Curriculums of Islamic Economics and Finance Postgraduate Programs in Turkey

Abstract

The main objective of this report is to examine and compare the existing curricula of graduate programs in the field of Islamic economics and finance in Turkey, the likes of which emerged in foreign countries long ago, and to identify their deficiencies and offer solutions. Related documents and information collected from three universities providing education in this field (İstanbul University, İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University and Sakarya University) are used as the foundation in line with this purpose. In the light of available data, a quantitative technique through tables and graphics is utilized and descriptive results are provided. Subsequently, by means of these descriptive results, comparison and critical analysis methods are used. Lastly, the final results of the report are presented.

Introduction: Studies on modern Islamic economics were introduced to academic circles at the beginning of the 20th century and later on, especially since the second half of the 20th century, studies focusing on Islamic finance started to be presented. In line with these developments, provision of official education on Islamic economics and finance started to be considered. Though the efforts in this context started to be seen in foreign countries since 1980s, it is a new topic in our country. The reasons to this situation can be discussed in another study; however, the issue we are focusing in this report and presentation is the comparative examination of the curricula of institutions providing education in Islamic economics and finance at master and doctoral levels in Turkey. The method to be used in order to realize the objective stated above will be explained in detail below. The importance of this report arise from its purpose, which is to fill the deficiency of an existing detailed study related to this topic. A shortcoming worth to be mentioned is that there is no student profile included in this report. We hope that a following study will extend its scope to cover this issue as well. Another deficiency is that detailed information regarding the related Arabic master and doctoral studies conducted in Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University is not included in this report. The content of each chapter in this report is as follows: Related examples from the literature will be presented in the next chapter. The method used in the report will be explained in the following chapter. Next two chapters are the main chapters of this study and cover the analysis of the findings and discussion. All the suggestions mentioned in these two chapters will be listed in the last chapter. The references will be presented at the end of the report.

Bu raporun temel amacı, yurt dışı örnekleri çok daha önce ortaya çıkmış olan İslam ekonomisi ve finansı eğitimine dair Türkiye’deki mevcut lisanüstü programların müfredatının incelenmesi, karşılaştırılması ve eksiklerin ortaya konup çözüm önerilerinin sunulmasıdır. Bu amacı gerçekleştirirken Türkiye’de lisansüstü eğitimler veren üç üniversiteden (İstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim Üniversitesi ve Sakarya Üniversitesi) konuya dair elde edilen belge ve bilgiler temel alınmıştır. Raporda eldeki veriler ışığında tablo ve grafik yoluyla kantitatif bir yöntem takip edilip tanımlayıcı sonuçlar ortaya konmuştur. Ardından, bu tanımlayıcı sonuçlar yardımıyla karşılaştırma ve eleştirel analiz yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Raporda Türkiye’de İslam iktisadı ve finansı lisansüstü eğitiminin geliştirilmesi için kayda değer bir yol haritası sunulmaktadır.

Bu rapor İslam Ekonomisi ve Finansı Lisansüstü Programları Müfredatını Geliştirme Çalıştayı kapsamında yayınlanmıştır