COURSE OUTLINE

1. Course Title: Usrah in Action 1

2. Course Code: SCSH 2163

3. Credit Value: 1

4. Course Synopsis: This course intends to increase students’ awareness and knowledge on
their duties and responsibilities as Muslim in relation to Farḍ Kifāyah practices and skills as
well as translating the concept of community engagement through community profiling and
mapping. Inputs in this course will be delivered through dialectical lectures, discussion, and
experiential learning by students.

5. SAF Elements: This course intends to translate the knowledge and understanding of
sustainable development among students into actions on the ground. Through the course
activities and assessment, students will be prepared to learn to live together with the
community, while preparing themselves to be a balanced graduate, carrying the role of
vicegerent (Khalifah) and contributes to the society, actualizing the spirit of Rahmatan lil
‘alamin.

6. Course Classification within the Curriculum: UniCORE

7. Pre-requisite(s) (if any): SCSH 1201

8. Co-requisite(s) (if any):

9. Course Learning Outcomes:

UniCORE
No. Learning Outcomes (CLO) Learning
Outcomes(ULO)
1 Demonstrate the concept of Farḍ Kifāyah in sustainable 2, 7
development through community profiling
2 Translate the understanding of spirit of Farḍ Kifāyah through 1,5,8
Community Engagement for Sustainable Development

Since July 2021

10. Constructive Alignment:

CLO Teaching-Learning Methods Assessment Methods

1 Dialectical Lecture Reflective Journal
2 Experiential Learning Documentation of Community
Event, Presentation,
Project Paper

11. Assessment Distribution:

Assessment Methods Percentage

Reflective Journal(Individual) 15
Documentation of Community Event 20
Presentation 25
Portfolio 40
Total 100
Must-Pass Assessment Method (s) Percentage

Total 100

12. Course Content

Guided Independent
Topic Course Content Learning Learning
SLT SLT
1 1.5 1
Review of Sustainable Development
Islam and Community Engagement 1.5 1
• Farḍ Kifāyah and its Component
2
• Sustainability Concept in Islam

Community Profiling 1.5 2

3 Community Engagement vs Community
Empowerment vs Community Transformation
Community Profiling 1.5 2
4 Method of Community Profiling
Community Engagement 1:
5 0 5
Ice-Breaking and community profiling
Community Engagement 1:
6 Community Profiling (Field Work) 0 5

Since July 2021

 Student Seminar on Usrah in Action 2 2
7 Theme: Community Mapping and Issues
Community Engagement 2: 0 10
8 Management of Community Event (Janazah,
Rewang, Slaughtering etc)
Student Seminar on Usrah in Action 2 2
9 Theme: Proposed Solution
Final Assessment (if applicable)
Total 10 30

13. References:

13.1. Required

1. Culhane, J., Niewolny, K., Clark, S., & Misyak, S. (2018). Exploring the Intersections
of Interdisciplinary Teaching, Experiential Learning, and Community Engagement: A
Case Study of Service Learning in Practice. International Journal of Teaching and
Learning in Higher Education, 30(3), 412–422.
2. Wan Zahidah Wan Zulkifle, Zainal Abidin Sanusi, Aiman Fikri Borhan, and Muhaideen
Abdul Kader Mohamad Ikbal, (Eds.). 2021. RCE Greater Gombak: Journey Towards
Holistic Community Transformation. Gombak: Sejahtera Centre for Sustainability and
Humanity, IIUM.

13.2. Recommended

1. Gill, S. K., & Gajaseni, N. (2012). Higher education & community Engagement:
Innovative practices and challenges across Asean and Asia. Penerbit Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia.
2. Jacob, W., Sutin, S., Weidman, J., & Yeager, J. (2015). Community engagement in
higher education. Community Engagement in Higher Education, 1–28.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-007-9_1
3. Sanusi, Z.A.,Steele, R. , Khelghat-Doost, H. , Jegatesen, G. & Rosli, H. (2011). Education
for sustainable development: issues, principles and practices for global application. United
Nations University – Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and Research
(UNU-ProSPER.Net).
4. Abdul Rashid Moten (Ed.). 2020. Spirituality and Sustainability: Experiences of the
International Islamic University Malaysia. Gombak: IIUM Press.
5. Craig, G., & Mayo, M. (2004). Community empowerment: A reader in participation and
development. Zed Books.
6. Gilmore, B., Ndejjo, R., Tchetchia, A., de Claro, V., Nyamupachitu-Mago, E., Diallo,
A. A., Lopes, C. A., & Bhattacharyya, S. (2020). Community engagement for Covid-19
prevention and control: A Rapid evidence Synthesis.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.17.20133876
Since July 2021
 7. Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. (2018). Lessons Learned from 30 Years of a University–
Community Engagement Center. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and
Engagement, 22(2), 7–29.
8. Mulligan, J., & Griffin, C. (1992). Empowerment through experiential learning:
Explorations of good practice. Kogan Page.
9. Mayo, P. (2021). Higher education in a globalising world: Community engagement and
lifelong learning. MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS.
10. Yamamura, E. K., & Koth, K. (2018). Place-based community engagement in higher
education: A strategy to transform universities and communities. Stylus Publishing,
LLC.
11. Auda, J. (2010). Maqasid al-Shariah as philosophy of Islamic law: A systems
approach. Islamic Book Trust.

Prepared by: Checked by:

Name: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yasir Mohd

Mustafah Name: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zainal Abidin Sanusi
Department/Unit: Sejahtera Centre Department/Unit: Director, Sejahtera Centre
for Sustainability and Humanity for Sustainability and Humanity
Date: 7 January 2022 Date: 7 January 2022

Since July 2021

 ANNEX
I. Course Plan

Notes:
1. The course plan is to be prepared and reviewed semesterly before new semester
starts.
2. Changes to the course plan do not require submission to the Senate

COURSE COURSE
Usrah in Action 1 SCSH 2163
TITLE CODE
CREDIT HOUR 1 SLT 40
INSTRUCTOR
Week CONTENT/ASSESSMENT/ACTIVITIES SLT DISTRIBUTION
1 1) Dialectical lecture on Review of Sustainable 2.5
Development
• Recapitulation of the Sustainable Development:
Issues, Principles and Practices
• Students will revisit the three pillars of sustainable
development, 5Ps theme and 17 Sustainable
Development Goals

2) Briefing on the Community Profiling project for

the whole semester and the continuation of the
project in Usrah in Action 2
2 1) Dialectical lecture on Islam and Community 2.5
Engagement with the following topics:
• Farḍ Kifāyah and its Component
• Sustainability Concept in Islam

3 1) Dialectical lecture on Community Profiling. 3.5

The discussion will be focusing on:
• Community Engagement vs Community
Empowerment vs Community Transformation

2) To ensure that all students’ group to identify their

specific community to be profiled
• Preliminary contact
• Online Investigation / background search
• Lecturers to ensure valid community title/project

4 1) Dialectical lecture on Community Profiling 3.5

The discussion will be focusing on:
• Method of Community Profiling
 2) Lecturers brief students on implementing
community engagement
3) Lecturers to ensure that all groups received the
letters by STADD prior to Community
Engagement

5 &6 Community Engagement 1: 10

1) Icebreaking, community profiling and field work
2) To be conducted by students at their own agreed time
3) May request transport from university subject to
availability.
4) The cost for accommodation at the site will fully be
covered by the students

7-8 Student Seminar on Usrah in Action 4

Theme: Community Mapping and Issues

1) Presentation of the findings during community

engagement which includes :
• Mapping of the community (socioeconomic
demographic)
• Sustainable development issues in the area
9- 12 Community Engagement 2: 10

1) Students to conduct or assist in managing

community event such as Janazah management,
Rewang, slaughtering etc.
2) The event should be collaboratively organized with
the community and may involve other interested
parties.
13-14 Student Seminar on Usrah in Action 4
Theme: Proposed Solution

1) Presentation of proposed solution projects for the

unsustainable development issues identifies in the
area. Students will carry out and implement the
proposed projects in Usrah in Action 2.
TOTAL SLT 40

Since July 2021