Course syllabus

Detailed schedule (year 1 students)

Academic year 2024/2025

Period 1

Lecture August 29, 8:15-10:00
Introduction to the course and the master's programme.
Room F2 (Lindstedtsvägen 26-28) or Zoom: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/65134442036

Lecture September 3, 13:15-15:00
Introduction to studies at KTH.
This lecture is only for students who have not studied at KTH before.
Room Q17 (Malvinas väg 6A) or Zoom: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/65134442036

Reflection seminar 1
Topic: The road towards the Degree of Master.
The instructions and the group numbers will be published September 4.
The reflection document should be submitted by September 12 at 19:00.
The reflection documents should be commented by September 16 at 13:00.
The seminar is either September 17 (8-10) or September 19 (15-17).

Information September 24, 8:15-10:00
Information about specialisation tracks and courses
Room Q1 (Malvinas väg 4)

D-dagen October 10
Career fair.
D-dagen is organized by the D student chapter and is not a formal part of DD2300.

Period 2

Study visit 1
The list of available study visits will be published in the course room on October 17 (prel.).

The study visit will be after 15:30 on a Thursday between October 24 and November 14.

Reflection seminar 2
Topic: Diversity and and inclusion in the workplace.
The instructions will be published November 13.
The reflection document should be submitted by November 21 at 19:00.
The reflection documents should be commented by November 25 at 13:00.
The seminar is either November 26 (8-10) or November 28 (13-15).

Period 3

Reflection seminar 3
Topic: Ethical responsibilities.
The instructions will be published January 29 at 8:00.
The reflection document should be submitted by February 6 at 19:00.
The reflection documents should be commented by February 10 at 13:00.
The seminar is either February 11 (8-10) or February 13 (15-17).

Period 4

Alumni presentation (in Swedish), March 19, 15:15-16:00
Emmy Yin graduated in computer science from KTH in 2023. She now works for Google in London with the title Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering. She will give a presentation and answer questions. Note that the talk will be in Swedish. 
Room F1 (Lindstedtsvägen 22) 

Programme meeting (programkollegium) of the Master of science in engineering program, March 20, 15:15-17:00
(in Swedish, only for students of the 5-year civilingenjörsprogrammet i Datateknik)
Room E1 (Lindstedtsvägen 3)

Information, April 15, 13:15-14:00
Information about the second year of the programme.
Digital, Zoom: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/65134442036 Links to an external site.

Reflection seminar 4 
Topic: Sustainability in computing.
The instructions will be published April 30 at 8:00.
The reflection document should be submitted by May 8 at 19:00.
The reflection documents should be commented by May 12 at 13:00.
The seminar is either May 13 (8-10) or May 15 (15-17).

This year's questionnaire on the education (mandatory)
The questionnaire will be published May 17 via a personal link sent by e-mail.
The questionnaire should be answered before May 29 at 19:00.

 

Academic year 2025/2026

Period 1

Lecture
Introduction to the second year of the master's programme.

Reflection seminar 5
Topic: Depth vs breadth in Master's education.

Information
Information about the degree project (exjobb).

D-dagen 
Career fair.
D-dagen is organized by the D student chapter and is not a formal part of DD2300.

Period 2

Study visit 2

Reflection seminar 6
Topic: Channels to find interesting jobs.

Period 3

Reflection seminar 7
Topic: International opportunities and contexts.

Period 4

Programme meeting (programkollegium) of the Master of science in engineering programme
(in Swedish, only for students of the 5-year civilingenjörsprogrammet i Datateknik)

Reflection seminar 8 
Topic: Future of Computer Science as a Profession.

This year's questionnaire on the education (mandatory)
The questionnaire will be published May 17 via a personal link sent by e-mail.
The questionnaire should be answered before May 29 at 19:00.