A comparison of Science Integration Implementation in Two State Islamic Universities in Indonesia

Abstract

The transformation of IAIN (State Institute for Islamic Studies) into UIN (State Islamic University) cannot be isolated from discourses on identity, concepts, aspirations of the standard of Islamic education and its goal to incorporate the principle of integration of science. However, since the transformation of these institutions, the integration of science practice still appears at the normative-philosophical level and is not yet in the empirical-implementation domain. The aim of this study is, therefore, to reveal and explain the implementation of the integration of the science concept at the technical-operational level, which focuses on the curriculum design and learning process at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta and UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang. The results of the study showed that these two universities have similarities in the concept of the integration of science and have almost the same objectives, i.e., decreasing the dichotomy of science between religious and general science. However, UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang has a more organized and structured approach to the idea of integration, from theory and framework to the practice of curriculum design and the learning process.