Islamic economics as a discipline has a foundation of epistemology. The main
problem in the development of economics and Islamic finance in Indonesia is still
the gap between the needs of industry and graduate from college. This study aims
to analyze how epistemology and the development of Islamic economics and the
curriculum structure of Islamic economics in universities that teach Islamic
economics and what is effective approach to be applied so that graduates can meet
the needs of the financial industry Islamic economics. The method used in this
study is a content analysis is used to explain the depth of the curriculum of
Islamic economics in college. Based on the results of the study found that the
difference was the presence of Islamic economics learning systems in higher
education so that graduates produced by universities that teach Islamic economic
is still little that can meet the market needs of the Islamic financial industry.
Keywords: epistemology, islamic economic, deduktive, induktive, curriculum,
college