PURSUING BACHELOR DEGREE OR WORK INDEPENDENCY

This article was the result of research on learning process through resulting in graduates. This study aimed to find out whether or not the material delivered in lecturing in College could be beneficial as the foundation of knowledge after being graduated later. To find it, the writer took the graduate outcomes as the sample in Visual Communication Design (DKV) Study Program of Art and Design Department of Faculty of Letters (FS) of Malang State University (UM). How about the graduates of the Study Program, what the alumni do, and whether or not it has been consistent with the competence of graduates. To answer those questions, data was obtained through observation and questionnaire distributed through social media. The data was analyzed using Wilbur Schramm’s Bullet Theory stating that education institutions have prepared alumni corresponding to the specialties to enter into the society. The result of research showed that the graduate outcomes of DKV FS UM had been consistent with graduate competency and specialty program, as creator personnel and design product and service employers.