Master of Sustainability Sciences Curriculum
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- Gradutes Profiles (input from the National and International Profession Association
- Researchers, entrepreneurs, agents of change in the government and in the society.
- Graduates of the Master of Sustainability Sciences Study Program can work as development practitioners and activists and, to a certain extent, as government officers. At a national and international level, graduates of this study program can work for non-governmental institutions engaging in the environment and development fields as well as private national and multinational companies. The graduates are expected to have the capability as solution seekers enabling the public to become a resilient society in the face of various development problems. Becoming a versatilist is one characteristic of Master of Sustainability Sciences Study Program graduates.
- Graduates Learning Competence (following Permendikbud No 3/2020 about Higher Education)
- To have a holistic mindset, to be able to apply the transdisciplinary approach, and to appreciate diversity.
- To be able to search for solutions to natural-resources-and-environment-related sustainability problems through the transdisciplinary approach.
- To have interpersonal competences including the skills to communicate in listening and conveying academic opinions, in negotiating, and in showing empathy and leadership in looking for the solutions to sustainability problems.
- To be able to develop the knowledge and technology in the field of sustainability science or its practices through research to generate proven innovative studies.
- To be able to manage useful research and development for both the society and science and to get national and international recognition.
- Field of Study
- The Master of Sustainability Sciences Study Program is a transdisciplinary study program that develops an approach that integrates and collaborates various scientific disciplines with knowledge that develops beyond the boundaries of science (develops based on experience). This approach is one of the main characteristics of third-generation universities in dealing with the increasingly complex, interrelated, and uncertain problems.
- The curriculum of the Sustainability Science Master’s Study Program is designed to foster holistic knowledge accompanied by the development of both mind and skills in finding solutions to the environmental problems threatening sustainability
- Research conducted by students for their thesis is focused on finding the solutions to various problems faced by regions in Indonesia to implement sustainable development
- Courses
Course Group Courses Semester A. Basic Knowledge and Concept (20) 1 Sustainability Science: frontiers/state of the art (2) 1
2 Sustainable human and nature interaction (2) 1 3 Research Methods in SS (3) 1 4 Communicating Sustainability (2) 1 5 Development and Sustainability (2) 1 6 Seminar on Politics and Policy in Sustainability Issues (2) 1 7 Spirituality, Ethics, and Sustainability (2) 1 8 System Thinking in Sustainability Science (2) 9 Academic writing (3) B. Practical: Experiential Learning, Skill and Sensibility (9) Fieldworks and Case in Sustainability 1. Selecting and identifying sustainability issue (2) 2 2. Analyzing, synthesizing sustainability issue (3) 2 3. Planning for solution sustainability Issue (3) 2 4. Reporting and communicating sust sicence issue: student presentation (1) 2 C. Specialized: Elective (5-7) 1 Innovation, SDGs and Global Sustainability (3) 2 2 Relevant Courses from other departments (2-4) 2 D. Thesis (6) 3 Seminar (2) 2 1 Research & Thesis Writing (6) 3 - Learning Methods
- The learning implementation focuses on the interactive, holistic, integrative, scientific, contextual, thematic, collaborative, and student-centered characteristics. Interactive means that students’ learning outcomes are achieved by prioritizing a two-way interaction process between the students and the lecturers. Considering that the curriculum to be implemented includes both the mind and skill aspects that are expected to be developed among students of this study program, the practical aspect becomes an important element in the teaching and learning process. Practicum activities are carried out continuously for at least 1 semester. This activity will be supported by discussion activities in each course so that the development of the mind and the skills among students is optimized.
- Evaluation of Learning Outcomes
- The evaluation of the learning outcomes follows both the existing rules in the Integrated Academic Information System and the evaluation provided by stakeholders involved in the process of practicing sustainability science. The latter is aimed at the evaluation of the sustainability science practice results. For students carrying out the practice through Focus Group Discussion (FGD) processes, the representatives of the FGD participants will provide an assessment of the students’ abilities in carrying out these FGD activities.