CURRICULUM, CREDITS AND COURSES

Curriculum design is basically scientific structure constructed with high coherency. The scientific structure is reflected in the whole courses offered, one course is related paradigmatically to another and forms a complete unity.  Similarxly, the curriculum of postgraduate program at ISID is constructed based on strong epistemological ground and in consonant with the standard of competency decreed by national curriculum. The construction of the curriculum also consider the progress in the field of education especially in responding the need of curriculum innovation and higher education management in Indonesia and in the Muslim world. The structure of postgraduate curriculum is reflected in the list of courses  offered that practically are grouped into four: Courses for Basic expertise, courses for methodology, Courses for expertise  and Courses for specific expertise. The number of courses that have to be taken by the postgraduate students is 16 courses or 48 credits semester including thesis. The courses offered are the following: A. Basic Expertise Courses 1)   Islamic Worldview                           3 Credits 2)   Studies on Al-Quran                        2 Credits 3)   Studies on Hadith                            2 Credits 4)   History of Islamic Civilization           2 Credits B. Methodology Courses 1)   Islamization of Contemporary Knowledge     2 Credits 2)   Logic and Philosophy of Science                   2 Credits 3)   Research Methodology                                 2 Credits 4)   Western Philosophy                                      3 Credits C.  Expertise Courses 1)   Islamic Theology                                   3 Credits 2)   Islamic Philosophy                                 3 Credits 3)   Islamic Mysticism                                  3 Credits 4)   Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh                            3 Credits D.  Elective Expertise Courses 1)   Contemporary Islamic Thought              3 Credits 2)   Islamic Legal Thought                            3 Credits 3)   Islamic Economical Thought                   3 Credits 4)   Arabic Linguistics and Literature             3 Credits 5)   Islamic Educational Thought                   3 Credits 6)   Islamic Political Thought                         3 Credits E. Thesis 1)   Thesis proposal seminar                         0 Credit 2)   Thesis                                                    6 Credits Teaching Staff Prof. Dr. Wan Daud, University of California, Los Angles, USA. Subject: Philosophy of Education, Islamization of Contemporary Knowledge. Prof. Dr. Dien Syamsuddin, University of California, Los Angles, USA. Subject: Islamic Politics. Prof. Dr. Imam Suprayogo, Airlangga University,  Surabaya. Subject: Research Methodology. Prof. Dr. Mudjia Rahardjo,           Airlangga University, Surabaya. Subject: Philosophy of Science. Prof. Dr. Syamsul Hadi, SU, MA,  Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. Subject: Lexicography. Prof. Dr. Akhyar Adnan, Wolfgang University, Australia. Subject: Islamic Economics. Dr. H. Amal Fathullah Zarkasyi, MA,  Malaya University, Malaysia. Subject: Theology, Islamic Philosophy, Sufism. Dr. H. Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi, MA, M.Phil      ISTAC, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Subject: Islamic Philosophy, Contemporary Issues, Trend of Modern Theology, Islamization of Knowledge. Dr. H. Ahmad Hidayatullah Zarkasyi, MA University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Subject: The Politics of Islamic Law. Dr. H. Dihayatun Masqon, MA. Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India.  Subject: Islamic History and Civilization. Dr. H. Fairuz Subakir Ahmad, MA University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Subject: Arabic Language and Arabic Literature Dr. Mukhlis Hanafi, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. Subject: Al-Quran and al-Tafsir Dr. Luthfi Fathullah, National  University,  Malaysia. Subject: al- Hadits Dr. Syamsuddin Arief, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Subject: Islamic Philosophy, and Western Philosophy. Dr. Anis Malik Thaha, International Islamic University, Islamabad. Subject: Contemporary Islamic Thought. Dr. H. Taufiq Hulaimi, Ummu Durman University, Khourtum, Sudan. Subject: al-Fiqih and  Ushul Fiqih. Dr. Muhammad, State Islamic University, Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta. Subject Islamic Economics. Dr. Imam Sukardi, M.Ag, State Islamic University, Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta. Subject: Islamic Politics. Dr. Ugi Suharto,  International Islamic University, Malaysia. Subject: Islamic Economics. Dr. Adi Setia,  International Islamic University, Malaysia. Subject: Islamic Science.