Curriculum

The curriculum of Biology education was arranged to provide the graduate’s need of knowledge and skills in teaching and learning education as well as biology science. Therefore, the curriculum generally has 4 main course subjects, as the first-course subject is to support religious ability, character-building education and behavioural sciences; the second-course subject is to support abilities and skills in Biology Education; the third-course subject is to support professional abilities and special skills in Biology Education, and the fourth-course subject is to support entrepreneurship in Biology Education. The specific explanation of the relationship between course subjects and course names in the curriculum can be seen in Table 4.

The students of the Biology Education Program complete their study in 4 years (8 semesters) length of study as the fastest period and 7 years (14 semesters) length of study as the longest period. The courses that they have to complete during the study program are a minimum of 144 credits or equal to 200 ECTS. The course groups include general courses with 15 credits (22.05 ECTS) that are compulsory for all students from the university; basic education courses with 10 credits (14.7 ECTS) as compulsory courses for students who are in the Education program; biology courses with 77 credits (113.19 ECTS); learning courses with 12 credits (17.64 ECTS) to support the students as teachers or educators in biology study program; and elective courses with 30 credits (44.1 ECTS) both in applied biology or professional education courses. The descriptions of course subjects can be seen in Table as follows:

Table 1. Course Groups and Course Weight in Curriculum of Biology Education Study Program

The body of knowledge of the Biology Education Study Programme is presented in the table below.

 

Syllabus

Curriculum Mapping

Structure and Module of Biology Education Study Programme

The structure and course (module) in the Biology Education study program consists of 144-146 credit hours. The compulsory courses of 93 credit hours give general and basic competency for a chemistry bachelor’s degree and 7 credit hours for general pedagogy courses. The elective courses that are offered to the students consist of 4 credits hours in addition to 20 credit hours of MBKM and 14 credit hours of general courses. Elective courses are categorized into two interest groups which are Biology and Pedagogy in Biology. In the Biology Education study program, the curriculum structure has been divided into 4 years of program intentions. First-year of study focuses on basic knowledge of mathematics and natural science, general courses and basic philosophy of education which consist of 41 credits courses. Second-year of study focuses on pedagogy courses, Biology, and pedagogy of Biology which consists of 40 credits courses. The Third-year of study focuses on Biology and Pedagogy of Biology for a total of 41 credits. The Last year of study consists of 24 credits to be passed by students which focus on thesis and elective courses that support the thesis. Each course contributes to PLO in Biology Education. Curriculum mapping of Biology Education study program as Figure below