Industrial Engagement Activities to Gain the Skill of Final Year Student in Rockphysics Subject in Geosciences Department-UTP

The roles of industry and academia are inseparable. RockPhysics which the final-year students of the Geoscience Department of UTP take, is the cutting-edge science in the oil and gas industry, especially the oil and gas exploration. The courses are designed to engage constructive interaction between the students and the industry. Therefore, a mixed learning method between flipped classroom, blended learning, and problem-based learning was conducted. The industries and practitioners were invited to cooperate in the form of donating Rock Physics software that was used to solve daily industry problems, training, and adjunct lectures. The evaluation was conducted, which included the students explaining how to use the software they had learned to solve real industry problems in a short video. The expected output of the applied strategy in teaching and learning is being able to complete the Course Learning Outcome (CLO) and gaining the skills of the student. With this experience, students are expected to be more confident to graduate and become experts in the field of Geoscience, especially Rockphysics subject. In addition, industry recognition in the form of a certificate of completion was given to the student who had completed this learning. Later, this certificate can be used as an additional value when they apply for job.