IPB University’s Agribusiness Department Designs 2020 Curriculum
The Agribusiness Department of the Faculty of Management Economics (FEM) IPB University holds an Academic Education Undergraduate Workshop with the theme "Curriculum Reorientation of the Agribusiness Undergraduate Program" at Swiss-Belhotel Bogor, (1/8). This workshop was held to anticipate future changes in producing graduates who are adaptive to change.
The Dean of FEM IPB University, Dr. Nunung Nuryartono said that to produce graduates who are adaptive to change, curriculum formulas that are relevant to the actual conditions in the field of agribusiness are needed. With the reorientation of this curriculum, Dr. Nunung hopes that there will be curriculum formulations for IPB University's agribusiness undergraduate programs that are superior and in accordance with the needs of all stakeholders.
"Not only preparing curriculum for undergraduate students, but lecturers must also be ready to change better," he said while giving a speech.
Meanwhile, Head of the FEM IPB University Agribusiness Department, Dr. Dwi Rachmina explained that curriculum review is a necessity, because a good curriculum must be adaptive and relevant to stakeholder needs and current and future changes. The curriculum of the IPB University Agribusiness undergraduate program regularly and continuously continues to be evaluated and developed. Until now, the Agribusiness undergraduate education curriculum has been adjusted three times by combining the needs of stakeholders, the vision of IPB University as well as national and international provisions.
"Students must be equipped with skills to be able to enter industry 4.0. Therefore, IPB University has launched IPB 4.0 education which includes Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity. The aim is to produce "powerful-agile learner" through several strategies or policies, one of which is to conduct Curriculum Reorientation which will be realized through the 2020 curriculum or known as the K2020. K2020, besides responding to changes in the industrial era 4.0, must also be a real instrument in achieving the vision of IPB 2045 to become a technosocio entrepreneurial university," she added.
According to her, the K2020 curriculum provides space or flexibility for students to develop themselves and insight. In addition, K2020 also provides space for lecturers to apply creative learning methods and apply more varied learning achievement assessments according to the Learning Outcomes Program.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Sub-Directorate of Learning Development at the Directorate of Program Development and Educational Technology, Dr. Yulin Lestari, in his direction said that curriculum suitability was not arbitrarily following the trends, but also needed to choose the appropriate scientific or curriculum needs. Reorientation of the curriculum must align the educational process offered by IPB University to the dynamics of changes and demands of the era.
Present as speakers were M. Setiawan Kusmulyono from Prasetya Mulya University, Dr. Iwan Setiawan, Chair of the Padjadjaran University Bachelor of Agribusiness Study Program, Hendra Etri Gunawan, Bukalapak Learning Manager and Chair of the FEM IPB University Alumni Association and Dr. Eko Heri Purnomo as Education Commission of the Department of Science and Technology Food (ITP) Fateta IPB University. (RYS)
