Vision

“Constructing the undergraduate programme into an institution of higher-education, center of advanced research, and innovative development, and as entrepreneur in geophysical engineering field with the purpose to embody a very competitive world-class undergraduate programme through several steps, with the first step in ASEAN region, the second step in South East Asia region, and final step in the World.”

 

Mission

1. Being able to deliver educational service, research, and social service in geophysical engineering field to people, with first-class quality in national and/or international level.
2. Being able to lead and support the government sector, education sector, entrepreneurship sector, and essentially the people of Indonesia to triumph in international competition in geophysical engineering field.
3. Taking part in constructing industrial and informational Indonesian-society in geophysical engineering field.

 

Curriculum/Content

Higher-education curriculum is a set of plans and regulation about content, review material, and also study material with its knowledge transferring method. The curriculum is also contained with the evaluation which is used for guidance of study activity establishment in the institution. Curriculum should have contained the graduate-competence standard which is well-listed in, not only the main competence but also the support and other competence, that support the accomplishments of vision, mission, and objective of their respective undergraduate programme. Curriculum is filled with study course / module / block which supports the graduate-competence’s attainment and provides privilege for the student to broaden their knowledge and advancing skills based on their interest. This curriculum is also contained with a description of study course / module / block, syllabus, learning plan, and evaluation. The curriculum have to be designed based on its relevance with  the objective, scope and advancement of the material, and also organizational activity which could encourage the existence of hard skills, self-capability, and soft skills that could be applied in any kind of term and condition.

 

There has been a change in the bachelor degree program’s curriculum which follows the ITB regulation, that changed from a curriculum which only contains of compulsory and elective subjects into new curriculum which consists of group of major (compulsory), major (elective), and minor subjects. Major (compulsory) subjects is a group of subjects which have to be learned by all students (35 CU), while the minor subjects (14-16 CU) is a list of subjects that can be taken by the students to learn outside the scope of main geophysical engineering ( i.e. bachelor degree program of Petroleum Engineering, Mining Engineering, and/or Geological Engineering ). In addition, Bachelor Degree of Geophysical Engineering Programme also provides minor subjects for other bachelor degree programme. On the other hand, major (elective) subjects are the optional groups of subjects, which consist of seismology, oil and gas, and mining & geothermal option. Moreover, there are also other minor subjects from other of study programme mentioned before in the geophysical engineering programme.

 

The 2013 curriculum of the undergraduate programme is designed for 8 semesters and is divided into two study stages:

 

Stage-1:

Common First Year Program (TPB):  2 semesters,

36 CU and all students within the FMPE take the same courses

 

Stage-2:

Bachelor Program: 6 semesters, 108 CU

Compulsory Courses: 83 CU

Elective Courses: 15 CU (Internal: 7 CU; External: 8 CU)

Free Courses: 10 CU

 

Regulation for completing the Undergraduate Programme in Geophysical Engineering(UPGE) is described in Table 1 and the corresponding course sequences for the programme are given in Table 2-4.

 

The UPGE has conducted several activities to obtain suggestions from the stakeholders. These activities are regular meeting with academic staffs, regular meeting with the head of research divisions, the head of laboratories, and lecture coordinators, and workshops with academic staffs, stakeholders and alumnae. From these activities the strengths and weaknesses have been derived.

 

Strength

The strengths of the UPGE come from its curriculum design that has the following characteristics, as follow:

• The curriculums have a multi-discipline characteristic and object-oriented.
• The curriculum is divergent and flexible.
• The courses were designed as a combination between learning process in class and application process in real field/industry.

 

Another strong point is shown by the academic staffs. The staff-student ratio is appropriately huge, allowing for proper service to the students. Staff qualification is excellent; almost 90 % are doctorate degree holders. The staff’s work ethics deserve our praise. Various competitive and innovative research grants awarded to the academic staff members every year show their high quality.

 

Weaknesses

However, there are some obstacles in implementation of the programme:

• The elective courses were not deep enough.
• Basic knowledge was not understood deep enough by students.
• Some geological courses, which supposed to be compulsory, are now considered as elective courses.

 

Area for Improvement

Considering those weaknesses, the UPGE should consider the following action plans for improvement:

• The graduate could fill several strategical positions/roles in engineering field, resources exploration field, etc.
• Learning-teaching process must be led so the graduate have proper skills with the IPTEK advancement, for example through company visit, final project, on job training program, etc.
• Improve the student’s stand-alone ability. For example, the learning process must be more active than the teaching process.
• Innovate the student’s knowledge vision and learning way. For example, course subject explanation from lecturer is a must.

 

Table 1 Regulation for completing the Undergraduate Programme in Geophysical Engineering.

Programme	Stage	Total CU Pass				Minimum GPA	Length of Study	Maximum allowed duration of Study
		Compulsory	Elective	Free	Total
Undergraduate	TPB	36	0	0	36	2.001	1 year	2 years
	Sarjana	83	15	10	108	2.002	3 years	6 years*

¹ Minimum grade: D; ² Minimum grade: C. **as from entering ITB

 

Table 2 Curriculum structure of Undergraduate Programme in Geophysical Engineering.

 

Semester I						Semester II
	Code		Course Name	CU			Code	Course Name	CU
1	MA1101		Mathematics IA	4		1	MA1201	Mathematics IIA	4
2	FI1101		Basic Physics IA	4		2	FI1201	Basic Physics IIA	4
3	KI1101		Basic Chemistry IA	3		3	KI1201	Basic Chemistry IIA	3
4	KU1101		Introduction on Engineering & Design I	2		4	KU1201	Introduction on Engineering & Design II	2
5	KU1011		Scientific Paper Writing	2		5	KU1072	Introduction on Information Technology B	2
6	KU1164		Introduction on Mineral & Energy Resources	2		6	KU102X	English	2
						7	KU1001	Sports	2
			Total	17				Total	19
Semester III						Semester IV
		Code	Course Name	CU			Code	Course Name	CU
1		TG2111	Introduction to Geophysics	2		1	TG2205	Wave Theory in Geophysics	3
2		TG2101	Geomathematics I	3		2	TG2203	Geomathematics II	3
3		TG2102	Electronics in Geophysics	3		3	TG2204	Potential Theory	2
4		GL2141	Crystallography and Mineralogy	3		4	TG2240	Geophysical Computation	3
5		GL2151	Sedimentology	3		5	GD2001	Introduction on Surveying	2
6		GL2111	Physical Geology	3		6	KU206X	Religion & Ethics	2
			Total	17				Total	15
Semester V						Semester VI
		Code	Course Name	CU			Code	Course Name	CU
1		TG3109	Seismic Refraction	3		1	TG3241	Geoelectrical and Electromagnetism	3
2		TG3110	Geophysical Signal Analysis	2		2	TG3222	Geodynamics	2
3		TG3120	Seismology	3		3	TG3262	Geostatistics	3
4		TG3106	Geophysical Instrumentation	3		4	TG3290	Field Camp Geophysics	3
5		TG3108	Geophysical Thermodynamics and Fluid  Dynamics	3		5	TG3261	Seismic Reflection Data Acquisition & Processing	3
6		KU2071	Civic Education	2		6	TG3260	Gravity and Magnetics	3
			Total	16				Total	17
Semester VII						Semester VIII
		Code	Course Name		CU		Code	Course Name	CU
1		TG4162	Interpretation of Seismic Reflection		3	1	TG4243	Volcanology and Geothermal Exploration	3
2		TG4116	Communication in Geophysics		2	2	TG4091	Final Project II	3
3		TG4169	Earth Crust Mechanics		2
4		TG4142	Engineering & Environmental Geophysics		3
5		TG4092	Final Project I		2
			Total		12			Total	6

*Compulsory Courses: 75 CU

 

Table 3 ITB compulsory courses.

	Code	Course Name	CU
1	KU206X	Religion & Ethics	2
2	KU2071	Civic Education	2
3		Management Courses*	2
4		Environmental Courses**	2
		Total	8

* ITB Compulsory Courses: 8CU

*They are alternative courses on management courses set up by ITB. Students may take any one of them; **For the environment course, students are obligated to take the environment coure (TG-4142) that is provided by the Undergraduate Programme in Geopysical Engineering.

 

Table 4 Elective Course in the Undergraduate Programme in Geophysical Engineering.

No	Code	Course Name	CU	IE/RE	No	Code	Course Name	CU	IE/RE
1	TG3113	Geophysical Inversion	3	IE	14	TG4265	Seismic Attributes for Reservoir Characterization	2	IE
2	TG4028	Geophysical Exploration	2	IE	15	TG4269	Economical Geophysics and Management	2	IE
3	TG4029	Capita of Selecta in Geophysics	2	IE	16	GL2212	Structural Geology	3	RE
4	TG4063	Special Topic in Geophysics	2	IE	17	GL2213	Tectonophysics	2	RE
5	TG4067	Job Training	2	IE	18	GL2242	Petrology	3	RE
6	TG4128	Geotomography	3	IE	19	GL2252	Principle of Stratigraphy	2	RE
7	TG4166	Rock Physics	2	IE	20	GL3251	Petroleum Geology	3	RE
8	TG4168	Seismic Stratigraphy	2	IE	21	GL4052	Geological Well Logs	2	RE
9	TG4223	Numerical Simulation of The Earthquake	3	IE	22	TA4102	Mineral Economics	3	RE
10	TG4225	Applied Seismology	2	IE	23	TG5133	Hydrogeophysics	2	RE
11	TG4226	Physics of the Earth’s Interior	2	IE	24	TG5149	Microseismic	2	RE
12	TG4227	Fault Mechanism	2	IE	25	TG5245	Geothermal Exploration	2	RE
13	TG4264	Reservoir Seismic Inversion	3	IE	26	TG6042	Mining Geophysics	2	RE

*IE -Internal Elective Courses, RE -Recommended External Elective Courses

 

 

Lecturer

1. Prof. Dr. Ir. Djoko Santoso, M.Sc.
2. Afnimar, M.Sc. Ph.D
3. Dr. Alfian, M.T.
4. Dr. Warsa, S.Si., M.T.
5. Dr. Tedy Setiawan
6. Dr. Tedi Yudistira, S.Si, M.Si.
7. Dr. Susanti Alawiyah, S.T., M.T.
8. Dr. Setianingsih, S.T., M.T.
9. Dr. rer. nat. Widodo, S.T., M.T.
10. Dr. Eng. Ir. T. A. Sanny, M.Sc.
11. Dr. Zulfakriza, S.Si, M.T.
12. Dr Eko Januari Wahyudi, S.T., M.T.
13. Dr. rer.nat. Andri Hendriyana, S.T., M.T.
14. Dr. David Prambudi Sahara, S.T., M.T.
15. Dadi Abdurrahman, S.T., M.T.
16. Indra Gunawan, S.Kom., M.Si.
17. Silvia Jannatul Fajar, S.T., M.T.
18. Rexha Verdhora Rx, S.T., M.T.
19. Dona Sita Ambarsari, S.T., M.T.
20. Dr. Endra Gunawan, S.T., M.T.
21. Fernando Lawrens S.T., M.T.