Attitudes of Civil Engineering Students Program Study of Building Technique Education to the ASEAN Economic Community

This study aims to express the attitude of students of Civil Engineering Program of Building Engineering Education Studies toward AEC. This research was conducted at Civil Engineering Department of State University of Padang with quantitative descriptive research type. Sampling technique used Total sampling. The research procedure was carried out by distributing questionnaires to 84 active students of Civil Engineering Department of Building Engineering Education Study Program. The results showed that the attitude of Civil Engineering students of Building Engineering Education Program to AEC was 77.6% or included in either category. The highest score of this research is on sub threat indicator, which means the average student feels the concern in facing AEC. But behind these concerns, students want to improve the quality of self to easily face the AEC. Keywords—AEC; threats; students; attitudes; challenges; opportunities