The role of entrepreneurship subject in Merdeka Belajar Curriculum to civil engineering students’ of the Polytechnic State Pontianak

Rika Riyanti; Indah Anjar Reski; Ahmad Muhtadi

doi:10.21744/irjmis.v11n3.2425

Authors

Rika Riyanti
rikarianti0808@gmail.com
Politeknik Negeri Pontianak, Indonesia
Indah Anjar Reski Politeknik Negeri Pontianak, Indonesia
Ahmad Muhtadi Politeknik Negeri Pontianak, Indonesia

Keywords:

civil engineering, curriculum, entrepreneurship, independent campus, independent learning

Abstract

The difficulties in finding a job, drive graduates from college to be creative and innovative in creating job vacancies. Entrepreneurship subject which was erased from the curriculum of the Associate’s Degree of Civil Engineering Study Program and Bachelor of Applied Science of Housing Settlement Planning Study Program needs to be reviewed because entrepreneurship subject, nowadays, is important and become one of the implemented activities in Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka. This research aimed to know the students’ perception about how important entrepreneurship subject to be learnt and students’ interest in becoming entrepreneurs as an alternative job if they graduated. The research method was a qualitative method which used Miles, Huberman and Saldana (2014) analysis. The result of this study was that 73.33% of informants knew the concept of Merdeka Belajar, but they said that it needed to be socialized more especially how to implement it in the learning process. Moreover, all of the informants said that entrepreneurship subjects must be added to the curriculum.

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