Mengenal Istilah Akademik Bagi Mahasiswa Baru

 Kamu mahasiswa baru ? Yuk kita simak beberapa istilah yang harus kamu ketahui sebelum memulai perkuliahan.

Awal semester biasanya menjadi waktu untuk mahasiswa baru mengenal lingkungan kampus. Terlebih lagi, setiap kampus akan berlomba-lomba untuk membungkus kegiatan perkenalan yang menarik kepada mahasiswa baru. Istilah tersebut kita kenal dengan nama Pengenalan Kehidupan Kampus Mahasiswa Baru (PKKMB).

After getting to know campus life both facilities, organizations, teaching staff, and the campus environment. Students will be busy with lectures. However, apart from campus and department issues, new students also need to understand a variety of academic terms in the world of lectures so they don't get confused when they hear them.

1. KRS

The first term in the world of lectures is KRS. KRS is an acronym for Study Plan Card, which is a list of courses chosen by each student for lecture activities during one semester. Do you know? Determining your KRS every semester is important to do, so you can graduate on time.

2. Credits

This abbreviation for Semester Credit Unit is closely related to the previous term. SKS is the measure of time for student study activities in each subject. In simple terms, credits are the same as study time in each subject you took in high school which has been adjusted to the study load of each subject for one semester. Each university has a minimum and maximum number of credits taken. In 1 semester, the maximum study load that can be taken is 24 credits. The load has been divided into each course you choose, such as 2 credits, 3 credits, 4 credits, or 6 credits. The greater the number of credits, the greater the amount of time taken for that course.

3. KHS

KHS stands for Study Result Card. You will get a Study Result Card at the end of the semester. If compared, KHS is the same as the report cards that students receive at the end of each semester at the early to high school education levels. From the KHS sheet, you will find out how much you have achieved in one semester. This KHS will also determine when you fill in the KRS later, how many courses or credit load you can take for the following semester. So use your college time well, okay?

4. GPA

The Grade Point Average or GPA is part of the KHS. As in the report card during high school, the GPA is the average value obtained from the beginning to the end of the semester. This GPA will always be different in each semester, depending on the weight of the course scores achieved. Surely you have heard of students graduating with cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude predicates. For the cum laude predicate students must have a GPA above 3.50-3.70, magna cum laude above 3.79-3.99, and summa cum laude above 3.99 or a perfect 4.00. The predicate is obtained from the accumulated number of initial to final student assessments.

5. IPS

IPS or Semester Grade Point Average is an assessment that is closely related to GPA, IPS is also located in KHS. In contrast to the GPA, which is the average score from the beginning to the end of the semester, IPS is a scoring system that takes all course scores in one semester. The difference is that IPS only describes the results of one semester. IPS will also affect how many credits you can take in one semester. Usually IPS will appear with grades A, B, C, D, and E. Each predicate has a different weight. A weight is worth 4, B is worth 3, C is worth 2, D is worth 1, and E is worth 0.

6. Grade Transcript

Terakhir, untuk istilah yang perlu kalian ketahui adalah Transkrip nilai. Transkrip nilai merupakan koleksi nilai mata kuliah yang sudah kalian ambil disetiap semesternya.

Sumber: Website UMJ