CENTRE FOR FOUNDATION STUDIES

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART                         

• OVERVIEW

The Department of Islamic Revealed Knowledge (IRK) is one of the important departments of the Centre for Foundation Studies, IIUM. It is considered as the heart and soul of the Centre, which consistently aims at producing students with the basis of having strong faith in God, basically by embedding in their heart and mind as many Islamic overview and principles as possible. These students, in return, will be counted as among the valuable resources of our community in specific and country at large to continue prospering the world that we are living in with correct bases as pleased by God with the ability to talk the talk and walk the walk. In general, the department is currently assigned by the Centre to offer two levels of courses, namely the centre required courses and the specialized courses, with eight courses in total.

The centre required courses, which is a level of courses meant for all students of the Centre, offers the following two compulsory courses, entitled Understanding Islam I and Understanding Islam II. The two-aformentioned compulsory courses ought to be taken by the students with the aims of enhancing their current knowledge about Islam and inculcating their existing values with Islamic values. Both of the two courses are offered in both Arabic and English languages, whereby the two said courses will be offered in Arabic to students with Arabic Language based programme (i.e BAR and ARCOMM students), so as in English to students with English Language based programme (e.g. HS, BEN, and LAW students). Nevertheless IRK students will have English as their medium of interaction for these two said courses as the Centre aims to equip them with language skills in both Arabic & English.

Meanwhile, the specialized courses is another level of courses (refer No. 4 below), which offers six compulsory courses  in total for IRK students. These courses serve to equip IRK students with essential yet sufficient background of knowledge of Islamic Revealed Knoweledge and Heritage, consisting of the establishment and development of the related discipline of knowledge, general Arabic terms (musṭalaḥ) used in the said fields, and elementary topics as well as important issues discussed by the Muslim renowned scholars. Upon the completion of these courses, it will relatively help IRK students to make decision of which specialization will they choose when pursuing their studies at undergraduates level. Three specializations are awaiting them upon their registration at Gombak main campus, either al-Qurʿān and Al-Sunnah, Uṣūluddīn & Comparative Religion, or Fiqh and Uṣūl al-Fiqh, namely after one academic year of study at this Centre.

Currently, the department is home to a team of dedicated and experienced academic staff from variety of places of their previous educational institution. The staff are capable of undertaking multi-disciplined courses though they are streamlined to teach various programmes according to their expertise and specialisation. They are also deeply involved in revising and improving the course contents so as to make it updated, relevant, practical and useful for the ever-changing needs and issues of the Muslim Ummah and the world.

• OBJECTIVES 

The department aims at moulding students into becoming well-rounded, high achievers equipped with sound faith (Iman), knowledge (‘Ilm) and good conduct (Akhlaq). They are taught to lead by example, be useful, contributive, and relevant to the Muslim Ummah and the world.

• PROGRAMME/COURSES OFFERED