| dc.description.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 | en_US |
