Doctoral Program

Of Social Development and Welfare (PSdK)

Profile

Overview

The Doctoral Program of Social Development and Welfare (PSdK) is aimed at producing social development theories that not only respond to discourse at the global level, but also to the characteristics of Indonesia and other developing countries in the context of the global south which have different social, cultural, economic, and political structures from developed countries that have been the reference for social development science. The Doctoral Program of PSdK is designed to develop various social development academic discourse, different social development policies, and to contribute to solving contemporary social issues in order to realize a prosperous community.

The Doctoral Program of PSdK is aimed at academics and practitioners to produce doctors who are projected to (1) have the responsibility to contribute to the development of science by conducting research to produce new theories, (2) become academics or social development practitioners whose presence will have a significant and broad impact on the social development process in Indonesia and the world.

VISION

To be an excellently high quality doctoral education institution in the field of social development and welfare.

MISSION

  • Providing doctoral education based on the philosophy of science, theory and methodology of social development and welfare, with a choice of theoretical and empirical focus at least on community studies or wider society with a focus on empowerment in three things: community development, corporate social responsibility, and social policy;
  • Conducting research activities and scientific publication in the field of social development and welfare which contribute to science and community;
  • Conducting community service to strengthen the practices of social development with orientation towards community independence to achieve welfare;
  • Developing cooperation network with similar education institution, the government, private sectors, and civil society organizations in national and international level;
  • Developing technology-based institutional governance with the implementation of a transparent, accountable, and effective management system to support the implementation of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education properly and with quality.

GOALS

  • Developing research-based science in the field of social development and welfare through Strata-3 education as the continuation of Bachelor’s and Master’s degree;
  • Producing graduates who are able to compete nationally, regionally, and globally in mastering science in the field of social development and welfare;
  • Producing graduates who have competence in research and discovery of new theories on social development and welfare.

Graduate Profiles

The graduates of Doctoral Program of PSdK are projected to be experts in the field of Social Development (Academician or Social Development Expert/SDE). An SDE is an expert focusing as a formulator of new theories in Social Development Science. Furthermore, an SDE will be a policymaker of community development. This includes expert or senior level personnel whose field of work is to create development policies based on community initiatives that supervise field planners and facilitators. They are top managers who are able to coordinate various efforts and activities of both government, corporations, and civil society organizations.

SDE should be able to be a doctoral graduate with responsibility to contribute to the development of science by conducting research to produce new theories; become academics or social development practitioners whose presence will have a significant and broad impact on the social development process in Indonesia and the world.

What will you learn?

Courses

In accordance with the development of the doctoral program at Universitas Gadjah Mada, the Doctoral Program of Social Development and Welfare (PSdK) is a regular path. As one of the prerequisites for graduation, students must write a dissertation and publish their scientific work in reputable national and international journals. The curriculum of the Doctoral Program of PSdK is designed to be completed in 3 years covering five courses that students must take in semesters 1 and 2. It is then followed by research, and dissertation writing and publication in semester 3, 4, and 5. In semester 6, students are expected to conduct a dissertation exam. Details of the courses and number of credit units that must be completed by the students of Doctoral Program of PSdK are as follows:

TOTAL

54 
CoursesCreditSemester

1) Philosophy of Social Science

41

2) Social Research Methodology

41

3) Selected Topics of Social Development and Welfare

41

4) Development Theories

42

5) Welfare Theories

42

6) Dissertation Examination

42

7) Research and Dissertation Writing

43

8) Dissertation

263, 4, 5, 6

Course Description

This course encourages doctoral students to understand the essence of science; what the objects are, how the science is formed, why people need science, how to think about the truth is formed, what kind of thought basis that form knowledge. Therefore, students are encouraged to understand the truth in knowledge. Finally, students are invited to understand not how those theories and methods sound, but why and what the meanings are in the way those science thinking methods are delivered. And those statements are not singular, but plural. It means, there are many different opinions about how to state or question theories and methods (methodology), because the nature of truth in science is not absolute. This course will underlie how methods, or more specifically scientific procedures, are obtained empirically as well as how the process of theory is discovered.

Social Research Methodology course facilitates students to understand and to be able to practice various research reasoning variants and social science research methods.

This course discusses changes in discourse, theory, and development practices, starting from the history of the emergence of development ideas, perspectives on development theories referring to classical economic theory, criticism of economic development, social development theories, and criticism of contemporary social development.

This course discusses the concepts and theories of welfare, as well as welfare regimes development in different countries. Class discussions are directed at conceptual and theoretical debates covering, among others, approaches to utilitarianism, positive subjectivism, social choice, social justice, neo-utilitarianism, and others. With a comprehensive theoretical understanding, students will be able to explain welfare as an output of the social development process in Indonesian and international contexts.

This course is designed to be a place to discuss different social development and welfare issues with theme options that are in line with contemporary issues or students’ research topics. Therefore, students are able to understand, analyze, research, and formulate different contemporary issues related to social development in order to achieve a prosperous community, especially for marginalized communities.


Implementation of dissertation writing.

Dissertation Examination is the final requirement for students to finish their studies in order to earn a doctoral degree. This course is worth 8 credit units.

New Student Admission

Admission Information

The criteria for prospective students refer to the admission standards of the university. This includes:

  1. Minimum education of Master or Strata-2 in the field of social development and welfare, social development, economics, sociology, anthropology, social welfare, politics, public policy, and other relevant social sciences.
  2. Academically, prospective students have a minimum Grade Point Average of 3.00 in their Master’s degree from A-accredited universities or study programs; ≥ 3.25 from B-accredited universities or study programs; and ≥ 3.50 from C-accredited universities or study programs.
  3. Have a minimum Academic Potential Test (Tes Potensi Akademik/TPA) score, Postgraduate Academic Potential Test (PAPs) score of 500, and a minimum TOEFL score of 500.
  4. Attach evidence of scientific work, such as thesis or other publications, with the prospective student as the first author.
  5. Attach a research plan that is oriented towards novelty and solving social problems (5,000-6,000 words).

The Doctoral Program of PSdK Fisipol UGM registration is open once a year. The detail of registration and selection schedule can be found here:

  1. Registration Requirements can be found on this link
  2. Registration Procedure can be found on this link
  3. Selection Schedule can be found on this link
  4. Tuition Fee can be found on this link
  5. Scholarship Information from the Department of PSdK (alumni only) can be found on this link
  6. Information on 3T Regions can be found on this link
  7. Information on New Students Admission Talk Show Open House can be found on this link
  8. The Doctoral Program of PSdK Brochure can be found on this link

For more information about the Doctoral Program, please contact +62-851-5942-0100 or s3psdk.fisipol@ugm.ac.id