Program Details
Credit points: Recommended equivalency; 100% of a full semester load (0.5 EFTSL). Actual subject weighting and academic credit awarded to be determined by a student’s home university.
Contact hours: Total semester time commitment: Approximately 588-648 hours:
Approximately 72 hours of Indonesian language classes
Approximately 24 hours of seminars
Approximately 192 hours of independent study and assignments
Approximately 360 hours student community service
OR
Approximately 72 hours of Indonesian language classes
Approximately 24 hours of seminars
Approximately 192 hours of independent study and assignments
Approximately 300 hours of development placement
Accreditation and Weighting
ACICIS assessment is based on a pass/fail basis. ‘Satisfactory’ indicates achievement justifying the successful completion (pass grade minimum) of one regular semester of university credit in Indonesia.
Students are required to complete a total of 12 SKS (credit points) of Indonesian language classes, attend and participate in the seminar series, write a Reasearch Essay, undertake a Student Community Service (SCS) or the DSIP Development Placement and make a final presentation about their experiences on the program.
To complete the Development Studies Immersion Program satisfactorily, students must attend 80 per cent of all language classes, all seminars and fieldtrips, as well as complete the SCS development project or development placement, in order to satisfactorily complete the program.
A student’s home university may retain the right to set and grade other assessment tasks related to the program. While ACICIS makes a recommendation about how much academic credit a student should be awarded for their participation in the program, it is up to individual home universities to determine their own protocols and rules for awarding academic credit to students who undertake and successfully complete the program.
Assessment Components
ACICIS’ DSIP program is composed of the following key components, as outlined below. Students are required to satisfactorily complete all components in order to achieve an overall grade of ‘Satisfactory’ for the program:
| # | Component | Weighting | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian Language Classes | 30% | Undertaken at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) – assessment administered by UGM’s Indonesian Language and Culture Learning Service (INCULS). |
| 2 | Seminars and Fieldtrips | 10% | Attendance at, and participation in, all seminars and fieldtrips organised by ACICIS is required. Evidence of familiarity with set readings will be assessed through seminar participation. |
| 3 | Research Essay | 20% | Student to submit a 2,000-word research essay on a contemporary community development issue within the Indonesian context to be assessed by the ACICIS Resident Director. |
| 4 | Student Community Service (SCS) or DSIP Development Placement | 30% | For SCS students: Students will be assigned to a number of different development projects at their community field site, monitored and supervised by academic staff from UGM. For Development Placement students: Host Organisation mentors and ACICIS staff will monitor and supervise student progress and performance |
| 4 | Final Presentation | 10% | A brief (20 minute) presentation contextualising a students’ SCS or Development Placement experience within the Indonesian development sector. |
Assessment Documents
Upon completion of the program, ACICIS will provide a student’s home university with two documents:
- Official Academic Transcript: from the Indonesian host university consisting of a numeric or alphabetic grade for each subject undertaken;
- Resident Director’s Student Outcome Evaluation report: The ACICIS Resident Director provides provides a student’s home university with a two‐page ‘Student Outcome Evaluation’ report detailing the student’s academic performance on the program. Student performance will be assessed only as ‘Satisfactory’ or ‘Unsatisfactory’ (equivalent to an ‘ungraded pass/fail’).To complete this program satisfactorily, students must demonstrate the ability to perform tasks in their SCS project(s) or Development Placements to a satisfactory standard, and also to reflect on the experience and relate it back to their academic studies. Students must attend a minimum of 80% of scheduled language classes, seminars and fieldtrips, as well as achieve a grade of at least 60% in the Indonesian language component of the program.A student’s home university may retain the right to set and grade other assessment tasks related to the program. While ACICIS makes a recommendation about how much academic credit a student should be awarded for their participation in the program, it is up to individual home universities to determine their own protocols and rules for awarding academic credit to students who undertake and successfully complete the program.
These assessment documents will be sent electronically from the ACICIS Secretariat in Perth within three months of a student’s completion of the program. The home university may choose to award a grade or an ungraded pass/fail on the basis of these documents and any additional home university assessment requirements for the program. Priority cases can be managed for students who are due to graduate or require them for urgent re-enrolment purposes. If you (or your student) require priority processing of semester program or practicum results, please notify the ACICIS Secretariat as soon as possible so that steps can be taken to expedite their release.
There is a AUD$50 fee for the re-issuance of official university transcripts.