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PROFILE

The D-3 Art and Design Study Program at Maranatha Christian University is a provider of vocational education in the field of fine arts and design since 2003. Initially the D-3 Art and Design Study Program consisted of various concentrations, but since 2007 the Fashion Design concentration has become the only one. the only excellent concentration in this study program. This is related to the rapid development of the Indonesian fashion industry along with the development of the global creative industry. The number of students of the D-3 Fine Arts and Design Study Program Concentration of Fashion Design is increasing from year to year along with the increasing public interest in the development of the Indonesian fashion industry. Many alumni work and are entrepreneurs in the field of fashion design, for example becoming fashion designers for local/national clothing companies, assistants to well-known Indonesian fashion designers, and many also starting their own business in the fashion design field.

VISION

To become a reputable vocational education provider in the field of fine arts and design in Indonesia by 2030 in the development of character, insight, and expertise in the field of creative entrepreneurship based on the values ​​of integrity, caring, and excellence.

MISSION

Produce graduates who are able to apply entrepreneurial skills into the applied fields of creative industries related to art and design through educational methods and global insights that are based on the nation’s cultural wealth.

SUPERIORITY

The D-3 Art and Design Study Program lies in a comprehensive and actual curriculum to improve skills from design to the production of clothing and complementary accessories with insight into the creative industry globally. The Curriculum of the D-3 Art and Design Study Program Concentration of Fashion Design consists of:

• Basic Knowledge Skills: joint semester learning (2 Dimensions, 3 Dimensions, Introduction to Art and Design, Drawing and History) basic computers and basic textiles.
• Exploring in Fashion: learning related to various elements in fashion such as Ready-to-Wear in Fashion and Fashion Studio 1-3, Sewing Pattern Studio, Fashion and Fashion Illustration, Sustainable Fashion, Fashion Communication and Branding.
• Expertise in Fashion: Cocktail and couture fashion in Studio 4, Advanced Sewing Pattern Studio, Drape Technique, Fashionpreneurship and final project.

The curriculum has also followed the development of the Ministry of Education and Culture, namely the Merdeka Campus Curriculum where students can take various courses that support their interests, so that students get the opportunity to take elective courses from other study programs such as Fashion Photography from Visual Communication Design and Visual Merchandising from Interior Design. .

The excellence of the curriculum is also supported by a balanced background of teaching staff between academics and entrepreneurs as well as professionals in the field of fashion design. Students are formed to become creative entrepreneurs who are independent and have character through a series of workshops, seminars, public lectures, regular exhibitions, and fashion. show that can improve students’ hard skills as well as soft skills.

COMPETENCE OF GRADUATES

Graduates are expected to be entrepreneurs or work as fashion designers who have insight and expertise in the field of fashion design so as to produce superior products that are innovative and in demand by the public. Graduates are expected to have the following competencies:

• Knowledge and Understanding Ability: able to explain the basic aspects of art and design as well as its development related to visual elements in cultural, historical, and aesthetic contexts; able to understand the knowledge of materials and production raw materials; and understand the development and dynamics of insight in the creative industry.
• Intellectual Ability: able to master the basic knowledge and understanding of art and design so that they can apply them in works ranging from drafts to final works.
• Practical Ability: able to express ideas and concepts in the form of draft drawings, either manual or digital; able to develop materials and media through the process of sketching, model drawing, and rendering; complete a design work with mastery of various types of technical production skills.
• Managerial Ability: demonstrate an attitude of integrity, excellence, and empathy; able to establish public communication when explaining the work; and able to establish social relationships to build networks.

CAREER PROSPECTS

• Fashion designer
• Fashion editor
• Fashion illustrator
• Fashion stylist
• Jewelery designer
• Shoes designer
• Textile designer
• Visual merchandiser
• Art director
• Boutique owner

Teaching that focuses on developing artistic competence and multi-cultural insight in Indonesia based on Christian Life Values.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Study Program began with the establishment of the Maranatha Art and Design Center (MADC), the Fine Arts Study Program of Maranatha Christian University then obtained an establishment and operational permit through the DIKTI Decree in 2004. The Fine Arts Study Program guided the participants educate based on the vision and mission to produce graduates who have a global perspective in art science, as well as reliable and have character in their work. The Fine Arts Study Program focuses on teaching that focuses on developing the insight of the nation’s people within the framework of education, research, and community service, as well as supporting art science supported by competent and professional teachers in their fields.

VISION

To become a Fine Arts Study Program that is reliable in developing fine arts competence and multi-cultural insight in Indonesia by 2025 based on Christian life values.

MISSION

To produce scholars who have artistic creativity, multi-cultural insight and are independent in developing local wisdom and organizing the Tridharma of Higher Education based on the example of Jesus Christ.

DESTINATION

1. Education: applying the values ​​of Integrity by producing reliable and well-characterized art graduates, including:
   • Have integrity in implementing theoretical and practical skills in the field of Fine Arts that are responsive and anticipatory with the development of novelty techniques, both personally and in contextual collaboration,
   • Have Integrity in understanding science in the field of art in depth so as to be able to present information and objective analysis in criticizing works of art and increase appreciation that is valuable in society.
2. Research: Produce research outputs that have excellent values ​​(Excellence)
   • Able to incorporate primal values ​​in scientific studies, analyze issues (visual language) related to contextual socio-cultural phenomena.
   • Have the ability to write scientific papers related to art issues.
   • Produce innovative written works so that they become published book products, as well as works of art that produce Copyrights.
3. Community Service: Implementing the values ​​of care between the academic community and the community.
   • Increase the interaction between the academic community and the community outside the campus through various creative-educational activities based on the P2M road map of the study program, thereby increasing the standard of living of the community
   • Realizing the role and support of the Study Program on government policies in terms of social services.

SUPERIORITY

The Fine Arts Study Program at Maranatha Christian University develops a curriculum to produce graduates who have the ability and independence to implement practical-theoretical skills in the fine arts field, with the advantages of Digital Painting, Fantastic Art, Special Topic, and Self Exploration courses, to achieve three competencies supporters, namely:

• Competence in Fine Arts Theory/Science
• Competence in Engineering and Media of Fine Arts
• Competence in Fine Arts Management

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Major Painting Studio
• Ceramic Minor Studio
• Final Project Studio
• Fine Art Gallery
• Carpentry Workshop
• Computer lab

COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION

• Sekolah Tinggi Seni Indonesia (STSI) – Bandung
• Guangxi Normal University – China
• Guangxi Art Institute – China
• College of Fine Art, Shanghai Normal University – China
• Universiti Sains Malaysia – Malaysia
• Thammasat University – Thailand
• Confusius Institute – China
• MAN dan Sekolah Tinggi Cipasung – Tasikmalaya
• Kyoritsu Women University Tokyo – Jepang

COMPETENCE OF GRADUATES

To produce graduates who have the creativity, insight, sensitivity and independence in implementing practical-theoretical skills in the field of fine art, namely:

1. The ability to recognize, describe, define, re-explain, and classify as well as distinguish between categories and emergence of art styles from prehistoric to modern and contemporary, as well as having the ability to apply creative, philosophical, aesthetic, sociological, and traditional ideas in the dynamics of discourse contextual art, so as to become a competitive Bachelor of Arts in the global world based on knowledge of the cultural values ​​of the archipelago.
2. Practical ability to demonstrate, operate, design images, make compositions, and combine the use of various tools and materials by utilizing the accuracy and sensitivity of motor skills, both manually and digitally in the process of creating works of art that have an impact and make a creative contribution to society.
3. Ability to plan, compile, design, make diagrams/estimates, and adjust, to complete various concepts, methods and practices of art activities: creation, presentation, distribution, storage, packing, delivery, and sale of works, as well as exhibitions, seminars, training, Artist Talk, and fine art discussion. Graduates are also equipped with basic managerial skills through internships/practical work to face entrepreneurial challenges in the reality of the ‘market’ and the social field of fine arts both nationally and globally.

CAREER PROSPECTS

Fine Arts Practitioners, including:

• Fine Arts Studio Manager
• Fine Art Gallery Manager
• Fine Arts Auction Hall Manager
• Digital Painting Artist
• Fantastic Artist
• Tattoo Artist
• Illustrator
• Teacher of Fine Arts (Secondary/High School)
• Assistant Curator / Fine Arts Critic
• Restorator Artwork Assistant
• Art Manager
• Building Aesthetic Elements Designer
• Public Art Designer

A department with a modern, universal, and dynamic worldview in 2034, based on the values of Indonesian culture and Christianity.

The Bachelor Program in Interior Design at Maranatha Christian University was established in 2004 and has been accredited by National Agency for Higher Education Accreditation (BAN-PT) with a grade of A based on Decree: no.1791/SK/BAN-PT/Akred/S/V/2019. The Department of Interior Design at Maranatha Christian University emphasizes the fundamental aspects on theory and practice that form a Bachelor of Interior Design with entrepreneurial abilities and a character of high integrity, care, and excellence both academically and professionally. Our graduates are sequentially and conceptually able to apply their skills with artistic, humanity, and cultural values, supported with experience, both theoretical and practical, and technologies in the international field of interior design, and able to apply cross-disciplinary knowledge.

Vision:

To become an Interior Design Program with a modern, universal, and dynamic worldview in 2034 based on the values of Indonesian culture and Christianity.

Missions:

1. Organizing education in the fields of Interior Design, cultural and creativepreneurship by prioritizing integrity both in character and in scholarship.
2. Developing excellence in design science, especially in Interior Design, and its application through research activities.
3. Caring towards the community’s needs as an added value in the field of design, especially in interior design, through various service programs that implement research.

Education Goal:

Developing Interior Design Bachelors with entrepreneurial abilities characterized by high integrity, care, and excellence characters both in the academic and professional fields, who are sequentially and conceptually able to apply their expertise with artistic, humanity and cultural values, and supported by theories, practices and technologies in the international field of interior design.

Lectures in the Interior Design Bachelor Program are focused on:

Excellence

Learning materials in the Interior Design Program consist of an Interior Design Major, elective courses, minor courses, and various packages of the 20 SKS MBKM Scheme which greatly enrich students’ insight, knowledge, and experience.

Major Interior Design teaching materials consist mainly of compulsory subjects namely Interior Design Studio and are supported by various supporting compulsory subjects such as Material knowledge, Human Factors Studies, Interior Presentations, Building Systems, Lighting Design, Furniture, Interior Product Design, Construction and Details, Marketing & Trading of Interior Products, Trends and Lifestyle.

The minor courses that regular students can take (Non-MBKM) are Minor Visual Communication Design, Minor Painting from Fine Arts, Minor Architecture, and Minor Fashion Design with a total of 8 credits in 2 semesters. Meanwhile, if students follow the MBKM Scheme, students can choose the Minor Package from the Visual Communication Design Study Program, Fine Arts, and Architecture. The Minor Package is an MBKM Student Exchange Scheme consisting of 20 credits of minor courses as well as other supporting courses from the organizer’s study program so that students gain special skills and knowledge that are more complete and comprehensive than other programs. This enables students to become interior designers who have additional skills and knowledge beyond Interior Design.

In addition, various elective courses are provided that will become expertise such as Feng Shui for Interior Design, Visual Merchandising, Workshop & Glazing (Workshop & Finishing), Aesthetic Elements (Interior Design Artwork), Interior Renovation Projects, Interior Material Management & Trends, Cultural Aspects in Archipelago Residential Design, Green Interior Design and so on.

The learning method emphasizes project based learning and case methods. In the seventh semester using real projects and teamworking skills that are honed through collaborative work on course assignments across study programs. The semester ends with the “CONSILIO” Joint Exhibition.

Learning is also carried out by inviting various professional resource persons, industry partners, and HDII associations to give public lectures and coaching to students. Excursion studies are conducted both at national and international stages.

The learning of superior subjects is not only enjoyed by interior students, but can be followed by other study programs, both by students inside and outside Maranatha who take part in the 20 SKS MBKM Student Exchange Scheme with Visual Merchandising Project and Interior Product Innovation packages.

The Final Project Exhibition “INVESTIGIUM” is held every semester by inviting judges from the HDII Association, Professionals and Alumni. Meanwhile, cooperation for Student Exchange was carried out in several countries such as China, Malaysia, and Taiwan.

Facilities and Infrastructures

• Lecture Room in the form of studio and theory room
• Computer Lab
• Lighting Lab
• Woodworking Workshop
• Pottery Workshop
• Jewellery Lab
• Footwear and Textile Workshop
• Library of Books and Materials
• Art & Design Gallery
• Lecturer Room and Artwork Archives

Career Prospects

Interior Designer at Design Consultant and Contractor, Furniture Designer, Lighting Designer, Project Manager, In-house Designer, Visual Merchandiser, Research and Development on Industrial Products, Furniture Manufacture, Fengshui Consultant, etc.

Partnership

The Bachelor Program in Interior Design at Maranatha Christian University also collaborates with various foreign universities in student exchange collaborations, lecturer exchanges, international workshops, and international competitions as follows:

• Guang Xi Arts University (GXAU, China) – student exchange, lecturer exchange, international workshop, international competition.
• China University of Technology (CUTe, Taiwan) – student exchange.
• University of Sains Malaysia (USM, Malaysia) – student exchanges, lecturer exchanges, international workshops, international competitions.
• Guang Xi University of Nationalities (GXUN, China) – lecturer exchange, international workshop.
• Silpakorn University, Thailand – Lecturers’ Postgraduate Studies

The study program also has collaborations with a vocational school (SMK Buana Mekar), as well as the following companies and industries, in teaching, research and community services:

• Propan Raya
• San Central Indah
• Beton Elemindo
• Sinar Continental
• Philips
• Roman Ceramic,
• Lante Kayu
• Indogress (PT. Asri Pancawarna)
• Viro
• Zentech
• Eowon
• Summarecon
• PT Creatura Kreasi
• PT Datum Nawa Vis
• PT Conarch
• PT Melati Danes
• PT Budi Pradono
• PT Aer Studio
• PT Retro Indonesia
• PT Rytama Interiors
• PT Dinardithen Studio
• PT Arcade Design
• PT First Architecture Lab
• PT Dezn Studio
• PT Naya Suria Desain
• PT Palem Living
• PT Vershome
• etc.

A globally competitive bachelor program in 2034 with a focus on creativity and the nation’s cultural wealth based on Christian values of life.

Vision

To become one of the Bachelor Programs in Visual Communication Design with global competitiveness in 2034 with a focus on creativity and the nation’s cultural wealth based on Christian values of life.

Mission

1. Organizing higher education in Visual Communication Design with the aim of directing quality professional designer students so that they are able to carry out the VCD designer profession responsibly in order to uphold the value of academic excellence,
2. Conducting research and development of Visual Communication Design science that has integrity towards the scientific progress of Visual Communication Design in Indonesian society by promoting traditional values,
3. Carrying out community service by applying research results for the development of design science based on a sense of caring for others in the form of improving the quality of people’s lives.

Objectives of the Bachelor Program in Visual Communication Design at Maranatha Christian University

1. To produce students with the basic competencies of art and design science, which are learned through approaches and introduction to the history of the development of visual communication design art, so that they are ready to become visual communication designers who produce ethical and aesthetic works.
2. To produce students to be able to solve competitive design problems in the global world armed with the cultural values ​​of the archipelago.
3. To produce students to be able to master the basics of marketing science related to the science of visual communication design, so that they can become managers of consulting bureaus so that they can become job providers and improve the standard of living in society.
4. To produce students to have intellectual skills, so they can act professionally in developing designs that are also supported by technological advances.
5. To produce students to acquire complementary competencies other than the field of visual communication design, so that they can work together flexibly with other design fields.
6. To produce students to be able to convey ideas and ideas into a form that is appropriate and on target.
7. To produce students so that they can become designers who have a foundation of faith, character, a stable personality and are responsible for society and the nation.
8. To produce students to be able to adapt in the world of society, especially in the work environment independently.

Concentration and Specialization

The Bachelor Program in Visual Communication Design aims to prepare graduates to become qualified, independent and professional designers as well as scientists, especially in the field of science and the visual communication industry. The field of visual communication design expertise contained in this program emphasizes cross-disciplinary education, education is carried out in the form of verbal and visual theoretical lectures, as well as through studio practical lectures which are carried out through individual assistance processes, so that each student’s development can be more closely monitored and directed. There are four major concentrations that students can choose based on their field of specialization as follows:

• Graphic Design Concentration

Learn to solve visual communication problems through the synergy of images and letters to convey information, build identity, persuade, and motivate the target audience. Works can be in the form of 2D and 3D-based works (illustrations, packaging, signage, exhibitions, and screen-based works/animated screens) with an emphasis on multimedia, creativity development, and entrepreneurial spirit.

• Advertising Creative Concentration

Is a synergy of the science of visual communication design in the field of advertising. Students can study and design advertising visual design based on graphic design science and techniques. Students are also equipped with management and psychology knowledge so that they are able to compete in the advertising field, one of which is being an art director and creative director in an advertising company.

• Fashion Graphic Concentration

This concentration is a synergy between visual communication design and fashion, learning how to express fashion ideas using graphic design techniques that are focused on meeting visual communication needs in the fashion sector. Students will also be provided with a portfolio so that they can have a career in the fashion industry as art director, brand designer, fashion illustrator, fashion stylist.

• Graphic Game Concentration

This concentration was formed to answer the needs of the creative industry in the game sector. The programs offered to students will prepare them for a career in the gaming industry. Each course in the graphics game concentration will focus on building the character and skills of students as game designers and drafters. Students will have the ability to make game prototypes and compile game design documents which will be their portfolio in entering the game industry.

Primary Career Prospects and Alternative Career Prospects

Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Animator, Art Director, Creative Director, Web Designer, Multimedia Designer, Game Designer, Photographer, Videographer, Fashion Illustrator, Fashion Brand Manager, Cartoonist. in accordance with the field of interest in the field of visual communication design

Holistic architectural education based on architectural competency standards as determined by IAI, UIA and KKNI curriculum competencies, as well as creative art and design learning.

Bachelor of architecture education (4 years, 144 credits) held at Maranatha Christian University is a holistic architectural education; which is based on architectural competency standards as determined by IAI, UIA and KKNI curriculum competencies, as well as creative art and design learning at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design. The learning process is dominated by studio system learning with small classes, training students to be critical, careful, and creative in finding solutions to various problems in the built environment. In addition to focusing on architectural design competencies, Maranatha Christian University architectural education focuses on insight and competence in planning and developing the built environment with a creative entrepreneurial spirit, as well as the character and values ​​of Christian life.

Vision

To become one of the providers of architectural education in Indonesia with a global perspective with an understanding of local cultural wisdom for the sustainable development and development of the built environment, passionate about creative entrepreneurship and grounded in the value of Christian life.

Mission

Organizing the Tridharma of Higher Education to produce professional graduates, who are sensitive to local potential and have a global perspective, and have a creativepreneurship spirit in the sustainable development and development of the built environment by prioritizing character and scientific integrity

Educational Goals

1. Produce graduates who have a systematic logical mindset so that they are able to carry out independent design based on problem analysis (problem-based).
2. Produce graduates who are competitive at the global level through ability, creativity, and innovation to cultivate local potential
3. Produce graduates who have sensitivity to environmental problems so that they are able to develop a sustainable built environment
4. Produce graduates who are able to develop independence and entrepreneurial skills in the field of architecture
5. Produce graduates who have character with integrity, care and have an excellent spirit in working in line with the values ​​of Christian life

Graduate Profile

1. Bachelor of Architecture who is able to identify the problems of the built environment, analyze the problems comprehensively and have skills in planning and designing the built environment
2. Bachelor of Architecture who is able to see the potential and development opportunities of the built environment, make development plans, create strategic architectural products within the framework of sustainable development.
3. Bachelor of Architecture who is able to work independently, has a business perspective, especially in the field of architecture, has the attitude and spirit of creative entrepreneurship