Student Advice and Support

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2.9. Student Advice and Support

First year students are supervised and are entitled to students counselling. Councellors are assigned among dedicated academic staffs and also involve the psychologist. Councellors give advises and guidance on the learning strategy for the new students in general during the first year, and the following years when the students started their subject. Counsellors also give advises on non study related issues that affect the learning success. First year students learn about multi culture interactive during their one year stay at University dormitories. Experiencing on multi-culture programs are expected to increase their understanding on different cultures and stimulated their tolerance on cultural differences. After first year program, the students will enter to the study program. Every student then will get an academic supervisor assigned by the Dean as proposed by Head of Department. The task of academic supervisor including: 1 Directing the student to arrange the comprehensive study plan; 2 Giving advise on selecting the major course, minor or supporting courses; 3 Giving advise relates with the number of credits of subject in every semester; 4 Giving service as a counsellor; 5 Giving consideration relates with status of study progress of student to the Department and Faculty. Students study progress evaluation are conducted centrally by the Directorate of Education Administration at the University level. The Directorate produced transcripts at the end of each semester, containing the grade of the students for each course taken per semester and the resulting Cummulative Point Index CPI, or Indeks Prestasi Kumulatif IPK. Thus, the students are well informed on their current study progress. These evaluation system allow the students to plan their program for the following semesters. The students academic transcript also should be used as consideration by the academic supervisor on providing the advice and guidance for the students. Consultation with academic supervisor can be conducted during the whole semester, and recorded in a consultation book signed by the academic supervisor. 39 The number of courses taken are recorded in a study planning card KRS which have to be approved by the academic supervisor. The students association, HIMAGRON, or Himpunan Mahasiswa Agronomi Agronomy Student Association facilitates the students socials and extra curriculum activities. HIMAGRON activities are monitored and supervised by academic staff under Student and Alumnae Affair. Some of the important and popular activities of HIMAGRON is a yearly Plant Festival, Seminar on writing a scientific research project as Student Creativity Program PKM, Program Kreativitas Mahasiswa, and community development. These activities enhanced the softskill of the students. Sport facilities are available for the students, including futsal, football, athletics, basket ball, badminton, volley ball, etc. There are regular intra and inter- department or inter-faculty sport competitions. The University awares to the importance of sports for health, so all the sport facilities are maintained by the University. In addition to sport, the deparment has a music studio to be used by students and academics who love music. The department aware that musics are important part of the students and academics life. Students have formed music groups, both singing and bands. Student and Alumnae Affair has been appointed to maintain the music studio, as well as to develop the talents among the students. The majority of the AGH students are moslems, so the department have set up the room and facilities for the students to pray. There is also a large mosque within the campus, managed by the University. Other religion are also allocated rooms for them to do their religion practices. The University also have campus bus, bikes, canteens, in-campus cybers, book shops and health facilities, accessible for all students, University official and academics.

2.10. Facilities and Infrastructure