Students’ Perception Towards The Management of Islamic Business and Economics Undergraduate Programs in Malaysian Public Universities: An Exploratory Study

Nurul Aini Muhamed,Siti Nurazira Mohd Daud,Nor Asiah Yaakub

doi:10.33102/uij.vol15no.239

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Abstract

Program management in Islamic-based Higher Education Providers (HEPs) is designed to produce an outstanding human capital, which is at last can serve their obedience to Allah SWT, ummah and the environment. These are among the main aims of Islamic-based HEP, which are aligned with the university vision and mission. The ability to produce excellent Muslim generations is closely influenced by curriculum and co-curriculum design, teaching and learning methods as well as lecturers’ knowledge. Despites the demand on various new teaching and learning methods (such as students centered learning - SCL) the viewpoint of students’ satisfaction should also been considered. It is important to look at this perspective since they are the main explicit stakeholders and directly exposed to various teaching and learning experiences. This paper aims to explore on the perception of final year students from business and economic programs in two aspects; (i) curriculum and (ii) co-curriculum practices. This study takes the sample from two Islamic-based higher education institutions that implement Islamic education. The method of this study is the adapted Profile Accumulation Technique (PAT) introduced by Johns and Lee-Ross to capture an in-depth information. Generally, this study shows that there are positive responds on teaching methods, academic integrity and benefits of curricular activities in HEPs.

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This paper is related to the effectiveness of the program and indirectly related to whether the university has already achieved the objective of its establishment on the introduction of Islamic education system based

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Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Student Perception Towards The Management of Islamic Business and Economics Undergraduate Programs in Malaysia Public Universities: An Exploratory Study 145 of studies relate the perception of students on several aspects including teaching effectiveness and good academic performance. Jaidi, Sang and Osman (2009) studied on the perception of accounting students on teaching effectiveness in Universiti Malaysia Sabah using two main variables, which are teaching methods and lecturers’ characteristic Their ¿QGLQJV VKRZV WKDW DOO LQGHSHQGHQW YDULDEOHV XVHG LQ WKH VXUYH\ OHDUQLQJ centered approach, knowledge of lecturer, their attitude and personality) do have effect on students’ perceptions. The main themes under students’ perception on their Islamic-based HEPs are selected based on the representative indicators for Islamization within universities These themes are parallel with literature in the public higher ulum islamiyyah 15.indd education area that stress on program management themes (such as Mohidin, et al 2009; Haneef & Amin 2008; Ismail; et al 2008)

Program management

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Curriculum theme