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IEF 422 - Comparative Islamic Economies

Faculty of Business and Management Sciences · Islamic Economics and Finance (English) · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Abdelkader CHACHI

Course Objective

It is to examine the thoughts of Muslims on economic activities from the early period to the present day. The intellectual legacy of Muslims regarding economic activities and economic problems will be reviewed. By making comparisons with the economic thoughts of the West and other societies, it will be tried to reveal the similarities and differences between the ideas of Muslims and other societies on economic problems.

Course Content

In this course, an in-depth analysis will be made on the relationship between Islamic thought and economics, the effects of Islamic belief on economic units, and the relations of Islamic economics with mainstream economic thought.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. The economic system approach represents the most comprehensive approach to economic life and relations. For this reason, it is expected that such a course will lead to a very valuable horizon expansion after his studies at the undergraduate level.
  2. Since this course is also comparative, it is expected to stretch this broadening of the horizon beyond national borders and towards a global vision.
  3. Since the history of economic systems is one of the main topics of this course, a temporal horizon extension is expected to be added to the mentioned spatial horizon expansion.

Core Area Distribution

(22) Humanities%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussion

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period16348
Midterm166
Quiz224
Assignment11010
Practice000
Final188

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Basic Economic Problems and Their Alternative Solutionsrelevant chapter
2Economic System: Concept, Definition and Clasificationrelevant chapter
3Characteristics of An Economic Systemrelevant chapter
4Comparative Economic Systemsrelevant chapter
5Economic Systems in Historyrelevant chapter
6An Overview of Contemporary Economic Systems: Each System Unique/Singular or Plural.relevant chapter
7Capitalist Economic Systems in Theoryrelevant chapter
8Midterm examMidterm exam
9Capitalist Economic Systems in Practicerelevant chapter
10Socialist Economic Systems in Theoryrelevant chapter
11socialist economic system in practicerelevant chapter
12Islamic Economic Systems in Theoryrelevant chapter
13Islamic Economic Systems in Practicerelevant chapter
14Economic Modernization, Postmodernization and Globalizationrelevant chapter
15DiscussionDiscussion
16Final ExamFinal Exam