The Master Program of Social Development and Welfare (PSdK) in Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) is an excellent program which offers a multidisciplinary approach to understand and overcome social development and welfare challenges in Indonesia and the world. This program offers various curricula, supported by high-quality faculties and high-end research facilities. The excellence of Master Program of PSdK of UGM includes analytical skill development, leadership skill development, and a vast professional network that can be a foundation for graduates to offer significant contribution in facing the complex social and welfare problems in society, directly or indirectly.
The establishment of the Master Program of Social Development and Welfare (PSdK) in 2010 is based on Decree of UGM Rector No. 474/P/SK/HT/2009. Currently, the Master Program of PSdK earned the excellent accreditation until 2026. The graduates of this study program will earn the degree of Master of Arts (M.A.)
To be an education institution that creates a competent, critical, and creative academic community with high quality in the social development field at national and international level.
No | Lecturer | Expertise |
|---|---|---|
1 | Agus Joko Pitoyo, Dr., S.Si., M.A. | Labour Migration, Population Studies |
2 | Bahruddin, S.Sos., M.Sc., Ph.D. | Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) |
3 | Bambang Hudayana, Prof., Dr., M.A. | Anthropology of Development |
4 | Ely Susanto, S.IP., M.B.A., Ph.D. | CSR and Ethics, Social Dimension of Corporate Business |
5 | Hempri Suyatna, Dr., S.Sos., M.Si. | People’s Economy, Community Empowerment, Social Movement |
6 | Hendrie Adji Kusworo, Drs., M.Sc., Ph.D. | Institutional Enterpreneurship, Community Based Tourism, Tourism |
7 | Janianton Damanik, Prof., Dr-Phil., M.Si. | Community Based Development, Capacity of Community Based Planning, Empowerment of Community Capacity and Livelihood |
8 | Krisdyatmiko, Dr., S.Sos., M.Si. | Marginal Community Empowerment, CSR for Empowerment, Policy Advocacy |
9 | M. Najib Azca, M.A., Ph.D. | Peace Studies; Social Conflict, Conflict Resolution and Development; Social Movement and Development |
10 | Milda L. Pinem, S.Sos., M.A., Ph.D. | Gender and Marginal Community, Cultural Based Welfare, Epistemology and Theories of Feminism, Ethnography |
11 | Nurhadi, S.Sos., M.Si., Ph.D. | Social Policy, Child and Family Policy, Poverty, International Development |
12 | S. Djuni Prihatin, Dr., M.Si. | Community Organizing |
13 | Suharko, Prof., Dr., S.Sos., M.Si. | Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation, and Social Impact Assessment |
14 | Susetiawan, Prof. Dr., S.U. | Sociology of Development, Conflict Resolution, Rural Development, Industrial Relation |
15 | Suzanna Edyono, M.Si., M.A., Ph.D. | Nationalism and Social Development, Cultural Politics of Development, Gender and Development |
16 | Tri Winarni SP., Dr. S.U. | Social Service |
Master Program of PSdK develops three specializations. Students are directed to focus on the social development efforts, especially empowerment of marginalized groups through one of the three empowerment processes, namely community empowerment, social policy, and corporate social responsibility. To finish their study, students must complete at least 45 credit units in 18 months. These three specializations have different course packages.
This specialization is designed for knowledge and skills development in research focusing on community empowerment issues. The curriculum of this specialization includes the mastery of knowledge and skills in facilitating/leading/organizing the community/society, as well as designing, implementing, and monitoring/evaluating community empowerment programs.
This specialization is designed for mastery in knowledge and skills in social policy fields, especially as developed in the Social Policy and Development (SPD) and Future Work (FW) course. Both courses are organized as a joint course between the Master Program in PSdK FISIPOL UGM and University of Melbourne.
This specialization offers courses that include theories and practices of the implementation of corporate social responsibility. In the first and second semester, students participate in learning activities about the reality of social issues, concepts, theories, and paradigms in the field of social development and welfare, along with courses focusing on CSR issues.
There are 8 compulsory courses for students in all specializations. The eight courses are as follows:
This course discusses the topic of social change in simple (traditional) society all the way to very complex (modern) society. It also shows the development in a linear manner but with a different point of view from different experts. The theory of social change will continue to develop as long as humans exist. Developments are also getting increasingly sophisticated, marked by technological updates that also mark multidimensional changes (economic, political, social, and cultural). The topics discussed in this course include modern society, causes of social change, the industrial revolution, and the development of capitalism, welfare arrangements in political economic theory, globalization, and development in developing countries.
This course discusses the positivistic approach as a more appropriate method to reveal and understand the reality of the social world. The logic of testing and proving scientific truth is based on quantitative data obtained through surveys. Students are invited to learn to understand how quantitative research works and its processes, starting from identifying and formulating problems, constructing and designing theories, hypotheses, variables, sampling techniques, compiling questionnaires, measuring techniques and scales, validity and reliability. The characteristics of quantitative research is strengthened by the use of inferential statistical data analysis methods (bivariate and multivariate) and regression analysis using SPSS+ software. To complete it, the method of writing reports is also discussed so that students are able to write narrative findings systematically and clearly.
Qualitative Research Methods is a course specifically designed for postgraduate students who focus on the field of social development. In approximately 14 meetings, this course explores various paradigms, theories, and practices in qualitative research that aims to equip students with the skills needed to design and conduct effective and ethical qualitative studies. The course begins with a general introduction to qualitative research, including its history, underlying philosophy, and differences and similarities with quantitative research methods. Students will learn how qualitative research can provide in-depth understanding of the context and experiences of groups and individuals in relation with social development issues. Topics to be discussed include planning research designs, formulating research questions, selecting and using types of qualitative data collection methods, such as in-depth interviews, participant observation, focus group discussions, document analysis, and research ethics. Furthermore, this course will also explore qualitative data analysis and interpretation techniques. Students will be trained to identify patterns, themes, and descriptions and narratives in research data, as well as how to present research findings effectively. In the context of social development, this course places a special emphasis on how qualitative methods can be used to understand the complexity of social issues related to poverty, empowerment, well-being and social policy, particularly in the context of Indonesia and other countries in the South as well as other countries. Students will be encouraged to be critical of the role of researchers in society, particularly in the context of power, ethics, and social responsibility. As part of the assessment, students are expected to design a qualitative research design related to a topic in social development. They will have the opportunity to develop and refine their research ideas through class discussions, feedback sessions from lecturers, and where possible peer review and class presentations. This course is very suitable for students who want to develop a career in the field of social development, whether related to government, NGOs, the corporate sector, social researchers, or even entrepreneurship. By completing this course or class, students are expected to not only have a deep understanding of qualitative research methods, but also the skills needed to solve complex and dynamic social problems.
This course begins with an introduction to the basic concepts of social issues, the definition and understanding of social issues in various cultural and geographic contexts. Students will study challenges that arise from social issues in Indonesia and other countries, such as poverty, unemployment, socio-economic inequality, discrimination based on race, gender, and sexual identity, and limited access to education and health services. This course also explores the structural and individual factors that contribute to the emergence of social problems. It also includes an analysis of how institutions and even formal policies can both support and burden vulnerable populations or marginalized groups. In addition, the role of media, technology, and globalization in shaping perceptions and reactions to social problems is also an important topic. Furthermore, the aim of this course is to develop students’ critical and analytical skills in dealing with social problems. Various interdisciplinary approaches will be used to help students connect theories with real practices. Various methods, including case studies, policy analysis, and simulations, are used to strengthen the understanding of the complexity and interconnectedness of social issues with other development sectors, such as economics, politics, and environment. This course is suitable for those who want to develop a career and activity in fields related to the government, NGOs, business, and research.
This course discusses the basic framework of development theory, issues, and development problems that arise in developing countries. Development theory covers various debates that evoke criticism that becomes an alternative basis for finding solutions to the failure of development. This course will also more specifically explore the mainstream of social development that has been discussed in academic debates in line with the failure of previously developed development theories to improve the welfare of society at large. In general, the course of development theories includes discussing classical to neo-classical approaches and criticisms towards theories that are widely implemented in various developing countries, which have turned out to cause many problems, not only humanitarian problems (poverty) but also environmental damage that occur in various parts of the world.
This course will prepare students with academic skills that include research issue identification based on scientific information, context reflection, and scientific text content reflection. The output of this course is a draft of a proposal thesis. In the writing process of the proposal, the students have the opportunity of learning and getting guidance to build a critical thinking approach to read and write for research purposes. Furthermore, the learning substance also aims to improve the skills needed to elaborate research ideas systematically following the study being researched. The development of technology, especially AI, is also a part that must be addressed properly. AI provides opportunities to develop knowledge, but it is prone to improper use and plagiarism. Building awareness and good writing skills to avoid plagiarism is one of the objectives of this course.
This course offers knowledge and skills to students in understanding, interpreting, and explaining the social reality and phenomenon useful in the development of programs that are economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable. This course will discuss various themes, including the concept of social analysis (elements and principles of social analysis), analysis framework (urgency of social analysis in the program), stages of social analysis, formulation of social indicators, SWOT analysis techniques, social analysis techniques: stakeholder analysis, social maps, Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA), priority needs/preference ranking techniques, network planning, and ZOPP.
Thesis is one of the requirements for students to finish their study and earn a Master’s degree. The thesis in question is included in the conventional format (according to the 2022 Fisipol academic guidelines).
There are 4 courses designed for students who choose the Community Empowerment (CE) specialization, which are:
Poverty is a social problem that needs continuous attention because poor and marginalized groups have always existed in the history of social development. The shapes and roots of poverty basically consist of 3 aspects: economic, cultural and structural. Various programs with various approaches have been implemented, but have not been effective in solving poverty problems because they are implemented partially. Empowerment as one of approaches to solve poverty, offers a comprehensive approach which starts from the structural and cultural aspect to solve the economic gap. Empowerment includes capacity and institutional building and bargaining position strengthening towards the structure that keeps the people poor. In order to strengthen and deepen the conceptual and theoretical understanding, material and class discussion will be around the topic of anti-poverty policies and programs, done by the government, private sectors, and civil society organizations.
The course State, Market, and Social Welfare presents the development of capitalism and the role of the state and market in constructing community welfare. The historical aspect in the development of capitalism up to modern capitalism will be presented in this course. An important part to be delivered is how democracy in a political system of a country gives control to the role of the state and market in the development of capitalism. This course will be closed with alternative thoughts on a better construction of community welfare compared to the construction of capitalism in developing countries. This course discusses the connections between state, market, and welfare, welfare in liberal and communitarianism perspective, welfare state, mixed economy, dual economy, to different discourse related to politics and development analysis in the business world and the approaches taken.
This course discusses different cases related to social issues as a form of social reality. Understanding these things can increase sensitivity and ability to understand various forms of social problems that can increase students’ knowledge and can be a reference for problem-solving efforts through social development in order to create a more prosperous society. In addition to requiring theoretical provisions, sensitivity, and the ability to understand problems in society, students also need empirical knowledge and experience. Therefore, this course discusses deeply various themes of actual problems in society critically and proportionally by inviting informants who are competent in their fields, both from theoreticians and practitioners. This course discusses the elderly, issues of child welfare, social information systems, employment, MSMEs, social welfare, health and environmental hygiene, village autonomy policies, and MSME development for the empowerment of marginalized groups.
Community Organization and Social Development course discusses concepts, definitions, and roles of community organizations in developing communities. In this course, community organizations are seen as interaction arenas with the government and companies. Tension and synergy between community organizations and other actors in social development are inevitable. In this course, students are not only facilitated to understand conceptually, but also equipped with analytical tools to analyze community organizations, and develop them to become agents to achieve social development goals. This course discusses topics related to typology of community organizations, such as faith-based organizations, non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, state-based initiatives, commodity-based organizations, and theoretical reflections on the role of community organizations in social development. Furthermore, it also discusses community organization from the perspective of institutionalism, institution analysis practices, collaborative community organization development, scaling up of organizational capacity: network, human resources, social capital, social skills, to resiliency and sustainability.
There are 4 courses designed for students who choose the Social Policy (SP) specialization, which are:
Classes are conducted in English. The activities are face-to-face lessons in the classroom, discussions, and field visits. This course discusses the interconnectedness between social policy and development, including economic development in developing countries, with the main focus of Indonesia. This course focuses on the roles played by the countries, markets, and communities in Indonesia and other countries in Asia Pacific to respond to different issues, such as poverty and welfare, unemployment, youth groups, health, economy, disaster effects, and women’s economic social position. Those discussions underline social policy in economic development. Using a case study approach, this course examines how low- and middle-income countries such as Indonesia attempt to design changes through social policies, such as: policy formulation, implementation and accountability, public sector and community leadership, bottom-up innovation, impact of international investment at the local level, impact of international aid and NGOs.
Classes are conducted in English. The activities are face-to-face lessons in the classroom, discussions, and field visits. Themes discussed in the classrooms are, among others: employment, digital economy, poverty, and social security. This course discusses fundamental issues around the concept and origin of work, the meaning of work, work market institution, and regulations in Australia in the context of comparative study. Students are encouraged to refer to a series of classic and contemporary theories of sociology and economy to understand social changes that are happening while underlining organization and institution structures in comparative perspective. Through active discussion in classes, quizzes, and exercises, students will learn how to understand work market theory and critically assess work empirically.
This course discusses the concept of social security, social security policy instruments, and the targets of social security. The main topics of social security concept material are, among others: (1) Introduction; (2) Social Security Concept; (3) Social Security System Design: Financing, Targeting, Actors, Approaches; (4) Policy Coordination: Harmonization, Coordination, Graduation; (5) Adaptive Social Security. The main topics of Social Security Policy Instruments are: (1) Social Assistance; (2) Health Social Insurance; (3) Employment Insurance; (4) Work Market Policy; (5) Local Social Security. The main topics of Social Security Targets are, among others: (1) Covid-19 & Social Security; (2) Social Security in Informal Sectors; (3) Social Security for Women and Children; (4) Social Security for the Disabled and Elderly.
Social development comparison discusses the reasons and explanations of definitions and practices of social development in different countries. By using comparative analysis, students are encouraged to analyze development issues in two or more different contexts. This course expects a lot of active participation from students in the classroom to sharpen the understanding of the main material given. In detail, this course discusses social development, its theories and practices; the significance of comparative methodology in the analysis of social development; comparison of development at national and sub-national scales, development issues in various contexts: local, national, and regional; development issues in various contexts: Covid-19 and gender in development in various contexts; sustainable development in various context; country and development in various context, globalization, neoliberal, and development crisis in various context; development comparison cases in several national contexts; sub-national development comparison; and pro-people development models.
There are 4 courses designed for students who choose the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) specialization, which are:
Corporation Business Social Dimension course is a CSR specialized course in PSdK Master Program. This course focuses on social aspects as one of the pillars in the triple bottom line. This course also discusses further the social effects of corporate activities, NGO market players, business ethics, Social Impact Assessment (SIA), corporate culture, business and beliefs and consumer’s protection, business and human rights, and CSR management cooperation.
Theories on CSR course is a CSR specialized course in PSdK Master Program. This course discusses various theoretical explanations of Corporate Social Responsibility as a social fact. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a social fact in business practice. Local to multinational companies apply CSR following their interest and capacity. This empiricism attracts many experts to explain the CSR phenomenon according to their disciplinary background. This course discusses the basic concepts of CSR, CSR philosophy, Marxist perspectives on CSR, Critical Social Theory on CSR, Legal, economic, and institutional perspectives on CSR, stakeholder theory in CSR, identification of CSR programs, and criticism of its theory and practice.
In recent developments, discourse on CSR management or governance has become an interesting study for academics and practitioners. The debate has developed on how CSR is managed for business interests and stakeholder interests, including community interests. In line with the development of CSR carried out by the business sector both in developed and developing countries that are full of interests as mentioned above, CSR management is an interesting study in understanding how CSR is managed to bring together various interests. CSR management will explain how CSR is managed properly so that it can provide increasingly real contributions, not just slogans and branding for companies but CSR programs that are implemented based on certain standards so as not to deviate from the community development plan in each country. Therefore, CSR must be implemented in accordance with certain standards in order to be beneficial to the community and in line with government policies in development. Ideally, CSR programs should bring benefits to all stakeholders and be in line with the goals and interests of the company. This course discusses the concept, strategy, global framework, CSR global standard, CSR, concept and strategy, stakeholder management, leadership, building CSR Standards Operating Procedures (SOP), to various management project, such as implementation and guidance, monitoring and evaluation, exit strategy, and CSR program sustainability.
Community Organization is a collective strategy or effort by utilizing all potential resources, abilities, and skills in order to reach collective goals. This strategy is generally carried out by civil society organizations that are self-reliant in optimizing their potential by organizing themselves to carry out collective movements to meet the needs of citizens. This community self-reliance is relevant to be adopted by companies in implementing programs as a manifestation of their social responsibility (CSR), so that the types, processes, and outputs of CSR programs are able to build community independence and empowerment. This course discusses theories of social movements and community organizing, old social movement theories, new social movement theories and community empowerment, community development and community empowerments, community organizing and corporate social responsibility, community organizers, their roles and competencies, principles, models and approaches in community organizing, network/partnership development, processes and stages of community organizing, sources, potentials, and needs of the community and experiences of community organizing.
There are 4 elective courses for students in all specializations. The four courses are as follows:
Institutional and Social Entrepreneurship course offers understanding on Institutional Entrepreneurship as a concept and approach to explain the existence of social institutions and social entrepreneurship (the roles) and their possible use in expediting social changes through social developments. Through this course, students are expected to be able to solve social and environmental issues using the basis of social entrepreneurship. This course discusses the concept, urgency, and characteristics of social entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship practices in Indonesia and abroad, innovation in social entrepreneurship, the function of sustainable capital and the social impact of social entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship business plans, perspectives on institutions, institutional development and innovation, business for social development and CSR, and entrepreneurial leadership.
This course discusses how community empowerment organized by companies contributes to social development. Company roles in community empowerment are bigger in the perspective of the triple bottom line. In this perspective, a company is responsible to bring values not only to shareholders, but also to stakeholders, and one of them is the people or community. Various global certification or rating institutes have adopted community empowerment as an indicator in company performance assessment. To frame the discussion of the role of companies in community empowerment, this course discusses the global demands for corporate participation in empowerment. After that, the discussion continues on corporate governance and capacity in carrying out empowerment. Best practices of corporate-sponsored empowerment programs in various sectors will also be the main topic of this course. Finally, this course also critically elaborates (critical approach) the roles of business sector in empowerment for social development.
This course presents a critical approach to understand gender issues in communities, especially in relation with development discourse. That critical approach includes empowerment demands that will reveal powerless issues and situations, inequality, and oppression that are present because of someone’s gender. This course offers analyses and solutions for gender issues by combining and applying various theories so that students are able to discuss and explain gender and power theories, feminist movements, feminist methodology, gender analysis, and advocating for gender justice. Furthermore, students are expected to be able to communicate the use of theories and gender and empowerment analyses in class seminar.
Conflict is inevitable in a society. Here, conflict means incompatibility between some social actors in relation to one or some of these factors: interest, values, resources, or power. If managed well, conflict can be a constructive and productive source of dynamics in social life; become energy of transformation and social renewal. However, if not managed properly, conflict can transform into violence; also known as violent conflict. The main key of conflict management is good conflict management to prevent the conflict turning into violence. Management conflict has several steps, they are: conflict prevention, conflict resolution, and conflict transformation. Steps are taken in latent conflict state to prevent conflict in the community from turning into violent conflict or manifest conflict. However, if violent conflict has already happened, another effort is needed, namely conflict resolution (a series of efforts to stop violence and solve issues that cause the conflict). Meanwhile, conflict transformation is a long-term effort to eliminate conflict. It can be done by eliminating political-economy-social factors that become the root causes of conflict as an effort to build peace. This course will specifically discuss conflict resolution: emphasizing conflict mapping learning as a conflict analysis tool in conflict resolution, as well as the skills and abilities needed to carry out conflict resolution such as negotiation and mediation. This course discusses the understanding of concepts: conflict, violence, peace and development, Theory of conflict: types, dynamics and factors causing conflict, methods of conflict analysis and mapping, principles and methods of conflict management, early warning system (EWS), Mediation and negotiation techniques & practices, and Development and peace building.
The graduation requirements can be seen at the following link.
Prodi Magister PSdK provides grants to master students who present their papers in conferences that have proceedings publications indexed internationally (Scopus), nationally (SINTA), or proceedings with ISBN. Students who submit are the first presenters and include their affiliation with the UGM PSdK Fisipol Master Program. The proposed work is a writing on the theme of social development and welfare. The grant is in the form of registration fee assistance. Details of student conference grants can contact email s2psdk.fisipol@ugm.ac.id. Submission of Conference Publication Grants can be accessed at the following link ugm.id/hibahkonferensiS2PSdK2023
Prodi Magister PSdK provides grants to master students who present their papers in conferences that have proceedings publications indexed internationally (Scopus), nationally (SINTA), or proceedings with ISBN. Students who submit are the first presenters and include their affiliation with the UGM PSdK Fisipol Master Program. The proposed work is a writing on the theme of social development and welfare. The grant is in the form of registration fee assistance. Details of student conference grants can contact email s2psdk.fisipol@ugm.ac.id. Submission of Conference Publication Grants can be accessed at the following link ugm.id/hibahkonferensiS2PSdK2023
Fisipol UGM research grants are given to master’s students who are in the process of final project research (thesis). This grant is also given to lecturers in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM. Grants also include dissemination activities in the form of presentations, reviews, research discussions and publications. Further information can be accessed on the Fisipol UGM Research Grants website https://hibahriset.fisipol.ugm.ac.id
The Master of PSdK Study Program invites guest lecturers with a background of experience as practitioners, scientists, and community activists / activists who are active nationally and internationally. They have expertise in accordance with the theme of class discussions. Information about guest lecturers can be accessed at the following link.
The department also organizes public lectures that present national and international speakers. In addition to those organized by the department, Master of PSdK students also have access to other public lectures organized by the Faculty of Isipol and UGM.
The PSdK Master Study Program has held symposium activities since 2021 and will be held regularly every year. This symposium activity is at least filled by PSdK lecturers and PSdK Masters students who are conducting research and inviting national and international keynote speakers. Information about the 2021 PSdK Master Symposium can be accessed at the following link. Information about the Master of PSdK Symposium in 2022 can be accessed at the following link. Information about the 2023 PSdK Master Symposium can be accessed at the following link.
The student development workshop consists of five activities as follows. First, Pre-Academic to prepare new students for the lectures they will take. The Master of PSdK study program organizes pre-academic workshops that discuss the history of the development of development studies in general and social development and welfare in particular, the skills of conducting literature reviews, and technical information regarding the teaching and learning process at Master of PSdK. Second, the Qualitative Data Analysis Workshop as an effort to improve the ability and research skills of master PSdK students so that they are able to analyze qualitative data. Third, Quantitative Data Analysis Workshop to encourage the improvement of the ability and research skills of students to analyze quantitative data. Fourth, Big Data Workshop to enable students to do big data analytics in their research. Fifth, Collaboration and Leadership Workshop for students who have graduated or in the final stage of writing their thesis. This is to prepare students to enter the workforce and continue their education to the doctoral level. Information about the Student Development Workshop can be accessed through the following link.
The department also organizes monthly discussions with various discussion themes related to social development and welfare. SODET presents practitioners, academics, and activists who are experienced in their fields. Information about Social Development Talk can be accessed through the following link.
Public hearing is a means to capture student opinions in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning, research, service, and services of the PSdK Master Study Program, as well as to build a democratic climate in the academic environment. Through this public hearing, students and lecturers can express their complaints during one year of the learning process, then jointly discuss to solve these problems. This activity is routinely carried out every year. In 2021, the problem topics highlighted were the thesis completion process and the obstacles experienced during online lectures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The solutions obtained include:
(1) academic guidebooks, final project writing guidelines, and PSdK introductory books need to be made;
(2) learning modifications need to be made that can encourage student activeness and maximize appropriate and efficient learning;
(3) follow-up on student development needs outside of lectures through special courses;
(4) the formation of an association or organization that accommodates discussion space with students.
Then in 2022, the problems discussed were about the need for a counseling room for students and supporting activities for students to develop their abilities. The solutions given to overcome these problems include:
(1) students can utilize the counseling services of CDC Fisipol;
(2) students can participate in research organized by the Social Development Center (SODEC) to develop their abilities, besides that students can be involved in various grant activities, conferences, discussions, webinars organized by UGM and other institutions.
The Master of PSdK Study Program also provides opportunities for students in the form of facilitating internship activities related to or independent of the thesis writing process. The internship program can be carried out with agencies or companies that partner with the PSdK Department, either through SODEC or other institutions that have been approved by the supervisor. Students can also do internships at other agencies of their choice, but still coordinate with the PSdK Master Program.
Communication with alumni of Master of PSdK is carried out continuously, mainly through alumni meetings every year as well as discussions (SODET and guest lecturers) and other informal interactions. Alumni contribute importantly to curriculum development and important information of the Master of PSdK Study Program. Regarding the testimonials of alumni of the Master of PSdK Study Program can be accessed at the following link.
Every year, Fisipol/UGM organizes a tracer study which includes collecting information from alumni and users. This information also helps to improve the teaching and learning process within the Master of PSdK Study Program so that graduates are in accordance with KKNI standards, CPL, and the job market.
The Master of PSdK Study Program also completes the tracer study by conducting an exit survey as can be seen in the following link.
Student admission is carried out once a year. Registration is open for two batches or following the policy from the university. The details of registration and selection schedule can be found here..
For more information about the Master’s Program, please contact +62-851-5942-0100 or s2psdk.fisipol@ugm.ac.id
