DEVELOPING THE LAW CURRICULUM IN UGM TOWARDS GRADUATES QUALITY’S ENHANCEMENT
By: Dahliana Hasan, Ph.D.
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
LEGAL, PHILOSOPHY, HISTORICAL &
SOCIOLOGY BASIS
NEED ANALYSIS (MARKET
SIGNAL) UNIVERSITY-FACULTY
VISION & MISION (SCIENTIFIC VISION)
Law on Higher Education
Regulation on National Standard of Higher Education
Regulation on Indonesia’s National Qualification
Framework
Educational philosophy is articulated within University-Faculty vision
& mission
Stakeholders Feedback
Tracer Study
CURRICULUM OF LAW FACULTY UGM
VISION:
The world-class Faculty of Law which is competitive, innovative, subservient for the nation interest and humanity, spirited by Pancasila-based national and cultural values.
MISSION:
1. Conducting a higher education of law at international standard and continuously developing legal knowledge 2. Conducting legal research
which benefit society
3. Carrying out community service to enhance knowledge and legal awareness of society 4. Establishing mutual
collaboration with national and international institutions.
VISION & MISSION STUDY PROGRAM (e.g. BACHELOR OF LAWS):
To produce law undergraduates that possess enhanced knowledge on legal science, able to anticipate changes
and think
comprehensively as well as being responsive to changes within society.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOME,inter-alia:
Able to understand, internalize and implement religious and Pancasila values and to uphold ethical responsibilities of the legal profession as well as to carry themselves with integrity in society
Able to comprehensively and responsibly apply and
implement legal
knowledge based on justice through research and analysis to solve current and developing legal issues both national and international in scope
THE EVALUTION CYCLE OF LAW FACULTY’S CURRICULUM
organizing curriculum workshop once a
year to get feedback from
stakeholders
Tracer study report Five year
curriculum review
Feedback from stakeholders:
Delivering too many legal theories to its students;
Lacking of actual practice of law;
Learning methods based on teacher centered learning (TCL);
Need more skilled graduates to suit with legal issues in workplace
UPDATING CURRICULUM IN 2015
ENHANCING LAW’S FACULTY CURRICULUM IN 2015
CURRICULUM
3 (THREE) OF ELECTIVE LEGAL SKILLS COURSES
ETHICS FOR LEGAL PROFESSION &
ANTI- CORRUPTION
COURSE
INTERNSHIP LEARNING
APPROACH:
STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING (PROBLEM-BASED
OR CASE-BASED STUDY)
SUPPORTING SYSTEM
CURRICULUM BENCHMARKING
INFRASTRUCTURE
QUALIFIED STAFF
UPDATED MATERIALS
BUDGET POLICY
CO & EXTRA CURRICULAR
SOCIETAL &
INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE
TRACER STUDY IN 2018
Objective:
to evaluate the impact of legal education programs which include improving curriculum, improving the quality of support service and to better matching the supply of competencies and skills with the demand of job market.
Respondents: 483 law graduates who have finished their educations from 2013 to 2017
Graduation periods Number of alumni
Nov-13 25
Feb-14 32
May-14 30
Aug-14 28
Nov-15 16
Feb-16 45
May-16 41
Aug-16 54
Nov-16 37
Feb-17 48
May-17 50
Aug-17 77
Total 483
TRACER STUDY 2018: CURRICULUM DESIGN &
TEACHING-LEARNING METHOD
87%
13%
Satisfaction with curriculum design
Ya Tidak
Reasons for answering ‘No’, inter-alia:
Lacking of interdisciplinary courses
More classes should be taught by legal practitioners.
86%
14%
Satisfation with Teaching-Learning
Method
Ya Tidak
Reasons for answering ‘No’, inter-alia:
Some classes have been taught by one way system
Need more case-based study
TRACER STUDY 2018: RELEVANCE COURSES WITH WORKPLACE NEEDS
61%
39%
RELEVANCE COURSES WITH THE WORKPLACE NEEDS
Relevan Kurang Relevan
