DISCUSSION ANALYSIS OF THE MASTER PROGRAM OF CHEMISTRY IN INDONESIA WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INDONESIAN CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION

Submitted by admin on Sat, 07/17/2021 - 11:40

As a continuation of the Initiation of the Establishment of the Master of Chemistry Program, FMIPA UNY, the Chemistry Bachelor Study Program held a discussion on the analysis of the Master of Chemistry Program in Indonesia with the Chair of the Indonesian Chemical Association (HKI) who also served as Coordinator of the Masters and Doctoral Studies Program in Chemistry, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), namely Dr. Mohamad Rafi. This activity will be carried out on Saturday, July 17, 2021, at 10.00 WIB - finished online via a zoom meeting. The activity was attended by all lecturers of the Department of Chemistry Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UNY.

Dr. Rafi started his presentation of the material by saying that before establishing a chemistry master's study program, it must be ensured that the Chemistry S1, S2, and S3 study programs will not overlap each other by referring to the Indonesian National Qualifications Framework (KKNI) with level 8 for the master's program. Dr. Rafi also gave descriptions of the chemistry master programs in Indonesia and emphasized that every chemistry master program at various universities has differences that characterize the study program, for example for IPB is Bio-based Material Chemistry in accordance with IPB's mandate, namely agriculture, biosciences, and marine.

Some suggestions that need to be considered in initiating the Master of Chemistry Study Program at UNY are as follows.

  1. Relevant university policies for master study programs
  2. Need to do a SWOT analysis, survey the needs of master's graduates, benchmarking to existing master's chemistry study programs, for example to those that will be used as examples =
  3. In preparing the curriculum, what will be the characteristics that can be excelled in the study program, for example: what studies will spearhead the study program (continuity, promotion, etc.)
  4. Lecturer resources, infrastructure, and facilities to support the development of study programs
  5. Student inputs include those related to targets, promotions, synergy/fast track programs, which are quite helpful in terms of numbers, graduates on time, etc.

Through this activity, it is hoped that it can be a stepping stone to create a philosophical concept and description of the establishment of the Master of Chemistry Study Program, FMIPA UNY.