Afkaruna: Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Islamic Studies
Vol 16, No 1 (2020): June 2020

Reconstruction of General Education Policy in Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Sadam Fajar Shodiq (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
Abas Asyafah (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Jun 2020

Abstract

General education is not a merely portable decoration in university. In recent curriculum of general education, it has collectively played significant role in determining student’s success, achievement, retention and graduation. This research, then, aimed to know how far the implementation of MKDU (General education) policy in university, particularly in UMY. Technically, the research method employed in this research was descriptive-qualitative method, using data collection technique by in-depth interview, observation, and documentation. As a result, the findings of this research demonstrate that MKDU policy in UMY was as follows: (1) MKDU was under coordination of Vice Rector of Academic Affairs; (2) MKDU implementation was the responsibility of Head of Study Program respectively; (3) Credit of MKDU was regulated by Rector through Vice Rector of Academic Affairs; (4) Majority of MKDU lecturers was in accordance with their field; (5) MKDU development was performed via regular workshop in university; (6) Besides special courses, values of MKDU were taught in each subject course by sciences integrity

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Journal Info

Abbrev

afkaruna

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

Jurnal Afkaruna is an Indonesian bilingual journal published by the Faculty of Islamic Studies, Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta. The journal publishes empirically grounded and multidisciplinary work on Islam and its related issues, spanning the history, Quranic studies, Exegesis, tradition, ...