Study Program

S-1 Geography Education

A curriculum based on Outcome-Based Education (OBE), developed since 2022. Graduate profiles and learning outcomes were formulated through focus group discussions (FGD) with all lecturers, benchmarking against geography and geography education programs in Indonesia and abroad, and tracer studies with graduate users, alumni, and associations. Reference: Curriculum Document of the Geography Education Study Program 2024.

Educator

Bachelor of Education in Geography who is devout toward God Almighty and of good character, masters science, technology, and the arts, has broad insight, and is professional.

Practitioner

Research assistant, disaster analyst, GIS analyst, and environmental analyst working in the field of geography.

Curriculum structure

144Graduation credits (SKS)
134Required credits
22Elective credits available

Graduation load of 144 credits over 8 semesters: 134 required credits plus elective courses chosen from the 22 credits offered in semesters 5 and 6. The OBE curriculum adds Artificial Intelligence for Geography and Geography Education, Coastal Geography, and Renewable Energy. See the course distribution by semester.

Six types of learning assignments

  • Routine Assignment
  • Critical Book Review
  • Critical Journal Review
  • Mini Research
  • Idea Engineering
  • Project Assignment

Collaborative, scientific, and humanistic learning approaches, among others through Problem-Based Learning, inquiry, and the 5E learning cycle.

Graduate Learning Outcomes

Ten department-level learning outcomes (CPL), plus the knowledge, skills, and attitudes formulated by the study program.

  • Faithful, devout, of noble and good character in line with Pancasila values; upholds human rights; responsive to current issues and developments in geography.
  • Develops learning technology to raise public awareness wisely and responsibly.
  • Masters geography learning to become a qualified educator and practitioner of good character.
  • Develops personal potential in education and learning tools, and designs, implements, and evaluates learning innovatively and adaptively in line with global dynamics.
  • Independently develops learning tools based on theoretical concepts of geographic knowledge and skills, using TPACK and HOTS.
  • Thinks spatially and integrates it into education and digital-based learning tools, applying geography holistically and integratively.
  • Analyzes and maps geosphere phenomena in implementing diverse, global, and futuristic data literacy.
  • Applies, develops, and discovers science and technology that benefit society in solving anthroposphere problems procedurally within the scope of work, independently.
  • Thinks across disciplines and masters technological literacy in geography to analyze geosphere phenomena (disaster mitigation, population, remote sensing, GIS, geology, and geomorphology).
  • Evaluates geosphere phenomena as sources of innovative renewable energy, and designs learning materials that foster understanding and awareness of the importance of energy innovation in environmental geography.

Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM)

Students have the right to learn outside the study program for up to three semesters. Courses outside the field of study may be taken for up to 20 credits, and the following non-course activities can be converted into course credit:

Internships and work practice
Research
Integrated community service (KKN)
Independent study
Humanitarian projects
Teaching assistant in schools
Entrepreneurship activities