EPN-V2

MEK1200 Introduction to IT for Engineers Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Introduksjon til IT for ingeniører
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2019/2020
Course history
Programme description

  • Introduction

    Work and teaching methods used in the course are lectures, seminar with presentations and coursework related to teaching parts of the syllabus to fellow students. The seminar presentations will be assessed according to given criteria.

  • Required preliminary courses

    In order to sign up for the final examination the following has to be approved:

    • Minimum 80 % participation at the seminars
    • Present 1-2 seminar assignments
    • Identify an area with room for improvement in presentation techniques and evaluate this in the students’ own presentations
    • Evaluate 1-2 presentations by fellow students (both academic content and presentation technique)
    • Teach fellow students topics from the syllabus using flash cards (discrete trials training) and establish flow (precision teaching)

  • Learning outcomes

    The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can sit the exam:

    • 2-day laboratory course with 4 written assignments (groups of 2-4 students, 3-7 pages per assignment)
    • a total of 7 compulsory assignments (2-4 hours per assignment)

  • Teaching and learning methods

    Exam form: Individual written exam, 3 hours.

    The exam result can be appealed.

    In the event of a resit or rescheduled exam, oral examination may be used instead of written. If oral exams are used for resit and rescheduled exams, the exam result cannot be appealed.

  • Course requirements

    A handheld calculator that cannot be used for wireless communication or to perform symbolic calculations. If the calculator's internal memory can store data, the memory must be deleted before the exam. Random checks may be carried out.

  • Assessment

    Grade scale A-F.

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.

  • Grading scale

    The course builds on MEK1000 Mathematics 1000, KJPE1300 General Chemistry and KJM1500 Physical Chemistry.

  • Examiners

    Two examiners. External examiners are used regularly.