called ESG - Standards and guidelines for quality assurance in the European higher education area.

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