Relevance of Holistic Education Curriculum in Building Accountant Competence

Abstract

Holistic education has an important role in building the competence of accounting graduates in the work place. Holistic education is clearly implemented in Liberal Arts courses. This study described how the Liberal Arts courses in accounting curricullum; which include the courses: Character Development, Ethics, Religion, World View, Critical Thinking, Learning and Communication, Civics, Leadership, Sport and Art, English, and Indonesian Language, to improve competency of the graduates. In this research, the primary data is obtained from the questionnaire and in depth interview by taking sample from accounting graduate of UPH Surabaya. Secondary data collection is gathered from journals, books and scientific publications related to the topics observed. The results shows that holistic education supports the graduates competence in the work place. Holistic education increase graduates competencies especially for non-academic skills, because in work place not only academic skills are needed but also non-academic skills are necessary. This skills make them stronger in life skill to be a professional accountant