Valid for: 2021/22
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, LTH
Decided by: PLED C/D
Date of Decision: 2021-04-20
Main field: Technology.
Compulsory for: C1
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish
The course gives a clear view of the goals and the overview of
the programme, and gives a motivation for courses and subjects in
the continuation of the studies. Courses later in the programme can
refer to the system overview presented in this course. The focus of
the course is to get an understanding of the overview and the link
between the user expectations and the technical solutions, and,
within a content, based on user demands make a choice of technical
solutions.
The course objective is that the students after the approved course
should have basic knowledge and ability within the area of
digitalisation, e.g. understanding of the system and an ability to
view it on different levels of abstraction.
Throughout the course, the students will learn how to make use of
computers as tools with hands on abilities that can be used in the
continued studies as well as in their continued working life. The
student will start gathering a computer based toolbox to solve
practical problems.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
The course gives an introduction to digitalisation from a system
centric view. Throughout the course the students are working with
the building blocks from a larger system, e.g. by controlling and
monitoring an attached unit, flows of data in different parts of
the system, cloud storage, open source solutions, interaction
design and information security. In the course the students work
with programming tools, such as console and script programming to
realise the components and merge to a complete solution. Methods
for user centric system development are used where the work is
continuously documented. It is also included to formulate and
illustrate understandable instructions.
Theory and practice from the topics communication systems, computer
science and interaction design is mixed in the same course. To a
large extent, the theory studied in this course is on a basic level
and is seen as a motivation for other more in depth courses in the
programme.
The course is studied through lectures, exercises, laboratories and
a project that describes and motivates the theory in this and
following courses. Laboratories gives a practical perspective of
implementation of technical modules, whereas the project gives a
wider system view with both technical solutions and users in
interaction.
Grading scale: UG - (U,G) - (Fail, Pass)
Assessment: Approved course requires approved laboratories, reflections, hand in problems and presentations. It also requires active participation in project meetings.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Parts
Code: 0121. Name: Mandatory Parts Study Period 1.
Credits: 3. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Approved mandatory parts in LP1
Code: 0221. Name: Mandatory Parts Study Period 2.
Credits: 4,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Approved mandatory parts in LP2
Code: 0321. Name: Mandatory Parts Study Period 3.
Credits: 3. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Approved mandatory parts in LP3
Code: 0421. Name: Mandatory Parts Study Period 4.
Credits: 4,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Approved mandatory parts in LP4
The number of participants is limited to: No
Course coordinator: Paul Stankovski Wagner, paul.stankovski_wagner@eit.lth.se
Course homepage: https://www.eit.lth.se/course
Further information: The course is given as a collaboration between the departments Electrical and Information Technology, Computer Science and Design Sciences.