The Aspiration of Departement in College by Gender Tendency
Abstract
Interest in this research arises from one of the things that sometimes escape the attention, namely the gender tendency toward a major in college. This study used final teenage data at first year students at Yogyakarta State University to see how gender differences can represent aspirations for science and social-humaniora majors. Data were collected using a scale. Scale was distributed to 425 respondents by sampling propotioned cluster random sampling. Using the survey method we found that men dominate in the exact plane of about 62.5% and women about 37.4%. The opposite is shown in the non-exact plane dominated by women with a percentage of about 80.4% and about 19.5% of males. This difference is also supported by other factors such as
the importance of achievement beliefs in the department, and gender stereotypes in the community that are still inherent. This research is expected to contribute to the literature on career development and can form the basis of the formulation of career guidance programs that can include attention to gender differences.
Keywords: department in college; gender; late adolescence; identity career status.
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