BACKGROUND This report describes the results of a survey of student study times and actual workload in undergraduate and graduate courses across four departments, namely the Department of Accounting, Department of Management, Department of Economics, and Department of Islamic Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Airlangga (FEB UNAIR) in Odd Semester 2021/2022. This result will assist the study program administration in understanding the student perceived workload and how it contributes to the student's performance and frustration level with the teaching-learning process. The survey assesses students' workload during a semester in terms of number of working hours which consist of three main activities: (1) Class Activity (2.5 hours x 14 meeting: 35 hours), (2) Assignment and Examination (3 hours x 14 meeting: 42 hours) and (3) Self-Study (3 hours x 14 meeting: 42 hours)]. The hours mentioned above are the national standard of student’s workload and with this survey, the questionnaire was developed to confirmed the actual workload experienced by students.
Assignments and Examination In terms of assignment and examination, on average, all students in undergraduate and graduate study were working below the required workload of 42 hours in one semester with an overall mean of 40.90 hours, 41.60 hours, and 41.80 hours, respectively. According to the data, undergraduate students completed their assignments and exams in 2.62% less time than the allotted hour. Additionally, master's and doctoral students completed their assignments and exams 0.95% and 0.48% less than the required hours. Figure 1.B Student's Workload for Assignments and Examination - Department of Accounting
Class Activity On average, all undergraduate and graduate students attended classes above the required workload of 35 hours in one semester, with an overall mean of 35 hours, 35.40 hours, and 35.90 hours, respectively. The workload on class activity for the Bachelor of Accounting program was correspond to the planned number of hours. Meanwhile, there was an overwork of 0.4 hours and 0.9 hours in the Master of Accounting and Doctoral in Accounting study programme, respectively. The data shows that, on average, Master's and Doctoral students had workloads that were 1.13% and 2.51% above the threshold, respectively. Figure 1.A Student's Workload for Attending Class Activity - Department of Accounting
Self-Study On average all students both in undergraduate and graduate level were studying independently below the designed hours of 42 hours in one semester with an overall mean of 31.27 hours, 39.22 hours, and 35.04 hours, respectively. According to the data, independent study time for undergraduate students was 25.55 percent shorter than the designed hour. Additionally, master's and doctorate students, respectively, spent 6.62 percent and 16.58 percent less time doing self-study than the allotted hour. Figure 1.C Student's Workload for Self-Study - Department of Accounting