Undergraduate Program (Old)

Educational program

Faculty of Animal Science UGM offers an undergraduate program in Animal Science and Industry. The Faculty designs educational programs adapting to a new paradigm of education, namely, student learning and is not focused more on faculty teaching.  In addition, we also attempt to improve current research result-based learning. Herewith, we expect that graduates will master scientific sciences and technologies so that they are able to think, act and behave well as scientists, apply the technology, knowledge, and skill into productive activities and dedication to society, and follow the global progress of sciences and technology.

After completing the educational program in the Faculty of Animal Science UGM and meeting all requirements, graduates are given title as Bachelor of Animal Science or Sarjana Peternakan (abbreviated as S.Pt.).

Educational Activities

Planning, organization, and implementation of educational programs accept semester credits unit (SKS) as an indicator of education assessment, especially concerning student’s study load such as lecture, practical class, field practical fieldwork, seminar, etc.

Semester Credits Point

1. Semester credits point for lectures activity

For students; one credit (SKS) for students consists of three kinds of integrated activities such as:

• 50 minutes for face-to-face meetings with lecturers and the lecturer will schedule the face-to-face meeting.
• 60 minutes for structured activities: lecturers may not schedule the activity but will plan it.
• 60 minutes for independent academic activities: an activity that is independently organized by the students.

For lecturers, one credit consists of three kinds of integrated activities such as:

• 50 minutes for face-to-face meetings scheduled with students.
• 60 minutes for planning and evaluation of structured academic activities, and
• 60 minutes for developing lecture materials.

2. Semester credits points for seminar activity

To organize a seminar, students must give a presentation to a forum, so that one credit is equivalent to lectures activity.

• Semester credits point for practical classes, field works, and researches for undergraduate thesis.

One credit is equal to finishing of activities for a period from four to five hours per week for a semester or 64-85 hours per semester.

• Semester credit points for laboratory practice

One credit is an assignment in the laboratory for a period ranging from 2 to 3 hours per week during a semester.

• Semester credit points for practical fieldwork

One credit is an assignment in the field/company/farms for a period ranging from 4 to 5 hours per week during a semester.

• Semester credit points for researches for undergraduate thesis.

One credit is the research project for a period ranging from 3 to 4 hours per day during a month, while a month is assumed as equal to 25 working days.

Study Load in one Semester

The study load taken by the student in a semester must not be the same as the study load taken by other students. The quantity of study load of the students depends on their own competency and grade point achievement in the previous semester (except for students of semesters I and II, they determine the package study load).

Registration of Students

There are two systems of student registrations: registration of new student and re-registration of the old student. The university determines procedures and requirements for registrations of new and old students. Students who have registered have the rights to follow all academic activities complying with their study plans.

Students who do not re-register without applying for study leave get a notification (three consecutive times in the semester). If they do not respond to the notification, they mean to resign as students of the Faculty of Animal Science UGM.

Academic Counselling and Study Plan of Student

Before doing study activities, students must apply for a study plan in each initial semester. They fill the study plan form via an academic portal for applying for study plan in a specified period, after students have met all requirements. In applying for the study plan, students must consult with their academic advisors to get approval.

If students are late to fill the study plan form from a specified time, they will loss academic rights in the semester period.

Academic Advisor (DPA) has responsibilities to:

• Give quality academic counseling.
• Motivate their students to be quality and successful learners.
• Lead their students to make planning, intelligent in the process of learning in UGM, so that they are able to graduate complying with specified programs and competency.
• Help their students possess the competency to internalize glorious values of UGM (Universitas Gadjah Mada).
• Help their students develop intellectual character commendably.
• Motivate their students to become graduates who always adapt to sciences and technology progress.

Requirements to apply for a study plan/fill study plan form :

• Students fill the study plan form in Academic Portal online (via a computer connected to the internet).
• Pursuant to a specified time, students take the print out of KRS (Study Plan Card) in the Academic and Student Division.
• Print out of KRS is copied in two duplicates; furthermore, they come to academic advisors to have the copies approved.
• If the academic advisor is still absent in a time of KRS approval, the head of Laboratory of academic advisor approves the relevant copies (i)
• If the point (i) fails, the Head of the Department of relevant Laboratory approves it (ii)
• If the point (ii) fails, the Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs approves it.
• Approved KRS is submitted to Academic and Student Division (original), Academic advisor (duplicate), student (duplicate); after that, they get proof of admission from Academic and Student Division.
• If students do not submit the approved KRS to the Academic and Student Division, the concerned students do not get registration as active students to follow academic activities in the semester.
• Students have the chance to change KRS at no later than 2 (two) weeks after the lecture starts.
• They have the chance to cancel KRS no later than the fourth week after the lecture starts.
• Students must get approval from the Academic advisors to change and cancel their KRS.

Lecture and Practical classes

Students must follow educational activities such as lectures, practical classes, and other activities complying with a study plan and schedule specified based on valid conditions. Minimally there are lectures for 4 weeks in one semester. Students must fill the attendance list of each given lecture, and they must follow minimally 75% lecture attendance of total given lectures.

If students cannot follow lectures with specified minimal attendances, they may not follow examination for any reason, except they are sick, their close family member dies, or they are serving as the ambassador of academic activities. Students may submit a permission letter to the academic no later than 5 days after students leave lecturing.

Prerequisite course

A prerequisite course is a course as a prerequisite to getting permission to take specific lectures being requirements. Thus, to take course with prerequisite, they can do it if they have met course requirements with a minimally D score.

Examination and Evaluation

To evaluate students in the following lecture activities, the Faculty organizes examination. We organize examinations of all courses in two phases, namely: mid-semester examination and end-semester examination. Examinations are organized in oral and written forms, complying with the specified time. Students who get permission to follow the examinations are those who meet specified requirements. We announce the results of tests in locations in which students can see it easily.

Requirements of Course and Practical Class Examinations

We organize and schedule examinations once for mid-semester examinations and once for end-semester examinations. Mid-semester and end-semester examinations are formal evaluation, we also evaluate sustainable tasks during the learning process such as homework, quiz, group task, enthusiasm in classroom/group discussion, special activities and answering to questions in classroom/group, either oral, written, and presentational forms. We adapt the scheduling of mid-semester and end-semester examinations to the academic calendar of the university. Coordinator (person in charge) organizes examinations of practical classes specifically. The faculty organizes the rule of practical classes and undergraduate thesis examinations.

Students may follow the course and practical classes examinations if they meet all the following requirements:

• Students are registered for relevant semester and Academic Advisor has approved their KRS.
• They fulfill administrative requirements issued by the Academic and Student Division and they have paid for all tuition fees.
• They have followed lecturing activities a minimum of 75% of the total given is a face-to-face meeting.
• For
• practice (practical) classes, students must follow practical works complying with specified conditions.

Evaluation

Evaluation of the learning process adopts relative evaluation systems.

• Students who have the best competency get score A; those who have good competency get score B; those who have medium competency get score C; those who have poor competency get score D; and those who have worse competency get score E.
• Students who resign unofficially from lecturing activities will get score E.
• If students have not completed components used in an evaluation done by a lecturer, they get an incomplete score (TL). If in one month starting from the announcement of value, students cannot complete it, their incomplete value automatically changes into value E.

Remedial Examination

Students can take remedial courses for improving the score (grad point). From the remedial, the score used is the one that is the best.

Concentration/Interest

Students who will conduct the research with specific concentration must have completed the prerequisite course of concentration with minimal score C.

1. Concentration of Animal Nutrition and Feed

Prerequisite:

• Basic Biochemistry
• Basic Animal Nutrition
• Animal Feed Nutrition *)
• Forage Science*)
• Feed Technology and Fabrication*)

2. Concentration of Animal Production

Prerequisites:

• Animal Reproduction Science
• Genetics
• Dairy Cattle Science*)
• Meat, Draught, and Companion Animal Science*)
• Poultry Sciences)

3. Concentration of Livestock Socio-Economics

Prerequisite:

• Introduction to livestock Economics
• Community Development
• Research Methodology

4. Concentration of Animal Products Technology

Prerequisite:

• Meat Science and Technology
• Pasteurization and Egg Science and Technology
• Basic animal by-product Technology

*) Choose one of them complying with research to do.

Research for  Writing Undergraduate Thesis

Undergraduate thesis writing for students of Faculty of Animal Science UGM is one of the requirements to obtain a bachelor’s degree. Students use the results of research to write a thesis. Before researching, students must meet specific requirements, have owned official undergraduate thesis advisor,  and performed process of proposing for undergraduate thesis advisor to the Vice Dean of Academic and Student Affairs; filling Forms of Undergraduate Thesis Requirements (F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/01) and Forms of Application for Title Plan, Location, and Undergraduate Thesis Advisor (F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/02); and, furthermore, they get a decree containing transformation from academic advisor to  undergraduate thesis advisor.

Requirements to conduct research:

1. Students have completed a minimum of 110 credits of compulsory courses.
2. Students should achieve a minimum GPA of 2.00.
3. Students have total credits with D Scores less than 25% of total credits
4. Students do not have score E (of requirements for 110 credits)
5. Students meet score requirements for concentration courses.

Undergraduate Thesis Advisor

Undergraduate Thesis Advisor serves to give students guidance associated with the final assignment of relevant students, starting from proposal writing, research process, to thesis writing using research results. The advisor comes from Division associated with the student’s research. The primary advisor and secondary advisor must not be an Academic Advisor. Thesis advisor consists of two advisors, primary and secondary advisors

Seminar

The result of undergraduate thesis research must be presented in the seminar before examined by the Board of Examiners. Materials of seminar must derive from results of research. The concerned seminar suggests that students can address the results of research or examination of science in front of the forum. Technically, seminar tries to widen the vision of students. Seminar takes place in one whole semester, there is no postpone next semester.

Practical Fieldwork (PKL)

To build the students’ skills, the Faculty of Animal Science UGM obliges each of the students to do practical fieldwork. Students may perform practical fieldwork in companies that the Faculty has specified, or corporations and other organizations students interested in and approved by the Faculty.

Requirements to apply for practical fieldwork are as follows:

1. Students have completed a minimum of 120 Credits.
2. Students have no score E (of required 120 Credits)
3. Students have a minimum GPA of 2.00.

The student should apply for practical fieldwork by filling in Forms of application for Practical Fieldwork (PKL). The time of practical fieldwork coordination is specified when inter-semesters take place. Students can do practical fieldwork out of a specified time, as far as it does not disturb the educational activities of related students.

Practical fieldwork having 2 credits take place for one full month or identical to 156 hours. After finishing practical fieldwork, with the guidance of a practical fieldwork advisor appointed by the Faculty, students must compile practical fieldwork reports. Maximally 2 months after practical fieldwork ends, students must apply for the form of Practical fieldwork Examination; practical fieldwork Examiner Team consisting of practical fieldwork advisor and other examiners associated with their field will examine the students.

(You can read the complete procedure on Final Assignment in Procedure of Final Assignment, PM-FPT-7.5.11 in the Faculty library).

Requirements to register practical fieldwork examination

1. Students submit practical fieldwork report that practical fieldwork advisor has approved.
2. Students submit reports of practical fieldwork activities and evaluations from companies/organizations in which they do practical fieldwork (F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/08).
3. Students fill/submit Form of Application for Practical Fieldwork Examination (F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/08)

(You can read detailed requirements on practical fieldwork and examination of practical fieldwork in Procedure of Practical Fieldwork and Undergraduate Thesis Examination and Procedure of Final Assignment, PM-FPT-7.5.30, and PM-FPT-7.5.11 in Faculty library).

Undergraduate Thesis Examination

The Board of Examiners consisting of three lecturers appointed by Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs considering the scope of the thesis, examines the thesis. The primary advisor or secondary advisor serves as Head of the Board of Examiners. Board of Examiners informs the results of the undergraduate thesis examination after the examination finishes.

Requirements to register undergraduate thesis examination:

1. Students submit the undergraduate thesis
2. Students submit a form of undergraduate thesis guidance (F-FPT-PM-7.5.11)
3. Students submit a form of undergraduate thesis consultation (F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/12)
4. Students submit a form of application for undergraduate thesis examination (F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/14).
5. Students submit a receipt of submitted Practical fieldwork Report

Evaluation of Study Results

There are five evaluations of study results, namely, Evaluation of End Semester, Evaluation of Study Results for two first years, Evaluation of Eight Semesters, Evaluation of Study Time Limit, and Evaluation of End Program, based on GPA, total credits, and study time of students.

1. Faculty of Animal Science UGM uses Grade Point (GP) to evaluate the study results of students.
2. GP = [(total credits of courses x weight scores)]/credits of taken educational activities.
3. Alphabetic scores are converted into numeric scores to calculate GP:

A = 4; B = 3;

C = 2; D = 1; E = 0.

Each course has only one score of a combined formal evaluation and sustainable evaluation having been consistent with material weight.

Evaluation of End-Semester Examination

We use evaluation of study results in the end-semester examination as a basis to determine total maximal Credits taken in next semester with the following requirements:

Requirements of Credits Loads

GP < 1.50                  = max. 12 Credits

GP = 1.50 – 1.99      = max. 15 Credits

GP = 2.00 – 2.49      = max. 18 Credits

GP = 2.50 – 2.99      = max. 21 Credits

GP > 3.00                  = max. 24 Credits

• For courses with prerequisites, you may take courses after you have completed the required courses.
• Students may take courses out of the study program with approval from Academic Advisor.

Evaluation of First Two-Year Study Results

In the end of two first years, since students register for the first time, evaluation of study results is conducted to determine whether students may continue their study or not in the Faculty of Animal Science UGM. We allow students to continue their study if they meet the following requirements:

• Students collect a minimum of 30 Credits.
• Students’ GPA is minimally 2.00.
• Students have no score E of 30 evaluated Credits.
• If in the two years, students can collect more than 30 Credits, evaluation from 30 credits with the best score is used.

Evaluation of Eight Semesters

Faculty of Animal Science evaluate eight semesters for students who have not graduated by the end of eight semesters. Evaluation of eight semesters is based on achievement of minimally 80 Credits and GPA is minimally 2.00.

Evaluation of Study Time Limit

Faculty of Animal Science evaluates the study time limit for students who have not graduated by the end of the fourteenth semester. Students are given the chance to renew study time for one semester or in a shorter time, by submitting an application to Dean approved by the undergraduate thesis advisor and head of the department.

Evaluation of End Program

Faculty of Animal Science use evaluation of study results as a basis to determine whether students have met the following requirements to graduate from the bachelor program of Animal Science.

• Students have completed all required courses.
• Students have collected minimally 144 Credits, maximally 148 Credits, including an undergraduate thesis (consisting of 122 Credits of obligatory courses and 22-26 credits of optional courses).
• Total Credits with score D do not exceed 25% of the total amount of Credits.
• Students have no score D.
• Students have a GPA of minimally 2.00.
• Maximal active study time is 7 years (14 semesters), except students with study renewal, as included in requirements of Study Time Limit Evaluation.
• In the graduation meeting, we determine whether students have completed bachelor education and met all requirements.
• Excessive Credits of a maximal limit of total Credits will be automatically removed from optional courses/practices taken in the end semester (except repeating).

Graduation Predicate

Students stated to graduate receive graduation predicate with the following requirements:

1. Cum laude:

• GPA = 3.51-4.00
• Maximal study time = five years

2. Very satisfying:

• GPA = 2.76 – 3.50

3. Satisfying:

• GPA = 2.00 – 2.75.

Study Leave

Each of the students who are absent to follow academic activities must apply for study leave permission.

• Students may apply for Study leave if they have exceeded two first years of study time.
• Dean of Faculty of Animal Science UGM may give students study leave permission up to four semesters; if more than four semesters, students must submit study leave permission to UGM Rector.
• The academic advisors should approve the study leave permission.
• Students who will be active again after study leave must submit the application to the Dean of Faculty of Animal Science UGM.

Forms

1. Study plan, Lecture, and Practical Classes

Study plan Card (Appendix 5)

Students may use this card to apply for courses they will take in each semester complying with requirements Academic Advisor has agreed and determined.

Unit of Lecture Program F-FPT-PM-7.5.7/02  (Appendix 6)

This form is formed regarding the lecture program. The lecturer fills this form when giving a lecture. This form monitor lecturing activities the lecturer gives, based on the Plan of Semester Learning Activity Program (RPKPS).

Unit of Practical Work Program F-FPT-PM-7.5.7//03 (Appendix 7).

This form concerns practical works. Lecturers or coordinators/caretakers assistant of practical works of each practical work activity fill this form.

Academic Mentoring F-FPT-PM-7.5.4/01 (Appendix 8)

This form concerns guidance. Guardian lecturers or Academic advisors hold this form containing data of students and all activities of both consultations and other activities associated with academic guidance.

2. Practical fieldwork

Application for practical fieldwork F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/04 (Appendix 9)

Students use this form to apply for practical fieldwork. Students submit it after they have met requirements to do practical fieldwork.

Application for practical fieldwork examination F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/08 (Appendix 12)

Students use this form to apply for practical fieldwork examination. Students submit this form after they have submitted practical fieldwork report. You can see examples of format and form associated with practical fieldwork and practical fieldwork examination in Appendixes 9-15 and 26-29.

3. Research/Undergraduate Thesis

Requirements of Final Assignment F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/01 (Appendix 16)

Students use this form to apply for an undergraduate thesis title plan. Students fill the form of an undergraduate thesis title plan after they have met specific requirements. Academic and Student Division approves this form of undergraduate thesis title plan.

Submitting Title Plan, Location, and Undergraduate Thesis Advisor F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/02

Students use a form of Final Assignment Requirements as requirements to register Final Assignment. Academic and Student Division approves this form.

Undergraduate Thesis Program F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/10 (Appendix 8)

Students use this form to apply for a proposal or research plan minimally 1 month and maximally 3 months after students submit a form of undergraduate thesis title plan and staff of Academic and Student Division receives form of thesis guidance.

Undergraduate Thesis Advisor F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/11 (Appendix 9)

This forms concerns guidance. Undergraduate Thesis Advisor holds this form containing personal data of students and all activities, both consultation and other activities associated with undergraduate thesis guidance.

Undergraduate Thesis Consultation F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/12 (Appendix 20)

This form concerns students’ activities associated with undergraduate thesis writing. Students hold this form containing data associated with their undergraduate thesis and consultative activities of students. Students enclose this form when they submit an application for an undergraduate thesis examination.

Application for Undergraduate Thesis Examination F-FPT-PM-7.5.11/14 (Appendix 22)

Students use this form to submit an application for the thesis examination. Students submit this form after they have met specific requirements. Students can see examples of format and form associated with research, undergraduate thesis and thesis examination in Appendixes 16-25 and 30-34.