UNAIR NEWS – UNAIR NEWS – Department of Communication (Depkom) is a department in UNAIR with the highest admission interest and competition in social and humanities science. It manages the Bachelor’s program of Communication Science and Master’s program of Media and Communication. Depkom offers advantages to the study of communication science in Indonesia.
Head of the Communication Department, Titik Puji Rahayu, S.Sos., M.Comms., Ph.D. explained that this advantage lies in the flagship study of the Department of Communication and Informatics UNAIR which combines communication science with community empowerment.
“We are focusing our communication studies towards community empowerment efforts. Moreover, 80% of our lecturers have doctoral degrees and even professorship, and many of them are experts in digital communication studies,” added the graduate of Edith Cowan University and University of Sidney.
Depkom also has non-substitutable factors, especially in the Urban Digital Society which accommodates the Industrial Revolution 4.0. This is a form of quick response to changes in global trends, the strongest Communication Department in Eastern Indonesia.
Apart from these advantages, Depkom is also having big prospects in the Independent Campus Competition Program. In the next three years, the Department of Communication will propose the implementation of project-based learning and case-method in digital creative production and analysis practices, downstreaming process of student-lecturer works, and strengthening the Global Partnership Network (GPN).
“These various programs are carried out in collaboration with practitioners and government institutions, then procurement of creative content production grants and scholarships for students of Master of Media and Communication Fasttrack Program,” she explained.
On an international scale, the department accredited A by BAN-PT, ASIC, and AUN-QA are escalating collaborations, global class series, joint publications, and short courses with universities in the Top 100 world’s universities.
Apart from the academic aspect, Depkom UNAIR also facilitates the students’ skill improvement and learning through mini theater facilities, broadcast laboratories, radio laboratories, computer laboratories, and student centers. In addition, Depkom also develops clubs for channeling student talents in Public Relations, Journalism, Audio Visual, Graphic Design, Radio, Event Organizer, Sports, and Photography.
Through these qualities and various academic progressions, Depkom UNAIR has succeeded in producing dozens of reputable alumni in their fields. Some of them are Presenter, Reporter and Media Producer Herma Retno Prabayanti, UI / UX Producer of Apple Inc Ari Sufianti, Founder of Digital Marketing Consultant Kinetik Intan Fitrannisa, owner of the Lei & Kei clothing brand Mirna Paramita, and many more.
The achievements of alumni at national and international levels are proof that Depkom UNAIR is committed to developing the quality of graduates at a global level.
Moreover, seeing curriculum development directed at digital communication, community empowerment, and adaptation of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, it is not surprising that in the future Depkom UNAIR will present greater academic quality and graduates in the future. (*)
Author: Intang Arifia
Editor: Khefti Al Mawalia
