KTH Courses in English, academic year 2009/2010
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number of places may be limited. For information on the level, prerequisites and time period of a course, please
see the course description.
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The courses below are listed by School and term.
Course code Course title ECTS Start term
School of Architecture and Built Environment
AD2810 Concepts and Tools in Urban Analysis 7,5 Autumn 09
AD2820 Structural Components in Urban Planning and Design 15,0 Autumn 09
AD2835 Stockholm Urban Lab II 7,5 Autumn 09
AE111V Gender Issues in Developing Countries 7,5 Autumn 09
AE2001 Project Environmental Engineering 15,0 Autumn 09
AE2101 Environmental Dynamics/Chemical Processes 7,5 Autumn 09
AE2102 Quantitative Hydrogeology 7,5 Autumn 09
AE2103 Environmental Aquatic Chemistry 7,5 Autumn 09
AE2106 Project in Water System Technology 15,0 Autumn 09
AE2201 Environmental Dynamics/Physical Processes 7,5 Autumn 09
AE2202 Dynamics of Environmental Systems 7,5 Autumn 09
AE2302 Water Treatment Processes and Technology 7,5 Autumn 09
AE2401 Engineering Geology 7,5 Autumn 09
AE2406 Research Methodology 3,0 Autumn 09
AE2501 Environmental Impact Assessment 7,5 Autumn 09
AE2608 Engineering Hydrology and Climate 7,5 Autumn 09
AE2706 Integrated Water Resources Management 7,5 Autumn 09
AF2003 Structural Engineering, Advanced Course 7,5 Autumn 09
AF2004 Concrete and Steel Structures 7,5 Autumn 09
AF2019 Infrastructure Construction Management 4,5 Autumn 09
AF2020 Research Methodology in Infrastructure Engineering 3,0 Autumn 09
AF2202 Bridge Design, Advanced Course 6,0 Autumn 09
AF2608 Tunnel Engineering 6,0 Autumn 09
AF2901 Road‐ and Railway Track Engineering 7,5 Autumn 09
AF2904 Advanced Pavement Engineering Analysis and Design 6,0 Autumn 09
AG2107 Planning the Sustainable City 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2108 Urban Theory, Advanced Course 7,5 Autumn 09
AG210X Degree Project in Regional Planning, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
AG2115 Contemporary Trends in Urban Planning and Design 15,0 Autumn 09
AG2118 Research Methodology and Scientific Writing for Architects and Planners 3,0 Autumn 09
AG2119 Applied Analysis and International Planning 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2120 Social and Cultural Issues in Planning 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2122 Stockholm Urban Lab I 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2142 Political Economy for Environmental Planners 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2143 Sustainable Rural and Urban Development 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2145 Project Sustainable Infrastructure 15,0 Autumn 09
AG2161 European Planning Systems 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2171 Futures Studies and Forecasts 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2411 GIS Architecture and Algorithms 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2412 Geovisualisation 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2421 A GIS Project 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2425 Spatial Databases 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2426 Mobile GIS 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2501 Human Settlements and Housing 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2800 Life Cycle Assessment 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2801 Environmental Assessment of Buildings 7,5 Autumn 09
AG2803 Ecosystem Support and Environmental Justice 7,5 Autumn 09
AH1815 Introduction to GPS 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2001 Microeconomics 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2002 Econometrics 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2003 Macroeconomics 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2004 Industrial Dynamics 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2008 Public Economics 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2009 Mathematics for Economic Analysis 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2010 Econometrics II 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2011 Economics of Innovation 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2012 Industrial Organization 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2013 Microeconomics II 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2014 Theory and Methodology of Science 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2015 Managerial Economics 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2018 Management and Strategy 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2019 Innovation and Entrepreneurship 7,5 Autumn 09
AH201X Degree Project in Traffic and Transport Planning, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
AH2026 Railway Traffic ‐ Market and Planning, Basic Course 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2171 Traffic Engineering and Management 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2172 Transport Data collection and Analysis 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2174 Traffic Simulation Modelling and Applications 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2300 Transport and Society 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2301 Transport Policy and Evaluation 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2305 Spatial and Transport Economics 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2306 Geographic Information Systems in Transport Analysis 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2916 Integrated Navigation 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2917 Advanced Theory of Errors 7,5 Autumn 09
AH2921 Adjustment Theory 6,0 Autumn 09
AH2922 Map Projections and Reference Ssytems 9,0 Autumn 09
AH2924 Engineering Suveying 7,5 Autumn 09
AI1108 Investment Analysis 7,5 Autumn 09
AI1114 Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship 15,0 Autumn 09
AI201X Degree Project in Building and Real Estate Economics, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
AI2105 Urban and Regional Economics 7,5 Autumn 09
AI2106 Business Cycles in Construction and Real Estate Market 7,5 Autumn 09
AI2115 Financial Economics 7,5 Autumn 09
AI2127 Management and Leadership 7,5 Autumn 09
AI2135 Financial Investments 7,5 Autumn 09
AK1212 Swedish Society, Culture and Industry in Historical Perspective 6,0 Autumn 09
AK2017 Introduction to Research Ethics 3,0 Autumn 09
AK2018 Advanced Course in Research Ethics 4,5 Autumn 09
AK2023 Risk‐ and Safety Analys in Building 7,5 Autumn 09
AK2030 Theory and Methodology of Science (Natural and Technological Science) 4,5 Autumn 09
AK2032 Theory and Methodology of Science (Social Science) 4,5 Autumn 09
AK2034 Theory and Methodology of Science (Computational Science) 4,5 Autumn 09
AK2036 Theory and Methodology of Science with Applications (Natural and Technological Science) 7,5 Autumn 09
AK2038 Theory and Methodology of Science with Applications (Social Science) 7,5 Autumn 09
AK2040 Theory and Methodology of Science with Applications Computational Science) 7,5 Autumn 09
AD2815 Public Places and Spaces 7,5 Spring 10
AD2840 Sustainable Design in the Urban Space 7,5 Spring 10
AH201X Degree Project in Traffic and Transport Planning, Second Level 30,0 Spring 10
AH220X Degree Project in Transport‐ and Location Analysis, Second Level 30,0 Spring 10
AH221X Degree Project in Systems Analysis and Economics, Second Level 30,0 Spring 10
AH2923 Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) 7,5 Spring 10
School of Biotechnology
BB2030 Enzymatic Synthesis 7,5 Autumn 09
BB2040 Biochemical Analyses and Separation Techniques 7,5 Autumn 09
BB2240 Introduction to Biotechnology 7,5 Autumn 09
BB2250 Applied Gene Technology 6,0 Autumn 09
BB2290 Molecular Biomedicine 7,5 Autumn 09
BB2310 Research Topics in Biotechnology 7,5 Autumn 09
BB2420 Glycobiology and Carbohydrate Technology 7,5 Autumn 09
BB2020 Molecular Enzymology 7,5 Spring 10
BB202X Degree Project in Molecular Biotechnology, Second Level 30,0 Spring 10
BB2070 Biochemical Technology 10,5 Spring 10
BB2080 Biochemical Technology, Theory 7,5 Spring 10
BB2140 Industrial and Environmental Microbiology 12,0 Spring 10
BB2150 Industrial and Environmental Microbiology, Theory 7,5 Spring 10
BB2160 Structure Biology 7,5 Spring 10
BB2170 Drug Development 6,0 Spring 10
BB2280 Molecular Modeling 7,5 Spring 10
BB2320 Proteomics Technologies 4,5 Spring 10
BB2340 Theoretical Materials Design 7,5 Spring 10
BB2370 Nanobiotechnology 6,0 Spring 10
School of Chemical Science and Engineering
KD2040 Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy 9,0 Autumn 09
KD2160 Structural Chemistry 7,5 Autumn 09
KD2170 Nano‐structured Materials 7,5 Autumn 09
KD2200 Organic Chemistry, Advanced Course 6,0 Autumn 09
KD2300 Biomedical Materials 7,5 Autumn 09
KE2010 Industrial Energy Processes 7,5 Autumn 09
KE2040 Chemical Reaction Engineering 9,0 Autumn 09
KE2150 Industrial Pharmaceutics 7,5 Autumn 09
KE2905 Project in Chemical Engineering 7,5 Autumn 09
KE2906 Project in Chemical Engineering 9,0 Autumn 09
KE2910 Project in Chemical Engineering 15,0 Autumn 09
KE2920 Project in Chemical Engineering 30,0 Autumn 09
KF2070 Pulp and Paper Processes, Minor Course 6,0 Autumn 09
KF2130 Polymer Chemistry 7,5 Autumn 09
KF2190 Polymeric Materials: Structure and Properties 7,5 Autumn 09
KF2330 Concepts of Materials 7,5 Autumn 09
KF2340 Chemical Sciences 15,0 Autumn 09
KF2400 Material Synthesis 7,5 Autumn 09
KF2430 Functional and Nanostructured Polymers 7,5 Autumn 09
KF2440 Biomedical Materials, Project Course 7,5 Autumn 09
KD2070 Technical Surface Colloid Chemistry 6,0 Spring 10
KD2140 Bio‐inorganic Chemistry 7,5 Spring 10
KD2150 Inorganic Materials Chemistry 7,5 Spring 10
KD2220 Selective Organic Synthesis 6,0 Spring 10
KD2240 Ecological Chemistry 6,0 Spring 10
KD2250 Ecological Chemistry, with project 9,0 Spring 10
KD2270 Biomaterials 6,0 Spring 10
KE2020 Chemical Engineering 9,0 Spring 10
KE2070 Transport Phenomena, Advanced Course 7,5 Spring 10
KE2110 Applied Electrochemistry 7,5 Spring 10
KE2905 Project in Chemical Engineering 7,5 Spring 10
KE2906 Project in Chemical Engineering 9,0 Spring 10
KE2910 Project in Chemical Engineering 15,0 Spring 10
KE2920 Project in Chemical Engineering 30,0 Spring 10
KF2360 Characterization of Polymers and Advanced Products 7,5 Spring 10
KF2380 Material Physics 7,5 Spring 10
KF2390 Functional Materials and Surfaces 7,5 Spring 10
KF2410 Polymer Processing, Advanced Course 6,0 Spring 10
KF2450 Fibre Technology ‐ Natural and Synthetic Fibres 7,5 Spring 10
School of Computer Science and Communication
DA2205 Introduction to the Philosophy of Science and Research Methodology 7,5 Autumn 09
DD1363 Software Engineering 12,0 Autumn 09
DD1365 Software Engineering 6,0 Autumn 09
DD2325 Applied Programming and Computer Science 7,5 Autumn 09
DD2354 Algorithms and Complexity 6,0 Autumn 09
DD2380 Artificial Intelligence 6,0 Autumn 09
DD2396 Bioinformatics 6,0 Autumn 09
DD2397 Applied Bioinformatics 7,5 Autumn 09
DD2426 Robotics and Autonomous Systems 7,5 Autumn 09
DD2428 Geometric Computing and Visualization 6,0 Autumn 09
DD2435 Mathematical Modelling of Biological Systems 9,0 Autumn 09
DD2436 Modelling of Processes in Cell Biology 6,0 Autumn 09
DD2439 Artificial Intelligence and Multi‐agent Systems, Project Course 21,0 Autumn 09
DD2457 Program Semantics and Analysis 6,0 Autumn 09
DD2463 Advanced Individual Course in Computer Science 15,0 Autumn 09
DD2464 Bigger Advanced, Individual Course in Computer Science 9,0 Autumn 09
DD2465 Advanced, Individual Course in Computer Science 6,0 Autumn 09
DM2553 Media Production 15,0 Autumn 09
DM2578 Social Media Technologies 7,5 Autumn 09
DN220V Mathematical Models, Analysis and Simulation 7,5 Autumn 09
DN2221 Applied Numerical Methods, part 1 6,0 Autumn 09
DN2222 Applied Numerical Methods, part 2 3,0 Autumn 09
DN2230 Fast Numerical Algorithms for Large‐Scale Problems 7,5 Autumn 09
DN2258 Introduction to High Performance Computing 7,5 Autumn 09
DN2260 The Finite Element Method 6,0 Autumn 09
DN2266 Mathematical Models, Analysis and Simulation Part 1 7,5 Autumn 09
DN2274 Computational Electromagnetics 7,5 Autumn 09
DN2295 Project Course in Scientific Computing 7,5 Autumn 09
DN2297 Advanced Individual Course in Scientific Computing 6,0 Autumn 09
DN240X Degree Project in Scientific Computing, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
DS1300 Technical English, Lower Intermediate Level 6,0 Autumn 09
DS1301 Technical English, Intermediate Level 9,0 Autumn 09
DS1302 Technical English, Intermediate Level 9,0 Autumn 09
DS1303 Technical English, Intermediate Level 9,0 Autumn 09
DS1305 Technical Writing 9,0 Autumn 09
DS1307 Technical English, Intermediate Level 9,0 Autumn 09
DS1308 Technical English, Lower Intermediate Level 6,0 Autumn 09
DS2304 Technical English, Advanced Level 9,0 Autumn 09
DT2215 Advanced Individual Course in Music Acoustics 6,0 Autumn 09
DT2410 Audio Technology 7,5 Autumn 09
DD1335 Basic Internet Programming 7,5 Spring 10
DD150X Degree Project in Engineering and Management, First Level 15,0 Spring 10
DD2372 Automata and Languages 6,0 Spring 10
DD2398 Quantitative Systems Biology 7,5 Spring 10
DD2399 Omic Data and Systems Biology 7,5 Spring 10
DD2401 Neuroscience 7,5 Spring 10
DD2423 Image Analysis and Computer Vision 7,5 Spring 10
DD2426 Robotics and Autonomous Systems 7,5 Spring 10
DD2427 Image Based Recognition and Classification 6,0 Spring 10
DD2431 Machine Learning 6,0 Spring 10
DD2432 Artificial Neural Networks and Other Learning Systems 6,0 Spring 10
DD2446 Complexity Theory 6,0 Spring 10
DD2447 Statistical Methods in Applied Computer Science 6,0 Spring 10
DD2449 Foundations of Cryptography 6,0 Spring 10
DD2450 Algorithmic Bioinformatics 6,0 Spring 10
DD2456 Advanced Object‐oriented Systems 7,5 Spring 10
DD2463 Advanced Individual Course in Computer Science 15,0 Spring 10
DD2464 Bigger Advanced, Individual Course in Computer Science 9,0 Spring 10
DD2465 Advanced, Individual Course in Computer Science 6,0 Spring 10
DD2488 Compiler Construction 9,0 Spring 10
DH2400 Physical Interaction Design and Realization 7,5 Spring 10
DN2255 Numerical Solutions of Differential Equations 7,5 Spring 10
DN2264 Parallel Computations for Large‐Scale Problems, Part 1 6,0 Spring 10
DN2265 Parallel Computations for Large‐Scale Problems, Part 2 3,0 Spring 10
DN2275 Advanced Computation in Fluid Mechanics 7,5 Spring 10
DN2281 Computational Methods for Stochastic Differential Equations 7,5 Spring 10
DN2295 Project Course in Scientific Computing 7,5 Spring 10
DN2297 Advanced Individual Course in Scientific Computing 6,0 Spring 10
DN240X Degree Project in Scientific Computing, Second Level 30,0 Spring 10
DS1300 Technical English, Lower Intermediate Level 6,0 Spring 10
DS1301 Technical English, Intermediate Level 9,0 Spring 10
DS1302 Technical English, Intermediate Level 9,0 Spring 10
DS1303 Technical English, Intermediate Level 9,0 Spring 10
DS1307 Technical English, Intermediate Level 9,0 Spring 10
DS1308 Technical English, Lower Intermediate Level 6,0 Spring 10
DS2304 Technical English, Advanced Level 9,0 Spring 10
DT2118 Speech and Speaker Recognition 7,5 Spring 10
DT2140 Multimodal Interaction and Interfaces 7,5 Spring 10
DT2213 Musical Communication and Music Technology 7,5 Spring 10
DT2215 Advanced Individual Course in Music Acoustics 6,0 Spring 10
School of Electrical Engineering
2C1011 Master's Project in Electric Power Systems 30,0 Autumn 09
2C1012 Master's Project in Industrial Control Systems 30,0 Autumn 09
2E1009 Master's Project in Communication Theory 30,0 Autumn 09
2E1013 Master's Project in Signal Processing 30,0 Autumn 09
2E1018 Master's Project in Sound and Image Processing 30,0 Autumn 09
2E1019 Master's Project in Communication Networks 30,0 Autumn 09
ED2220 Experimental Fusion Plasma Physics 6,0 Autumn 09
ED2230 Chaos and Self‐organization 6,0 Autumn 09
ED2250 Publication of Masters Project in Fusion Plasma Physics 7,5 Autumn 09
ED225X Degree Project in Fusion Plasma Physics, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
EF1110 Project in Space Physics 9,0 Autumn 09
EF2200 Plasma Physics 6,0 Autumn 09
EF2215 Plasma Physics II 7,5 Autumn 09
EF2225 Project in Space Physics 12,0 Autumn 09
EF2230 Experimental Techniques in Space Plasma Physics 6,0 Autumn 09
EF2240 Space Physics 6,0 Autumn 09
EF2245 Space Physics II 7,5 Autumn 09
EF2250 Publication of Masters Project in Space and Plasma Physics 7,5 Autumn 09
EF225X Degree Project in Plasma Physics, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
EF2260 Space Environment and Spacecraft Engineering 6,0 Autumn 09
EF2270 Applied Plasma Physics 6,0 Autumn 09
EG201X Degree Project in Electric Power Systems, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
EG2020 Power Systems, Basic Course 7,5 Autumn 09
EG2030 Power Systems, Advanced Course 7,5 Autumn 09
EG2070 FACTS and HVDC in Electric Power Systems 7,5 Autumn 09
EH2020 Industrial Control and Information Systems 7,5 Autumn 09
EH2030 Business Development and Quality Management 7,5 Autumn 09
EH231X Degree Project in Industrial Control Systems, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
EH2720 Management of Projects 7,5 Autumn 09
EH2730 Requirements Engineering 7,5 Autumn 09
EI2402 Electromagnetic compatibility 7,5 Autumn 09
EI2405 Classical Electrodynamics 7,5 Autumn 09
EI2433 Electrotechnical Modelling 7,5 Autumn 09
EI2451 Reliability Evaluation of Electrical Power Systems 7,5 Autumn 09
EJ210X Degree Project in Electrical Machines and Drives, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
EJ211X Degree Project in Power Electronics, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
EJ2221 Design of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines 7,5 Autumn 09
EJ2300 Power Electronics 7,5 Autumn 09
EJ2311 Modulation of Power Electronic Converters 6,0 Autumn 09
EJ2410 Hybrid Vehicle Drives 7,5 Autumn 09
EJ2420 Seminars in Electrical Machines and Power Electronics 1,5 Autumn 09
EK211X Degree Project in Electrical Measurements, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
EL201X Degree Project in Automatic Control, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
EL2310 Scientific Programming 7,5 Autumn 09
EL2620 Nonlinear Control 7,5 Autumn 09
EN200X Degree Project in Sound and Image Processing, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
EN2100 Sound Perception 7,5 Autumn 09
EN2200 Pattern Recognition 6,0 Autumn 09
EN2300 Speech Signal Processing 6,0 Autumn 09
EP2200 Queuing Theory and Teletraffic Systems 7,5 Autumn 09
EP2210 Performance Analysis of Communication Networks 7,5 Autumn 09
EP2300 Management of Networks and Networked Systems 7,5 Autumn 09
EP2400 Network Algorithms 7,5 Autumn 09
EP240X Degree Project in Communication Networks, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
EP2910 Communication Networks I 7,5 Autumn 09
EP2920 Communication Networks II 7,5 Autumn 09
EP2930 Queuing Theory 7,5 Autumn 09
EP2940 Internet Services and Traffic Measurements 7,5 Autumn 09
EQ1220 Signal Theory 7,5 Autumn 09
EQ2300 Digital Signal Processing 7,5 Autumn 09
EQ2310 Digital Communications 9,0 Autumn 09
EQ272X Degree Project in Signal Processing, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
EQ275X Degree Project in Communication Theory, Second Level 30,0 Autumn 09
EQ2810 Estimation Theory, Accelerated Program Course 6,0 Autumn 09
EQ2850 Coding for Wireless Communications, Accelerated Program 7,5 Autumn 09
ED2210 Electromagnetic Processes in Dispersive Media 6,0 Spring 10
EG2040 Wind Power Systems 7,5 Spring 10
EG2050 Systems Planning 7,5 Spring 10
EG2060 Electricity Market Analysis 7,5 Spring 10
EI2400 Applied Antenna Theory 7,5 Spring 10
EI2420 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation 7,5 Spring 10
EI2430 High‐voltage Engineering 7,5 Spring 10
EI2440 Electrotechnical Design 7,5 Spring 10
EJ210X Degree Project in Electrical Machines and Drives, Second Level 30,0 Spring 10
EJ211X Degree Project in Power Electronics, Second Level 30,0 Spring 10
EJ2200 Electrical Machines and Drives 7,5 Spring 10
EJ2210 Analysis of Electrical Machines 7,5 Spring 10
EJ2420 Seminars in Electrical Machines and Power Electronics 1,5 Spring 10
EP240X Degree Project in Communication Networks, Second Level 30,0 Spring 10
School of Information and Communication Technology
IC1000 Human‐Computer Interaction 6,0 Autumn 09
IC1007 Human‐computer Interaction: Principles and Design 7,5 Autumn 09
IC1010 Cognitive Psychology 7,5 Autumn 09
IC2002 Philosophy of Science 7,5 Autumn 09
IC2003 Research Methodology and Scientific Communication 7,5 Autumn 09
IC2005 Methodology of Interaction Design 7,5 Autumn 09
IC2006 Cognitive and Social Science: HMI 7,5 Autumn 09
IC2007 Collaborative Computing 7,5 Autumn 09
IC2010 Advanced Individual Course in Human‐Computer Interaction 7,5 Autumn 09
ID1006 Java Programming 7,5 Autumn 09
ID1218 Applied Programming 7,5 Autumn 09
ID2001 Current Problems in Software Engineering 7,5 Autumn 09
ID2007 Processes for IT Production 7,5 Autumn 09
ID2009 Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques 7,5 Autumn 09
ID2017 Advanced Issues in Object‐Orientation 7,5 Autumn 09
ID2200 Operating Systems 6,0 Autumn 09
ID2201 Distributed Systems, Basic Course 7,5 Autumn 09
ID2202 Compilers