Students’ Perception on the Prospect of Economics Education Study Program

Abstract

This study aims to determine the extent to which perceptions of students on the prospect of the Economics Education Program. The method used in this research is descriptive method in which the required data is obtained through questionnaire and technique of analyzing data used is percentages. Questionnaires were distributed through the Student Business group in writer’s facebook which was previously used to share information and lecture’s tasks by the author. Furthermore, the sample of this study is the Economics Education students from 2012 and 2013 academic years. The result of research conducted shows that: (1) for the view indicator, students' perception on the prospect of Economics Education Study Program is in high category; (2) the indicator responses, students 'perceptions of on the prospect of Economics Education Study Program also in high category and medium for some indicators, and (3) for the feeling indicator, students' perceptions on the prospect of Economics Education Study Program shows a high, medium and low categories on some studied indicators.

Keywords: Perception, Prospect, Economics Education