How The Curriculum and Activities Designed at IPC UII

It is necessary to develop academic skills to provide an initial overview for UII Communication students, especially international class students at the International Program of Communication (IPC) at the Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII). The IPC UII program manager is holding a Welcoming Day Seminar with this year’s name, Academic and Skill Study. Creative and Adaptive Youth is the theme chosen for this year’s Welcoming Day event. This event was held on November 10, 2022. 

There were three materials presented on this occasion. Ida Nuraini Dewi Kodrat Ningsih, secretary of IP Communication UII, spoke and introduced IPC since its establishment in 2018. Then Masduki, a Communication Regulation research cluster specialist, shared about academic writing techniques. Then Herman Felani became the facilitator with his presentation theme University Life Adaptation. The three UII Communication Lecturers are experts in the International Program of Communication.

At this event, Ida further conveyed the learning curriculum design at IPC UII. Ida explained that IPC UII has four major areas of interest which are of great interest to students based on the latest survey. The four areas of interest are Public Relations, Journalism, Media Studies, and Creative Media. Each of them has several courses that must be followed and several courses that are chosen according to student interests.

The total credit that students must exceed is 144 credits (credits) which, after calculation, normally takes eight semesters or four years of the study period. Each semester, students will complete 20-24 credits. In 1 course, there will be 2 to 3 credits, which means that in 1-semester, students will complete 6 to 8 classes.

Then how is the course passed? Ida explained that Students would carry out UII learning at IPC with an emphasis on active student participation. “So there will be lots of discussions and active participation of students in the lecture process,” explained Ida.

What are the Skill development activities?

Students’ development of student abilities and skills is the activity most in demand. Apart from providing a laboratory to facilitate student skill development, IPC also organizes academic and soft skill development activities. Some of what has been carried out include the English Skill Development program, International Internship, International Program Activities, Future Global carrier, and capacity building program. In addition, academic activities are also often carried out regularly. For example, the Annual Workshop on Globalization, a talk show entitled Teatime: an afternoon sharing with IPC UII, and Passage to ASEAN.