The Study Program of English Literature (SPEL), Faculty of Cultural Studies (FCS) Universitas Brawijaya (UB), held a progress report to monitor and evaluate the Kampus Merdeka Grant Program through the Zoom platform on Tuesday (12/1/2020) at 1.30 p.m. This event was hosted by Istiqomah Wulandari as the moderator and attended by several lecturers and students from batch 2016 to 2019. The speaker of this evaluation was Isti Purwaningtyas, M.Pd., the Head of the SPEL FCS UB.
The discussions between lecturers and students from various batches revolved around the problems of the study program and interactions related to suggestions and criticism by students and lecturers, such as the output of Journalism courses that can be used as portfolios, discussion topics during thesis writing, or writing literary works for final assignments, plagiarism, and many more.
Furthermore, the speaker also conveyed the introduction of stakeholder needs or skills such as comprehensive language skills, connections, case studies, critical thinking, and introduction to technology related to the learning process. So, the study program feels the need to compile a curriculum that suits the requirement’s standard that is expected to apply at work.
The expected profiles of SPEL graduate students include humanists, intellectuals, creatives, and professionals. The faculty also has a desire to be able to continue sending students to the scope outside FCS UB through exchange programs, internships, and research projects.
Due to the Kampus Merdeka Program, the SPEL planned development prospects include submission of international accreditation (AQAS) in 2021, collaboration in the academic and research fields, and the Brawijaya Literacy Program, which is a promotion of the characteristics of the SPEL for the language and literature literacy movement. To close the event, the moderator held a discussion and also a question-and-answer session. It was ended at 3.30 p.m. [RRS/DTS/MSH/PR FCS]
