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Graduate Education Institute · Islamic Economics and Finance (English) · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Compulsory
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Course Objective

This course familiarises the students with the basics of Islamic Finance, prodeucts and services of Islamic Finance, Deposit and financing operations of Islamic Banking, deposit creation, Basel III requirements  and other special topics in Islamic Finance.  This would enable students to apply the knowledge that they get from this course in making economic decisions as well as assisting them to comprehend and evaluate the current economic situations.

Course Content

The objectives of this course are:

1.To enable students to understand the operations of Islamic banks;

2.To examine the deposit and financing opeations of Islamic Banks;

3.To understand the Basel III and IFSB  requirements; 

 4. To Familiarize with the risk management of Islamic finance; 

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. To understand the basic philosophy of Islamic Finance
  2. To examine the deposit and financing operations of Islamic banks
  3. To familiarize with BASEL III and IFSB requirements
  4. To apply the risk management techniques to Islamic Finance

Core Area Distribution

(34) Business and Administration%60 (46) Mathematics and Statistics%40

Teaching Methods

Question-AnswerDiscussionPresentationGroup StudyCase StudySelf studyProblem Solving

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkPerformance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / ThesisProject / DesignTesting (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 Period16580
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment23060
Practice000
Final122

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Classical Islamic finance partnership contracts
2Shariah, regulatory and Legal Framework for Islamic Finance
3Islamic Financial instruments
4Islamic Banking Operations 1
5Islamic Banking Operations 2
6Islamic Money Markets (IIM)
7Mid-Term Examination
8Islamic Capital Market (Debt Instruments) 1
9Islamic Capital Market (Debt Instruments) 2
10Islamic Capital Market (Debt Instruments) 3
11Islamic Capital Market (Equity Instruments) 1
12Islamic Capital Market (Equity Instruments) 2
13Non-Banking Financial Institutions
14The important trends of empirical studies in Islamic Finance
15Class presentations
16Final Exam