Tahun Pertama Kuliah (My First Year in College)

Disini saya akan bercerita kuliah saya setahun belakang, yaitu semester 1 dan 2 di Departemen Perikanan, Fakultas Pertanian, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
Here I'm gonna tell my activity on 1st and 2nd semester in Fisheries Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Gadjah Mada University.

Saya diterima sebagai mahasiswa Budidaya Perairan / Budidaya Perikanan / BDP / Akuakultur di UGM melalui jalur SNMPTN 2018. Melihat peluang perikanan di Indonesia dan dunia, saya jadi tertarik mendalami ilmu ini, apalagi dari dulu memang sudah bercita-cita sebagai wirausahawan.
I was accepted as student in Aquaculture major through SNMPTN 2018. Seeing national and global opportunity in fisheries sector keep rising makes me want to deepen my knowledge, as well as training to start my own business.

Semester 1 di Perikanan UGM ini rasanya masih santai. Mata kualiahnya seperti PIPK (Pengantar Ilmu Perikanan Kelautan), avertebrata perairan, dasar-dasar manajemen, matematika dasar, fisika dasar, kimia anorganik, Pancasila, dan bahasa Indonesia. Sekian banyak matkul berjumlah 20 SKS. Praktikum juga cuma avertebrata air di Sub Laboratorium Hidrobiologi, praktikum fisika dan kimia anorganik di Fakultas MIPA.
During my first year, it was totally chill. I took several courses (total of 20 credits) which were PIPK, aquatic invertebrates, fundamental management, basic college math (for dummies like me), basic physic, inorganic chemistry, Pancasila, and Bahasa language. There are also practice courses which are aquatic invertebrates in Hydro-biology sub-laboratory, basic physic and inorganic chemistry in Faculty of Science.

Kegiatan perkuliahan berlangsung dengan menarik. Agustus 2018 lalu kita seangkatan perikanan 2018 menuju Pekalongan dan mengunjungi TPI, Perum Perindo (tambak udang), dll. Lumayan asyik. Selain itu ada juga ospek jurusan yang berlangsung September-Oktober dimana kita akan makin akrab dengan kakak tingkat maupun angkatan sendiri. Angkatan kita diberi nama Xiphias, yaitu genus ikan pedang.
College activities were very interesting as freshman. I went to Pekalongan, Central Java, in August 2018 to visit TPI (Fish Auctioneer), Perum Perindo (shrimp ponds), etc. There was also a freshman  campus orientation during September until October where we got to know our seniors. My Fisheries class of 2018 is called "Xiphias", which is a genus name of sword-fish.

Di setiap praktikum tentu ada laporan praktikum/laprak. Di praktikum avertebrata air kita akan mempelajari makhluk hidup invertebrata di perairan, mulai dari plankton, porifera, coelenterata, mollusca, annelida dan platyhelminthes, echinodermata, mikro arthopoda, dan makro arthopoda. Praktikumnya seru dan informatif.
In practice credits, we got to write our report weekly. Aquatic invertebrates report was easy. The subject in this practice were plankton, porifera, coelenterate, mollusk, annelids, and platyhelminthes, echinoderms, micro and macro arthropods. Practices were fun and informative.

Lanjutlah kita ke ujian tengah semester dan ujian akhir semester. Ujian itu mudah, asal kita memperhatikan dosen dengan baik di kelas dan mencatatnya, lalu mereview materi. Jangan sampai tidak ikut UAS! Otomatis kalian mendapat nilai E/harus mengulang jika tidak ikut UAS dengan alasan apapun.
Time went by quickly and bam! I got myself a mid-term exam, and in the end of semester there's also end-term exam. As long as you writes notes, and review them, you'll easily answer those questions. Don't ever skip your exam or you'll automatically got E mark and has to repeat courses next year.

Libur semester 1 dimulai dari Desember-Februari awal. Kalian bisa menggunakan ini untuk magang atau berorganisasi maupun benar-benar liburan. Mulai menginjak semester 2, eits sebelum itu ada PalaWar atau KRS-an dulu. Jadi kita berebut kursi kelas dengan orang lain.
College break starts in December until early February, pretty long huh? You can fill those days studying, participate in field work or organisation or just enjoy your time. Starting second semester, you'll have to choose your courses again. This period of choosing classes (called KRS-an or PalaWar in my university) was very hectic, as we compete with each other because of limited seat.

Halo Semester 2, aku datang!
I've arrived in 2nd semester!

Di semester 2 ini saya mengambil 23 SKS meskipun mata kuliah wajib hanya 21 SKS, agar cepat lulus. Oh iya yang bisa mengambil lebih dari 21 SKS IP semester sebelumnya kalian harus diatas 3.0 yah.
In this second semester, I took 23 credits although normal one was 19-21. You can take more than 20 credits (of maximum 24) when your GPA is above 3.0 (of maximum 4.0).

Di semester 2 ini saya mengambil kelas PPKn, kimia organik, statistika, dasar-dasar penangkapan ikan, iktiologi, sosiologi perikanan, ekologi perairan, mikrobiologi, dan mata kuliah semester 4 yaitu kewirausahaan. Praktikumnya mulai sulit, iktiologi mirip dengan avertebrata air.. Materinya meliputi taksonomi dan identifikasi organisme air tawar dan laut, anatomi dan sistem kerja organ, sistem rangka dan urat daging, dan yang paling seru adalah pengawetan ikan. Saya mengawetkan ikan hias Pomacanthus sextriatus. Ini matkulnya anak BDP nih, paling enak, responsinya tokser alias ketok-geser.
I took several courses which were PPKn, organic chemistry, fundamental statistics, fish-catching 101, ichthyology, fisheries sociology, aquatic ecology, basic microbiology, and entrepreneurship class. The practice got gradually hard, ichthyology was somewhat similar with aquatic invertebrates. It concludes fish taxonomy, fish identification, fish organ anatomy, fish skeletal and muscle structure and fish preservation. My sample used in preservation was a tropical marine fish Pomacanthus sextriatus. It was fun!

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Pomacanthus sextriatus or Sixbar Angel-fish

Lalu ada matkul ekologi perairan, kalian akan praktikum di sungai dan estuari. Disana kalian akan menghitung kualitas perairan dari parameter fisika, kimia, dan biologi air seperti kecepatan arus, debit air, kecerahan, total suspended solid / TSS, suhu, pH, kadar DO, kadar CO2, salinitas, adanya organisme seperti makrobenthos dan plankton dengan berbagai alat seperti botol DO, plankton net, pH meter, dll. Ini matkulnya anak MSA nih.
Then there was aquatic ecological practice course where you'll go to rivers and estuaries. You will calculate water quality; physical, chemical ,and biological parameter like water velocity, water debit, turbidity, total suspended solid, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, dissolved CO2, salinity, macrobenthos and plankton using several tools like winkler-dissolved-oxygen bottle, plankton net, pH meter, etc.

Kemudian ada mikrobiologi. Praktikum teribet di semester 2. Ada 10 acara dan kalian akan belajar mulai dari alat laboratorium, sterilisasi, pembuatan medium, isolasi mikrobia, viabilitas mikrobia, morfologi jamur benang, morfologi sel dan koloni mikrobia, perhitungan jumlah bakteri, dll. Ini matkul anak THP nih.
Finally, last practice was microbiology, the most pain-in-the-... practice (I'm joking lol). There were a total of 10 practices starting from lab equipment introductory, sterilization, medium making, microbes isolation, microbes viability, fungus morphology, cell and microbes colony morphology and microbes counting.

Greetings from B4-group microbiology practitioner!

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I think that was it, if you're interested, feel free to leave a comment. Sayonara!

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