Atma Jaya Ready with the Kampus Merdeka Curriculum

2/28/2020 12:00:00 AM

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Start from the odd semester of 2020/2021, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia (AJCUI)‘s students had the opportunity to experience the Kampus Merdeka curriculum. Social Care, the core values ??of AJCUI, remains the cornerstone in the making of the new curriculum.

 

Jakarta, 28 February 2020 - As one of a private university in Indonesia, AJCUI adjusts itself to the latest concept from the Ministry of Education and Culture, Kampus Merdeka, by arranging a curriculum to implement the concept. Although the university does not open a new study program, the priority is to strengthen the existing study programs through curriculum design that not only responds to the Kampus Merdeka policy yet to prepares students to have more value in terms of character and social care.

 

The idea promoted in the policy is to relieve the students of three-semester credits (from a total of eight-semester) for undergraduate programs, are allowed to be taken off-campus, either by doing internships, research, community service, etcetera. "The curriculum we have applied to answer the Kampus Merdeka is to provide an internship program options for students: research projects, social engagement programs such as community service, and community empowerment," said Rector of AJCUI, Dr. Agustinus Prasetyantoko.

 

"Not only provide a list of companies, institutions, private and overseas campuses for our students, but we continually verify and monitor students in their internships. Atma Jaya currently has a network of more than 80 active partnerships with foreign universities on five continents, 18 partner universities who are members of the Catholic Higher Education Association (APTIK), and national and international institutions," he added.

 

Accounting and Industrial Engineering study programs are the two programs ready for this semester. The Accounting study program already has an underdo collaborations with the top five public accounting firms in Indonesia. Supports from The Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants, and the master‘s programs of accounting, who have a network of overseas professional certification, even equipped the Accounting Study Program of AJCUI much more.

 

Industrial Engineering Study Program is also set to announce four elective programs for students who are in the upcoming seventh semester, which are: 1) A certified apprenticeship program with the industrial world of business (Dunia Usaha Dunia Industri/DUDI); 2) Social engagement program with the villages of Sampora, Cisauk, Tangerang, and Ponggang Village, Subang, West Java; 3) Student exchanges and 4) Research Projects.

 

The internship program is also possible to be advance as their thesis research topic. For students who are interested in becoming a researcher, or work on research and development (R&D), it is recommended to take the research project internship program. Selected lecturers will mentor them, and the research will be fund by a grant project, so students no longer burdened with such an issue.

 

"In the curriculum prepared for the Kampus Merdeka, we not only seek to hone the competency skills but also the sensitivity towards social issues the society and what actual contributions one may offer. That is why the social engagement program is part of this curriculum. Notwithstanding, the student exchange program also includes elements of social engagement in its activities, " said Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Prof. Diana Waturangi.

 

Unika Atma Jaya has eight faculties, twenty undergraduate study programs, eleven master‘s programs, two doctoral programs, and four profession programs. Since 2018 AJCUI has effected an academic transformation by developing an interdisciplinary curriculum. The interdisciplinary curriculum is essential for students for the reason that it involves creative problem-solving skills, which is required a cross-knowledge experience necessary in their professional life.