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FKIP tried to make new clustering based on the contribution of courses to the
core competence achievement. This effort created new clustering prevailed in

2006 with the distribution of new credit unit as shown in the Table 11 in the

Attachment. Beside the distribution of credit unit load , there are the distribution
of credit unit loads that combine course cluster and course status.
From the above explanation and tables , it can be concluded that the

curriculum of UT was developed along with the changes of regulation as well as

changes of stakeholders needs. The curriculum for each study program at UT has
been well documented so that it is hoped that it will serve as the main guidelines
for managing a study program.

Course Development

Courses are often considered as the 'flesh content' of a study program . In a

study program , students basically only concerned with courses . Questions often
arise related to courses were: how many courses they have to take , what ability

is developed by each course , how much are credit unit loads for each course ,
and how they will be measured in each course. From the above questions it can

be said that courses are very important in a study program. Because there is
different intended achievement for each study program , so that there are

different courses as well.
From the above explanation , it can be said that each study program will be

supported by some courses . The number of courses in each study program
depends on some factors su,ch as levels of program, goals of the programs, and

the credit units for each course. The number of courses in diploma study program
is different from those of undergraduate programs . As a whole, the number of

courses offered by a university is closely related to the number of study

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