XYHI5030 Interaction Skills in Interdisciplinary Project (3 cr)
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Description
Course description
The course is part of TEKS4005 Multidisciplinary Project. This module, implemented by Movi, explores and develops project communication and multidisciplinary collaboration
Main content
- Project team interaction
- Multidisciplinary cooperation
- Making use of language repertoire
- Allocating and building common understanding
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, the student is expected to
- Understand the strengths and challenges of working on a project with a team of experts from different disciplines
- Communicate effectively and appropriately in a multilingual and multicultural team
- Be able to build a common understanding within the group through dialogue, and negotiate common objectives, practices, and division of labour
- Be able to document their own work and communicate it to other group members
- Be able to work in a process-oriented way as part of a project
- Understand the importance of their own contribution for the progress of the project and the functionality of the group
- Be able to adapt their attitude and motivation to work on a project, even if it is not entirely related to their area of expertise
- Can reflect on their own and the group's work in a professional context.
Additional information
The course is intended for students of the DI programme in Computer Science and Software Engineering. Students from other disciplines are also welcome, as well as exchange students, who make up half of the course's student body. Students from other disciplines and exchange students may be at the bachelor or master stage of their studies. In the course project, each student is expected to familiarise themself with content outside their own field of study, and to communicate and collaborate with students and experts from other fields.
Description of prerequisites
Prerequisites for students of the DI in Computer and Software Engineering: by the beginning of the course, students must have completed at least 15 credits of both the advanced studies and another study module, respectively.
Prerequisites for students in other disciplines: Students may be studying for a bachelor's or master's degree, but a bachelor's degree student must have completed at least 120 credits.
Prerequisities for exchange students: exchange students enrolling on the course will be interviewed.