BINUS BUSINESS SCHOOL

BINUS Business School Undergraduate Program @Bandung

Method of Education Delivery

The delivery of education services is carried out by using credits (SKS) as a measurement of evaluating students’ learning.

Credits are a way of organizing higher education programs to explain its academic weight.

The semester is a minimum period that describes the duration of the education program.

The General Objective of the credits (SKS) method is to enhance the extent to which higher education can be developed. It involves the presentation of education programs that are flexible and more varied, gives greater opportunity to students when choosing programs, and focuses on planning a definite professional path.

 The specific objectives are:

1. Allow the students who are clever and diligent to finish their study in a minimum duration.
2. Allow the students to choose the subject according to their interest, talent, and capacity.
3. Give the possibility to the execution of education system with plural input and output.
4. Facilitate the adaptation of the curriculum to the rapid development of knowledge and technology.
5. Enables the evaluation system of advance learning of the students could be conducted optimally.

Basic Characteristic of Credit is:

In the credit system, each subject has a weight, namely credits. The number of credits in subjects is various. It is determined by the effort to finish the tasks presented in the lecture program, job training, practical work, and other tasks.

In the credit system, each subject is finished in one semester that lasts for 13 weeks (exclude mid exam and final exam). In addition to quantitative valuation, credit system acknowledges that the finishing of the study unit could be valued quantitatively by giving a weight to the relevant unit.

At BINUS Business School Undergraduate Program, one credit equals to 36-48 hours/semester. In attaining a good result, a student is expected to provide 50 minutes face to face for each credit per week, and at least one or two hours of self-learning. The recently mentioned time is provided to recite and explore the material that has been accepted in the course, for example: reading the textbook suggested, doing the task, etc.

One credit is made up of:

1. An academic hour of scheduled face to face learning in the classroom with education staff.
2. An academic hour of structured academic activity which is not scheduled but has been planned by education staff (lecturers) e.g.: review session or seminar.
3. An academic hour of independent academic activity like reading, summarizing, working on papers etc.

The delivery of education at BINUS Business School Undergraduate Program is achieved through teaching materials, discussion, speeches, case studies, job training, practical work, and other student-centered teaching & learning strategies.

Examinations

The examinations which are conducted by BINUS Business School Undergraduate Program consist of course examination and final project/thesis examination.

• Course Examination
  The examination for each course consists of two forms: Mid-term test (UTS) and Final test (UAS) that are conducted once each semester. For the practical examination in the laboratory, the student must take both theory and practical tests.

• Thesis Examination
  Students who finish the report for the thesis take a thesis examination. The mechanism for the thesis examination follows the guidelines for the thesis of each program.

Right to Take the Examination

The right to take the examination is given to students under the following conditions:

• Students are registered during the prevailing semester or academic year and are registered with the subject for that particular examination.
• Students are not on suspension or are taking academic leave.
• Students fulfill other academic requisites, e.g : frequency of attendance.
• Students fulfill all administrative and financial obligations.

Evaluation system

Semester Final Score (Nilai Akhir Semester/NAS) consists of Assignment score, Mid-term test score, and Final Test score. Semester Final Score (NAS) determines the grade for the subject. The Final Score is presented with the following Alphabetical Values:

Table of Grading System for BINUS Business School Undergraduate Program @Bandung

Semester Grade Point Average (IPS/GPS) is counted as follow:

Cumulative Grade Point Average (IPK/GPA) is counted as follow:

K = Number of credits taken in related semester
N = Weight of each subject taken
M = Conversion Value (K x N)
L = Number of pass credits

Students must pass all courses with minimum score required is D (except for Quality Controlled Courses which require minimum score C or B).

2+1+1 Curriculum

Creativepreneurship Study Program at BINUS Bandung campus offers 2+1+1 curriculum, whereby students will undertake fundamental courses at the home campus (in Bandung) for 2 years, 1 year streaming/minor program (whether at the host campus in Greater Jakarta or in Bandung), and 1 year enrichment program.

 The curriculum is designed to equip students with knowledge and skills that are essentials for entrepreneurs. It offers entrepreneurial journey for students from finding an idea, assessing feasibility, planning business management, gaining traction in the marketplace, to raising capital for the new venture.

Enrichment Program

This track provides students with real experiences to become entrepreneurs through business start-ups. Students will be supported with Business Mentors from industry related to the business Start Up.

Enrichment program of Creativepreneurship aims to gain student’s soft skills regarding entreprenurial mindset & skillset, teamwork, leadership, and professional attitudes, as well as their hard skills in implementing the knowledge they acquired from classroom. In the 6th semester, students will have more opportunities (three different tracks), including: internship for industry experience, study abroad to enrich cultural experience, and entrepreneurship to build start-up business. Meanwhile, in the 7th semester, students should be in entrepreneurship track to build start-up business.

Thesis

To finish the Undergraduate program (S1), the student must be capable of compiling and presenting the thesis to the examiner. The thesis compilation must be relevant to the rules of the department. It must be conducted by the individual, guided by a supervisor that is appointed by the head of study program.

Students Support Facilities

Students will get access to faculty supervisors, business advisors, business incubator, business mentors (entrepreneurs), and a network of relevant parties that can help students learn optimally during their entrepreneurial journey. In supporting entrepreneurial learning, students will be encouraged to participate in various business and entrepreneurial competitions, such as Entrepreneurial Living Laboratory, Exhibition Market Testing & Prototyping, Business Pitching. In addition to competition and business coaching, students will also be facilitated by entrepreneurial activities such as business presentation; industry knowledge sharing; workshop & international seminar; industry visit; entrepreneurial boothcamp and exhibition. At the end of the study period, students are required to prepare a thesis on their business performance analysis and design business development strategies for the next five years.