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

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.