Arabic Study Programme (ASP) — Disciplinary Focus, Distinctive Features, and Areas of Academic Strength
The Arabic Study Programme (ASP) at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Hasanuddin, is disciplinary grounded in Arabic Studies, with a focus on Arabic linguistics, literature, and cultural analysis. The programme develops students’ proficiency across reading, writing, listening, and speaking, targeting at least CEFR B2. It also equips students with research foundations to engage critically with Arabic sources and academic debates.
A distinctive feature of ASP is its integrated orientation to education, research, and community engagement, framed by Universitas Hasanuddin’s Maritime Continent perspective. Curriculum delivery is designed to remain responsive to stakeholders and disciplinary standards, while encouraging students to connect classroom learning with real-world cultural and socio-humanitarian contexts. The programme also promotes sustained national and international partnerships to enrich its learning and research ecosystem.
ASP’s academic strengths include clear graduate pathways as academicians, junior researchers, and language practitioners, including translation-oriented competence supported by information technology. Learning is structured through nine Programme Learning Outcomes that reflect the Knowledge–Skills–Responsibility (KSR) dimensions, ensuring disciplinary mastery, practical competence, and responsible autonomy. In academic practice, course learning outcomes often inform research themes, and resulting publications are reintegrated as course references.
Quality assurance is a demonstrated strength. The programme achieved national BAN-PT accreditation “A” in 2013 and again in 2018, followed by international AUN-QA accreditation, with its national status converted to “Unggul (Excellent)” in 2022. This track record supports continuous improvement, stakeholder confidence, and evidence-based refinement of outcomes-based education, authentic assessment practices, and transparent student workload expectations.