- About the program
- Subjects
Certificate awarded
Bachelor’s Degree (Licentiate) in Islamic Studies
Major
Program outcomes
- First: Knowledge and Understanding
Graduates of the program are expected to:
- Demonstrate a clear and accurate understanding of the fundamental concepts of the Qur’an and its discipline, Hadith and its methodology, Islamic Shariah and its principles, and Islamic creed.
- Explain the Shariah and foundational principles of Islamic law ( Usul al-Fiqh) and the mechanisms of reasoning and inferencing, enabling proper understanding of religious texts in light of their objectives (Maqasid).
- Distinguish between the various Opinions and schools of thought and critically analyze their evidences using sound academic methodology.
- Interpret contemporary issues and emerging cases through scholarly approaches grounded in Islamic texts and regulated principles of ijtihad.
- Comprehend the foundations and theoretical frameworks of scientific research in the fields of Islamic studies.
- Identify modern intellectual and academic trends that support continuation into postgraduate studies within the specialization.
- Second: Skills
- Graduates will be able to:
- Apply analytical and juristic reasoning skills in the study of religious texts and in addressing real-life issues.
- Employ proper methodologies in preparing, writing, and documenting research in Islamic studies.
- Utilize modern teaching strategies to present Islamic knowledge in an effective and educational manner.
- Practice public speaking, preaching, and religious guidance using a balanced and moderate approach.
- Use contemporary educational technologies and appropriate presentation tools relevant to Islamic studies.
- Develop effective scholarly, da‘wah, and community communication skills in accordance with professional standards.
- Third: Values, Responsibility, and Independence
Graduates are expected to:
- Adhere to Islamic values and professional ethics in academic and educational practice.
- Demonstrate responsibility, discipline, and commitment in academic and outreach duties.
- Uphold intellectual moderation and balanced conduct when addressing religious and societal issues.
- Exercise independence in academic decision-making and in completing research and assigned tasks.
- Contribute to community service through educational, da‘wah, and voluntary activities with positive social impact.
- Observe the ethics of dialogue, fairness, and respect for differing opinions within the framework of Islamic principles.
Program objectives
- To provide students with authentic Islamic knowledge in the Qur’an and its desciplines, Hadith and its methodology, Fiqh and its principles, and Islamic creed.
- To develop students’ abilities in analysis, Shariah reasoning, and applying textual evidence to contemporary realities and issues.
- To equip students with scientific research skills in Islamic studies using sound academic methodologies.
- To prepare qualified educational cadres capable of teaching in educational and religious institutions according to modern pedagogical foundations.
- To strengthen Islamic values and ethics and foster a sense of social responsibility among students.
- To develop students’ skills in scholarly communication, religious outreach, and community service within a balanced and moderate approach.
- To introduce students to modern and advanced teaching methods in the field of Islamic Studies.
- To graduate students capable of pursuing postgraduate studies and advanced academic research.
Job Market
- First: Educational Sector
- Islamic Education Teacher at general education levels (primary and secondary).
- Instructor of Islamic subjects in religious institutes.
- Second: Da‘wah and Guidance Sector
- Mosque Imam or Khateeb (subject to completion of official requirements).
- Religious preacher and guidance counselor.
- Participant in community awareness and outreach programs.
- Third: Administrative and Institutional Sector
- Employee in Awqaf and Islamic Affairs offices.
- Member of Sharia advisory and consultative committees.
- Fourth: Media Sector
- Preparation and presentation of religious programs.
- Writing in Islamic and intellectual fields.
Description
The Department of Islamic Studies is one of the core academic departments within the Faculty of Education – Mizdah. The department offers an academic and educational program leading to the Bachelor’s Degree (Licentiate) in Islamic Studies. The program follows a semester-based system consisting of eight (8) academic semesters.
The department began admitting students under the semester system in the academic year 2022–2023 and has witnessed strong student enrollment and positive academic engagement.
The department is concerned with teaching Islamic studies through a rigorous academic approach grounded in sound scholarship, educational methodology, and intellectual moderation. Its identity is derived from the Qur’an and the Sunnah, enriched by the scholarly heritage of the Ummah, and supported by contemporary research tools—bringing together disciplined authenticity and conscious modernity.
The department aims to graduate academically qualified individuals who combine solid foundational knowledge, sound analytical abilities, accurate reasoning, and noble purpose, enabling them to contribute effectively to society, promote awareness, strengthen values, and defend Islamic principles through knowledge, wisdom, and responsible discourse.
Program content
Duration
8 Terms
General credits
36
Elective credits
4
Compulsory credits
94
Total credits
134
| Subject code | Subject name | Credits | Subject type | Subject prerequisites |
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| IS209 | Prophetic Biography | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course covers the study of the Prophetic Biography from the birth of the Prophet peace be upon him and his upbringing, through his circumstances before prophethood, stages of the call (secret and public), positions of the polytheists and their torture of Muslims, migrations to Abyssinia and Medina, presenting Islam to tribes, and the Pledge of Aqabah. It also studies his battles, expeditions, treaties, the conquest of Mecca, delegations and the call to Islam, up to his death peace be upon him, extracting lessons and morals from each stage to deepen historical understanding and practical emulation of the Prophet peace be upon him. |
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| EN100 | English Language 1 | 2 | General | - |
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This course aims to develop students' ability to handle basics of English used in scientific specializations and daily life, helping improve the four English skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) through exercises, conversations, examples, and effective activities, leading to correct communication methods. It provides basic English grammar (e.g., verbs and tenses, simple present, continuous...) along with common vocabulary and phrase |
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| CS100 | Computer Science 1 | 2 | General | - |
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This course covers main topics and concepts related to information and communication technology, such as defining the computer and its uses, types, binary digital system, computer hardware components, types of software, computer networks, internet basics, computer crimes, and data security and protection. |
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| EPSY100 | General Psychology | 2 | General | - |
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The concept of general psychology, its definition, objectives, and importance, some related sciences, and types of branches of psychology. The most important concepts and principles related to psychology, research methods in general psychology, general psychological laws of human behavior, schools of psychology, the nervous system and behavior, higher mental processes, learning, the concept of stimulus and response, the concept of intelligence, perception, sensation, memory, forgetting, and thinking. Motivation: definition of motivation and different classifications of motives, which can be limited to biological and physiological motives, and employing psychological educational knowledge and concepts to serve the educational process. |
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| EPSY101 | Foundations of Education | 2 | General | - |
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The course provides the student teacher with knowledge and skills and equips him with values and attitudes that contribute to his preparation and qualification for the teaching profession, through identifying educational concepts, their types, characteristics, and functions, and reviewing educational opinions and ideas advocated by scholars throughout the ages. It highlights the role of Islamic education and its educational philosophy through presenting models of prominent figures of Islamic thought, identifies educational philosophies and their reflections on the educational system, determines cultural and social foundations, their concept and elements, and their impact on the life of societies, reaching the identification of some issues related to education and their educational applications. |
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| IS123 | Fiqh of Worship I | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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The course deals with the concept of acts of worship and their objectives, pure and impure substances, and rulings on pure and mixed water. It reviews the rulings of ablution, ritual bath, and dry ablution, including their conditions, obligations, Sunnahs, and invalidators, wiping over bandages, and rulings of menstruation and postnatal bleeding, with focus on practical application and legal commitment to acts of worship. |
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| IS110 | Quranic Sciences I | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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The course deals with introducing the sciences of the Quran and the stages of their development since the era of the Prophet (peace be upon him), passing through the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and the era of compilation, with studying their types, subjects, and the methods of early authors in compiling them. It examines the meaning of the Quran linguistically and technically, its names, the number of its verses, the longest, shortest, and greatest verses, the relationship between linguistic and technical meanings, in addition to the forms of the Qur’an and its divisions, and the rulings of collecting, preserving, and writing the Quran during the era of Abu Bakr and Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them), with addressing suspicions related to the compilation of the Quran and scholars’ differences regarding the arrangement of surahs. |
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| IS107 | Islamic Creed (1) | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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The course deals with introducing the sciences of the Qur’an and the stages of their development since the era of the Prophet (peace be upon him), passing through the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and the era of compilation, with studying their types, subjects, and the methods of early authors in compiling them. It examines the meaning of the Qur’an linguistically and technically, its names, the number of its verses, the longest, shortest, and greatest verses, the relationship between linguistic and technical meanings, in addition to the forms of the Qur’an and its divisions, and the rulings of collecting, preserving, and writing the Qur’an during the era of Abu Bakr and ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them), with addressing suspicions related to the compilation of the Qur’an and scholars’ differences regarding the arrangement of surahs. |
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| IS105 | The Qur’an and Rules of Tajweed I | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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The course aims to memorize Juz’ ‘Amma from the Holy Qur’an with practical application of the rules of recitation and tajweed to the verses of the Juz’. It deals with the meaning of tajweed and the reality of tartil and tahqiq, with training the tongue on the articulation points of letters, their characteristics, and the limits of correct pronunciation. It also presents the statements of the imams of recitation regarding tahqiq, and clarifies the rulings of letters in terms of elongation, assimilation, concealment, hamzah, inclination, and the like, in order to achieve correct performance and good recitation. |
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| IS102 | Arabic Grammar I | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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The course deals with the study of Arabic grammar from a historical perspective, with identifying its most prominent scholars. It reviews the states of the word and its categories, the signs of the noun and its types, the signs of the verb and its types, the signs of the particle and its types, and distinguishing between declinable and indeclinable nouns and verbs, with studying traditional grammatical inflection. It also studies the types of definiteness of nouns: indefiniteness and definiteness, the pronoun, proper noun, demonstrative noun, relative noun, and what the definite article “al-” enters upon, aiming to enable the student to understand the rules of Arabic grammar and master grammatical inflection. |
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| IS112 | ntroduction to the Principles of Tafsir | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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The course deals with the meaning of tafsir and the difference between it and ta’wil, the conditions and controls of tafsir, the reasons for the differences among commentators, and their most important errors. It introduces the methodologies of tafsir and their importance, including tafsir by transmitted reports, its rules, steps, and scholars, and tafsir by sound opinion, its conditions and most famous books. It also studies deviant interpretations, their causes, and the most famous deviant sects, as well as tafsir in the modern era, its trends, scholars, and most prominent books, providing the student with a solid foundation for understanding Qur’anic sciences and its interpretation. |
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| LN100 | National Culture | 2 | General | - |
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This course contributes to strengthening Libyan identity and shaping the student’s national cultural awareness, clarifying Libya’s status, location, and role in the past and present, its natural and geographical characteristics, and its population across ages. The student studies the social system and economic resources, the civilizational and cultural heritage and its role in modernizing society and highlighting Libya’s image, the development of the Libyan house, and systems of governance in Libya and their types. The course also instills national spirit and pride in belonging. |
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| EN101 | English Language 2 | 2 | General | EN100 |
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This course aims to enhance students’ ability to deal with concepts used in the English language and raise their level of knowledge of English in a real context. It also aims at enabling students to acquire language skills in reading and writing that allow them to use the language correctly. The course aims to improve students’ English language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) using exercises, conversations, examples, and effective and useful activities. It also provides them with basic and simple English grammar such as verbs and tenses, simple present and continuous, and commonly used expressions and vocabulary. |
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| CS101 | Computer Science II | 2 | General | CS100 |
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This course explains to the student the basic skills and main concepts related to the use of spreadsheets, the use of formulas and mathematical and standard functions, computers and their operating systems, application programs, windows and their uses, Paint, and internet browsers. It also includes practical use of application programs such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, where the practical part represents the larger portion for acquiring practical skills. These programs help the student accomplish assignments, graduation projects, and practical life after graduation. |
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| ST100 | Principles of Statistics | 2 | General | - |
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This course presents some general statistical concepts, tabular and graphical presentations of statistical data, and measures of central tendency, as well as measures of dispersion, correlation, and regression. The student becomes familiar with methods of data collection and organization, methods of presenting data in frequency tables and representing these tables with appropriate graphs, and introducing the student to measures of skewness and kurtosis, and comparing the characteristics of these different measures. |
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| IS103 | Arabic Grammar II | 2 | Compulsory | IS102 |
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This course deals with the study of the Arabic sentence and its types, including the nominal sentence: subject and predicate and their rulings, defective verbs such as kana and its sisters, particles resembling verbs, verbs of approximation, and other abrogating particles such as inna and its sisters and la of absolute negation and their rulings, and the rulings of verbs of assumption and their sisters. It also studies the verbal sentence and the rulings of the subject, object, transitive and intransitive verbs, the absolute object, the object for purpose, the object with accompaniment, and adverbs, aiming for the student to master Arabic grammar rules and apply them practically. |
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| IS124 | Fiqh of Worship II | 2 | Compulsory | IS123 |
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This course deals with the study of various prayers, obligatory and voluntary, including their conditions, pillars, and Sunnahs, with clarification of the rulings of the call to prayer, the iqamah, forgetfulness, and leadership in prayer. It also explains congregational prayer, Friday prayer and its virtue, conditions, and Sunnahs, the two Eid prayers, eclipse prayers, combining prayers, funeral prayer, and the rulings of the dying person, with focus on the practical application of concessions and Sunnahs. |
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| IS111 | Quranic Sciences II | 2 | Compulsory | IS110 |
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This course deals with the study of Makkan and Madinan surahs and their divisions according to scholars’ terminology, clarifying the signs and controls for distinguishing them and the benefits of knowing them, and addressing suspicions related to this topic. It also studies revelation linguistically and technically, its types, forms, and states of its descent upon the Prophet (peace be upon him), the Messenger, and the prophets, with studying the descent of the Holy Qur’an and its appropriateness between linguistic and technical meanings, its stages, the first and last revealed, Qur’anic inimitability and its linguistic and stylistic aspects, the rare vocabulary of the Qur’an and its importance, with focus on interpreting texts, preserving Qur’anic knowledge, understanding the secrets of the Qur’an, and its effect on reforming humankind. |
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| IS108 | Islamic Creed II | 2 | Compulsory | IS107 |
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This course deals with belief in angels, their reality, attributes, and functions, belief in jinn and devils and means of protection from them. It also studies belief in prophets and messengers, clarifying the difference between a messenger and a prophet and their attributes, belief in the Seal of the Prophets (peace be upon him) and what must be adhered to toward him. It reviews belief in the revealed books with focus on the Holy Qur’an, belief in divine decree and destiny and the Last Day and its signs, the states of death, the barzakh, resurrection, reckoning, Paradise, and Hellfire, with focus on correct creedal concepts and practical application of faith. |
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| IS106 | The Quran and Rules of Tajweed II | 2 | Compulsory | IS105 |
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This course is concerned with memorizing Juz’ Tabarak from the Holy Qur’an with practical application of recitation rules to the verses of the Juz’. It deals with the categories of letters and their characteristics such as whispered, voiced, strong, emphatic, elevated, and lowered letters, with clarification of the rulings of ghunnah, qalqalah, additions, and vowel change. It also studies the states of the silent nun and tanween, the rulings of emphatic and light pronunciation, rawm and ishmaam, elongation at stopping, and the types of stopping and their clarification, in order to achieve mastery of performance and correctness of recitation. |
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| EPSY202 | Basics of Curriculums | 2 | General | - |
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This course equips the student with knowledge, skills, and attitudes about the curriculum in terms of its emergence, development, indication, and meaning (conceptual definitions), comparison between the main trends regarding the concept of the school curriculum and its theories, historical stages and factors of its development and improvement. The student also understands the extent of integration and overlap of the processes of building the school curriculum and realizes the foundations of building the school curriculum. The course also provides the student with the knowledge and skill necessary to analyze school curricula, compares different organizations of building the school curriculum, and enables the student to comprehend the great responsibility that falls upon him as a future teacher in implementing the curriculum. |
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| EPSY203 | Educational Psychology | 2 | General | EPSY100 |
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This course deals with the study of the subject of educational psychology and its importance in the educational process, with focus on educational objectives, their levels, and formulation. It also addresses psychological development and its role in the educational process, cognitive development according to Piaget, and emotional and social development according to Erikson. |
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| IS213 | Tafsir of Verses of Rulings I | 2 | Compulsory | IS112 |
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This course aims to teach the student understanding of the Holy Qur’an and its interpretation linguistically and in terms of rulings, beginning with the interpretation of seeking refuge and the basmalah, then the interpretation of Surahs al-Fatihah, al-Hujurat, and Qaf, with clarification of recitation rulings and linguistic and legal interpretation for each surah. It provides the student with the ability to understand Qur’anic meanings and master correct Qur’anic performance. |
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| IS203 | Arabic Grammar III | 2 | Compulsory | IS103 |
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This course deals with the study of advanced grammatical chapters, including exception, circumstantial accusative (haal), specification (tamyiz), and prepositions, in addition to annexation and its types. It also reviews the functions of the verbal noun, the verbal noun substitute, the active participle, intensive forms, the passive participle, the rulings of the exclamatory style, verbs of praise and blame, and comparative and superlative forms, aiming to enhance the student’s ability to analyze Arabic sentences and master advanced grammar rules. |
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| IS219 | Fiqh of Prophetic Hadith I | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course aims to study fourteen hadiths from the book al-Arba‘in al-Nawawiyyah, with focus on extracting legal benefits and practical manners derived from them. It works to enable the student to understand the meanings of hadith and apply them in practical life, and to enhance awareness of the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and its ethical and jurisprudential principles. |
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| IS217 | Hadith Sciences and Terminology I | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course deals with introducing the sciences of hadith and their emergence, explaining the terminology specific to hadith scholars such as Sunnah, hadith, athar, and khabar, with clarification of the difference between prophetic and sacred hadith. It reviews the types of mutawatir and ahad hadith, and defines authentic, good, and weak hadith with the conditions and ranks of each, in addition to the most important scholarly compilations and the rulings on using hadith as evidence and acting upon it, providing the student with a solid foundation for understanding hadith sciences and their objectives. |
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| IS206 | Rhetoric (Balaghah) | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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Introducing the course and identifying the characteristics of Qur’anic and Prophetic eloquence, and awareness of the existence of inimitability, including rhetorical inimitability and its secret according to the majority. A concise summary of the elements of Qur’anic composition and their characteristics, and of the eloquence of the Messenger (peace be upon him), the most prominent efforts in its study and its characteristics, and analysis of models of rhetorical inimitability and Prophetic eloquence. |
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| IS201 | History of Islamic Legislation | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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The history of Islamic legislation deals with the emergence and development of Islamic legislation, its sources, characteristics, and objectives, in sequence with the historical stages it passed through: the era of the Messenger (peace be upon him), then the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), then the Followers and Followers of the Followers, the emergence of jurisprudential schools and their scholars, the era of absolute ijtihad, the era of imitation, and the era of modern jurisprudential revival, mentioning the efforts of the founders of the rules of Islamic legislation in each era. |
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| IS225 | Fiqh of Worship III | 2 | Compulsory | IS124 |
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This course deals with the study of financial acts of worship and personal acts of worship, including zakat, fasting, and retreat (i‘tikaf). It explains the rulings of zakat, its types, amounts, cases of obligation, channels of distribution, and etiquettes of paying it, zakat al-fitr, as well as fasting in terms of its conditions, pillars, recommended acts, permissible acts, invalidators, and expiations. It also introduces i‘tikaf, its virtue, and its conditions, with focus on practical application and legal commitment to these acts of worship. |
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| EPSY201 | General Teaching Strategies | 2 | General | EPSY101 |
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This course aims to equip the student with knowledge, skills, values, and positive attitudes required by the teaching profession, and to help them know the nature of the educational process and understand the relationship between different teaching situations, and to provide them with the most important modern teaching strategies that make the learner the center of the educational process. |
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| IS220 | Fiqh of Prophetic Hadith II | 2 | Compulsory | IS219 |
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This course aims to study a selected number of Prophetic hadiths, focusing on explaining their meanings and extracting jurisprudential rulings and educational lessons derived from them. It seeks to develop the student’s ability to understand the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him), link it to practical reality, and apply its legal and ethical guidance in daily life. |
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| IS218 | Hadith Sciences and Terminology II | 2 | Compulsory | IS217 |
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This course continues the study of hadith sciences, focusing on the study of chains of transmission, narrator criticism, and the principles of authentication and classification of hadith. It introduces the most important types of weak hadith and their causes, methods of verifying narrations, and the role of hadith scholars in preserving the Sunnah, enabling the student to distinguish between accepted and rejected hadith. |
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| IS226 | Fiqh of Worship IV | 2 | Compulsory | IS225 |
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This course deals with the study of Hajj and ‘Umrah in terms of their rulings, pillars, obligations, recommended acts, prohibitions, and invalidators. It explains the conditions of obligation, types of Hajj, rituals, and legal issues related to them, with emphasis on adherence to correct performance according to Islamic jurisprudence. |
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| IS214 | Tafsir of Verses of Rulings II | 2 | Compulsory | IS213 |
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This course completes the study of the verses of rulings in the Holy Qur’an, focusing on selected Qur’anic verses related to acts of worship, transactions, personal status, and punishments. It explains their meanings, legal implications, and linguistic aspects, enabling the student to derive rulings and understand the relationship between Qur’anic text and jurisprudential application. |
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| IS205 | Principles of Arabic Writing | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course aims at mastering creative writing skills and developing the ability to comprehend written texts and infer their meanings. It provides training in different types of functional writing, correcting writing and spelling errors, mastering Arabic calligraphy, and recognizing the importance of Arabic calligraphy, its origins, types, rules, and practical models of the most important calligraphic styles. |
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| IS204 | Arabic Grammar IV | 2 | Compulsory | IS203 |
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This course addresses advanced grammar through topics such as adjectives, emphasis, appositive conjunction and coordinating conjunction, and substitution. It also studies vocative structures, the rules of dependents of the vocative and the vocative noun itself, the use of the first-person possessive suffix, nouns restricted to vocative usage for seeking help, lamentation, warning, encouragement, the style of specification, nouns of action and sound-imitating nouns, the parsing of diptotes, jussive particles of verbs, and the rules of numbers, aiming to enable students to master advanced grammatical rules and apply them in linguistic analysis of Arabic texts. |
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| EPSY301 | Educational Research Methods | 2 | General | - |
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This course provides students with knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes through introducing the nature of knowledge, its types and objectives, and distinguishing between scientific research and scientific activity and their foundations. It explains how to address the steps of scientific research procedurally, starting from identifying the research problem, through design, methodology, management, and measurement, and concluding with writing and presenting research according to scientific principles. |
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| IS321 | Principles of Islamic al-Fiqh I | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course introduces the subject and its contents to clarify the nature of the discipline of Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence. It is a science established by jurists as a foundation for ijtihad and deriving legal rulings from textual and rational evidences. It is indispensable for every jurist and learner, as it provides theories of jurists, trains students on understanding rulings, introduces methods of derivation, enables awareness of the horizons, objectives, keys, and universal and subsidiary principles of Islamic law, and understanding the interests and foundations upon which Sharia is built. |
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| IS315 | Tafsir of Verses of Rulings III | 2 | Compulsory | IS214 |
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Students study the Qur’anic texts in Surah Yusuf, identifying the characteristics of Qur’anic storytelling, and studying linguistic, rhetorical, and general meanings, explanation and jurisprudence of the verses, and the lessons derived doctrinally, spiritually, socially, and ethically. |
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| IS306 | Morphology | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course studies Arabic morphology from historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives, explaining the conditions and structure of words, morphological patterns, triliteral, quadriliteral, and quinqueliteral noun forms, and static and derived nouns. It also studies verbal nouns and their forms, derivatives such as active and passive participles, intensive forms, adjectives resembling participles, formation of the comparative, nouns of time and place, nouns of indication, in addition to maqsur and mamdud nouns, rules of vowel change and substitution, diminutives, and attribution, aiming to enable students to understand and practically analyze Arabic word structure. |
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| IS304 | Family provisions (1) | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course includes topics and issues related to Islamic legal rulings concerning the Muslim family, including marriage and its related matters such as engagement, pillars of marriage, its ruling, conditions, and contractual expressions. |
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| IS300 | Special Teaching Methods | 2 | Compulsory | EPSY201 |
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| IS327 | Transaction provisions (1) | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course studies Islamic financial transactions, including sale, its types and pillars, warranty of sold goods and their transfer, bay‘ al-‘inah, options and their types, murabaha, bargaining and auction sales, sale of fruits and ‘ariyyah, with clarification of the rulings of each. It also studies usury, its types and prohibition, permissible and prohibited transactions, calamities and their rulings, salam sale and its types, and disputes between contracting parties, aiming to enable students to understand and apply transaction rulings according to Islamic law. |
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| EPSY303 | Teaching (Learning) Aids | 2 | General | EPSY201 |
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This course equips students with essential and necessary skills important for any contemporary teacher, such as communication skills, educational media, educational technology, systems approach, and e-learning. |
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| IS322 | Fundamentals of jurisprudence (2) | 2 | Compulsory | IS321 |
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This course introduces the subject and its contents and studies legal evidences in general. It explains agreed-upon evidences: the Qur’an, Sunnah, consensus, and analogy, as well as disputed evidences such as previous laws, juristic preference, unrestricted interests, presumption of continuity, and custom. It also addresses issues of ijtihad, imitation, and weighing evidences. |
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| IS305 | Family provisions (2) | 2 | Compulsory | IS304 |
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This course includes topics related to divorce, zihar, ila’, khul‘, and li‘an, and the consequences of marital separation such as compensation, waiting periods and their types, istibra’, maintenance, breastfeeding and custody and their rulings. |
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| IS316 | Tafsir of Verses of Rulings IV | 2 | Compulsory | IS315 |
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Students study the Qur’anic texts in Surah al-Nur, identifying the characteristics of Qur’anic narrative, studying linguistic, rhetorical, and general meanings, explanation and jurisprudence of the verses, and the lessons derived doctrinally, spiritually, socially, and ethically. |
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| IS328 | Transaction provisions (2) | 2 | Compulsory | IS327 |
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This course studies Islamic financial transactions beyond sale and usury, including loans, leasing, ju‘alah, mudarabah, muzara‘ah, musaqah, mugharsah, partnership, mortgage, and interdiction, with clarification of guarantees and agency rulings. It also studies lost property, pre-emption, and gifts and their rulings, enabling students to apply transaction rulings practically according to Islamic law. |
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| IS307 | General Literature | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course studies Arabic literature from the pre-Islamic era to the modern era, explaining the concept and elements of literature, characteristics of pre-Islamic poetry, its texts and narrators, prose schools, literature in early Islam, Umayyad and Abbasid eras, poetic purposes and themes, development of artistic prose, and modern literary schools and poets, enabling students to understand literary development and analyze texts across eras. |
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| IS366 | Inheritance Law I | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course studies the science of inheritance and its rulings in Islam, including historical development before Islam, rights related to estates, inheritance shares from Qur’an and Sunnah, conditions, causes, impediments, male and female heirs, prescribed shares and agnatic inheritance, and exceptional cases, enabling correct application of Islamic inheritance law. |
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| EPSY400 | School Administration | 2 | General | - |
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This course provides students with essential knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes related to modern school administration, its technical and human requirements, responsibilities toward staff, administrative patterns, classroom and school management, supervisory concepts, and their role in creating a safe and attractive learning environment. |
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| EPSY3401 | Mental Health | 2 | General | EPSY203 |
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This course provides knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes related to mental health and psychological adjustment from different psychological perspectives. It studies normal and abnormal behavior, personality traits, influencing factors, frustration, conflict, stress, and examples of psychological disorders. |
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| IS410 | Graduation Project | 4 | Compulsory | - |
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The project represents the culmination of the student’s years of study, in which the student prepares a scientific research paper in accordance with established scientific methodology and the principles of academic writing and documentation. The project is completed under the supervision of a faculty member in the department, ensuring methodological rigor and sound scholarly treatment. It aims to develop students’ skills in research, analysis, and inference, and to link theoretical knowledge with practical academic application in the fields of specialization. |
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| IS460 | Objectives legitimacy | 2 | Compulsory | IS322 |
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Students study the history, development, classifications, and importance of the objectives of Islamic law, their relation to judiciary, legal systems, and jurisprudential rulings, and practical applications. |
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| IS409 | Jurisprudential rules | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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Students analyze major jurisprudential maxims, identify various maxims governing financial transactions, distinguish between them, and recognize subsidiary maxims derived from major ones. |
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| IS408 | Hudud and Islamic Criminal Law I | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course studies retaliation and its rulings, types of killing, blood reconciliation, injury retaliation, blood money, expiations, enabling application of criminal rulings according to Islamic law. |
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| IS401 | Teaching applications | 2 | Compulsory | IS300 |
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This course provides learners with knowledge and experience necessary for teaching Islamic education and Sharia subjects, lesson planning, implementation, evaluation, and micro-teaching practice. |
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| IS402 | Inheritance Law II | 2 | Compulsory | IS366 |
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This course studies detailed inheritance rulings including exclusion, correction, ‘awl, radd, successive inheritance cases, inheritance of relatives, missing persons, unborn children, and wills. |
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| EPSY402 | Practicum (Teaching Practice) | 4 | General | - |
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This course provides practical teacher training through direct application of theoretical learning in educational settings for kindergarten, basic, and secondary levels. |
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| EPSY302 | Educational Measurement and Evaluation | 2 | General | ST100 |
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This course equips students with core concepts and skills related to educational measurement, distinguishing between evaluation and assessment, psychological measurement, validity, reliability, and types of achievement tests. |
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| IS378 | History of civilization | 2 | Elective | - |
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The course addresses the study of the emergence and development of human civilizations throughout history, with a focus on the religious, cultural, social, and political factors that influence the rise and fall of civilizations. It also highlights the contributions of Islamic civilization in the fields of science, thought, administration, and urban development, as well as its role in influencing other civilizations. The course aims to enable students to understand the laws governing the rise of civilizations, draw historical lessons, and strengthen pride in Islamic civilizational identity. |
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| ISAR101 | Islamic Studies 1 | 1 | Compulsory | - |
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| ARIS103 | Arabic Language | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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| IS416 | Hudud and Islamic Criminal Law II | 2 | Compulsory | IS408 |
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This course studies Islamic legal punishments, conditions, intercession, repentance, legitimate defense, crimes such as adultery, slander, drinking alcohol, theft, discretionary punishments, and methods of proof. |
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| IS377 | Lslamic etiquette | 2 | Elective | - |
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| IS491 | Comparattive jurisprudence | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course introduces comparative jurisprudence, its emergence, importance, references, reasons for scholarly differences, and studies ten jurisprudential issues comparatively. |
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| IS492 | Religion comparison | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course studies other religions from an Islamic analytical and critical perspective, clarifying their beliefs, rituals, and moral systems in comparison with Islam, strengthening correct creed awareness. |
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| IS375 | Orientalism and Christian Missionary Activities | 2 | Elective | - |
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The course examines the Orientalist and missionary movements in terms of their origins, objectives, and methods, with an analysis of the approaches used by Orientalists and missionaries in studying Islam and distorting its image. It also presents their major claims and doubts, and provides scholarly responses to them in the light of the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the Islamic scientific methodology. The course aims to intellectually strengthen students, reinforce confidence in Islam, and expose the intellectual and media strategies used to attack it. |
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| IS370 | Islamic thought | 2 | Elective | - |
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The course examines the emergence and development of Islamic thought, its sources and foundations, and highlights the role of the Qur’an and Sunnah in shaping the Islamic intellectual methodology. It also addresses contemporary intellectual issues and challenges facing the Muslim Ummah, and explains the distinctiveness, moderation, and comprehensiveness of Islamic thought in dealing with human and societal issues, thereby enhancing students’ awareness of the correct Islamic methodology and their ability to distinguish between different intellectual trends. |
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