Semester Credit System

Semester Credit System

Semester credit hour for lectures and practical activities are calculated on the following basis: 1 (one) credit is an educational activity for 170 minutes a week. Because of in semester hour there are 16 weeks, thus 1 (one) credit is equal to 48 (forty-eight hours) of activity in one semester. For lectures, the value of a semester credit is determined based on the activity load which includes three types of activities per week, both for participants and for lecturers, as follows:

 

A. For Students

For participants, one credit for lectures consists of three types of integrated activities, namely:

1. fifty minutes of lectures, which is face to face with a scheduled lecturer.
2. sixty minutes of series of educational activities, namely activities planned by the lecturer but not scheduled, such as homework, script writing and so on.
3. sixty minutes of other independent academic activities for the development of subject matter, where participants are required to read text books or other sources of information relevant to the participants concerned. Meanwhile, for practice, one credit is equivalent to 170 minutes of practical activities.

B. For Lecturers

For lecturers, one credit consists of three types of integrated activities, there are:

1. fifty minutes of lectures, which is face to face with participants and scheduled.
2. sixty minutes for activity planning and evaluation.
3. Another sixty minutes for subject matter development.

For the sake of educational effectiveness, lectures must be adjusted to the credits, for example, courses that have 3 (three) credits, the lectures are allocated 170 minutes a week.