THEN24 · 6 credits · Basic level (G1F) · Inget huvudområde
Communication, Ethics and Sustainable Development
Active · next start VT 2027
100%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN1 · 5 Jun 2026 · 20 students
75%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN1 · 87 students
Unusually easy in 2025/26
100% passed the ordinary exam in 2025/26 (20 students), against 68% on average in earlier years (67 students).
Part of 2 programmes
Exam
TEN1 Written examination
- 5
- 4
- 3
- U
Ordinary exams
75% passed · 87 students
- 100%20
- 60%25
- 60%10
- 86%14
- 67%18
Re-exams
86% passed · 22 students
- 83%6
- 88%8
- 88%8
- Pass the re-exam: 86% (22 students), compared with 75% (87 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 39% (109 students)
Show small sittings (6)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%2
- 100%1
- 75%4
- 100%1
- 100%1
- 33%3
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
UPG2 Assignments ethics
- G
- U
Main rounds
98% passed · 66 students
- 95%22
- 100%14
- 100%14
- 100%16
Later rounds
100% passed · 23 students
- 100%12
- 100%11
- Pass a later round: 100% (23 students), compared with 98% (66 students) on the ordinary exam
Show small sittings (2)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%3
- 100%3
Hand-in or lab
UPG1 Active participation in seminars. Assignments
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 75 students
- 100%15
- 100%29
- 100%14
- 100%17
Later rounds
100% passed · 11 students
- 100%11
- Pass a later round: 100% (11 students), compared with 100% (75 students) on the ordinary exam
Show small sittings (2)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 100%2
About the course
Aim
The aim of the course is to help students become more effective speakers and writers in an academic context using English as the language of communication. Taking a holistic approach to communication which includes linguistic accuracy and appropriacy as well as incorporating the concepts of Ethics and Sustainable Development, it provides an opportunity to develop skills required for successfully completing a master’s programme and pursuing a career in science and engineering. After completing the course, students are expected to
- be familiar with academic expectations and conventions
- be able to read, understand and summarise a general text or an academic article accurately
- be able to systematically analyse and critically appraise research articles
- critically and constructively examine other students’ work
- formulate, organise, and present ideas and opinions in English with accuracy, clarity, and coherence
- understand and use an appropriate referencing system
- identify and analyse their own linguistic strengths and weaknesses, and develop and apply strategies to improve their competence to communicate successfully in English
- be aware of differences in communication processes among cultures, identify challenges that arise from these differences, and find ways to address them in intercultural interactions
- be able to present and discuss ethical challenges connected to the engineering profession, technological development and its applications
- be able to explain central theories, principles, and concepts within normative ethics, and apply these to particular cases and situations
- be able to present and discuss the economic, social, and environmental pillars of sustainability
- reflect upon and think critically about sustainability and sustainable practice in their own field of study.
Content
The course will include grammar exercises, vocabulary building work and texts and articles to read and study. Some of these texts will be of a general, scientific and technical nature, while later in the course more programme specific articles related to sustainable development and ethics can be used.
- Examiner
- Rinata Kazak
- Scheduled hours
- 40 h
- Main field of study
- Inget huvudområde