Al QASIMIA UNIVERSITY College of Sharia & Islamic Studies Program
Al QASIMIA UNIVERSITY College of Sharia & Islamic Studies Program Plan for the Bachelor of Sharia & Islamic Studies First: Basic Information . Title of the Scientific Degree: Bachelor of Sharia & Islamic Studies . Academic Accreditation: Commission for Academic Accreditation – Ministry of Education – UAE . Teaching System: Credit Hours Second: Program Aims 1. Provide students with the basic scholarly knowledge in the different branches of Islamic Sciences including Creed, Da‘wah, Exegesis of the Quran and the Prophetic Hadith. 2. Provide students with the scientific and practical skills to be a successful teacher, researcher and preacher. 3. Serve the society through clarifying the topics of religion to people and highlight the position of Islam on contemporary issues. 4. Equip students with the balanced Islamic character as to creed, worship and behavior through promoting the values of belonging to their religion, nation and countries and maintaining their security and stability. Third: Learning Outputs By the end of the program courses, the student is expected to be able to do the following: - 1. Review the theories and rules on the principles of creed and Da‘wah. 2. Identify the basic principles in the Sciences of the Holy Quran and the Rules of Exegesis. 3. Know the specialized terminologies used in the Prophetic Hadiths and its Sources. 4. Know the jurisprudential and theoretical terminologies. 5. Apply the principles of calling to Allah with wisdom and good instruction. 6. Use the scientific research tools in conducting proper scientific papers. 7. Use gained knowledge and skills in achieving continual learning and knowledge development in a new and specialized environment. 8. Contribute to the service of the society through enriching the social and cultural values in light of a sound religious and ethical framework. 9. Soundly and scientifically evaluate the concepts on religion and creed, and contribute to correcting them. 10. Face the contemporary problems and challenges in the fields of creed and the principles of religion with striking evidence.
Fourth: Program Outline The program is made up of 135 credit hours divided as follows: - Requirements Credit Hours Compulsory Optional Total General Education Program (University 18 12 30 Requirements) College Compulsory Requirements 81 -- 81 Specialization Requirements (Three Courses) 6 12 18 Supporting Courses 6 -- 6 Total 111 24 135
A. University Compulsory Requirements (18 credit hours – 6 courses) Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite اسم المساق Code # -- Islamic Culture 3 1 الثقافة اإلسالمية 0101100 1 -- Introduction to 3 1 مقدمة إلى اإلحصاء 0309100 2 Statistics -- Introduction to 3 1 مقدمة إلى تقنيات 0003100 3 Information
Technology المعلومات -- Communication 3 1 مهارات االتصال باللغة 0201100 4 Skills in Arabic
Language العربية -- Communication 3 1 مهارات االتصال باللغة 0209100 5 Skills in English I اإلنجليزية 1 Communication 3 2 Communication Skills مهارات االتصال باللغة 0209200 6 Skills in English II in English I اإلنجليزية 2
B. University Optional Requirements (12 credit hours – 4 courses) Students shall choose one course only from each of the following four groups: Group One: Humanities and Social Sciences (3 credit hours – one course) Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite اسم المساق Code # -- Introduction to 3 1 مقدمة إلى علم االقتصاد 0301100 1 Economics -- Human Rights 3 1 حقوق اإلنسان 0001101 2 -- Introduction to 3 1 مدخل إلى الفن المرئي 0001102 3 Visual Art -- Introduction to 3 1 مدخل إلى القانون 0001103 4 Law -- Introduction to 3 1 مقدمة إلى علم االجتماع 0001104 5 Sociology -- Introduction to 3 1 مقدمة إلى علم الفلسفة 0001105 6 Philosophy -- Introduction to 3 1 مقدمة إلى علم النفس 0001106 7 Psychology
Group Two: Historical, Islamic and Cultural Studies (3 credit hours – one course) Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite اسم المساق Code # -- Islamic 3 1 الحضارة اإلسالمية 0101101 1 Civilization -- History of the 3 1 تاريخ العالم الحديث 0202100 2 Modern World -- History of the 3 1 تاريخ الشرق األوسط 0202101 3 Middle East -- Globalization and 3 1 العولمة وثقافة التعايش 0002101 4 the Culture of
Coexistence بين الحضارات among Civilizations
Group Three: Mathematics and Information Technology (3 credit hours – one course) Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite اسم المساق Code # Introduction to 3 2 Introduction to IT مقدمة إلى قواعد البيانات 0003201 1 Database Introduction to 3 2 Introduction to IT مقدمة إلى المنطق 0003202 2 Mathematical
Logic الحسابي Introduction to 3 2 Introduction to IT مقدمة إلى البرمجة 0003203 3 Computer
Programming الحاسوبية Introduction to 3 2 Introduction to IT مقدمة إلى تصميم 0003204 4 Web Page Design صفحات الويب
Group Four: Natural and Biological Sciences (3 credit hours – one course) Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite اسم المساق Code # -- Man and 3 1 اإلنسان والبيئة 0004101 1 Environment -- Health Awareness 3 1 الوعي الصحي 0004102 2 -- Human Biology 3 1 بيولوجيا اإلنسان 0004103 3
C. College Compulsory Requirements The requirements of the College of Sharia & Islamic Studies are composed of 81 credit hours divided into 30 courses, as follows: Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite اسم المساق Code # 1 Introduction to the -- Islamic المدخل إلى الفقه 0100101 Jurisprudence اإلسالمي (Fiqh) 3 1 2 Sciences of the -- 0100102 Holy Quran 3 1 علوم القرآن الكريم 3 Sciences of the -- 0100103 Prophetic Hadiths 3 1 علوم الحديث الشريف -- Islamic Creed (1) 3 1 العقيدة اإلسالمية )1( 0100104 4 5 Fiqh of the -- Prophetic فقه السيرة النبوية 0100105 Biography 3 1 6 Analytical Sciences of the Holy التفسير التحليلي للقرآن 0100201 Exegesis of the Quran Holy Quran 3 2 الكريم 7 Recitation, -- التالوة والحفظ والتجويد 0100202 Memorization and )1( Tajweed (1) 1 2 Eloquence Styles Applied Arabic أساليب البيان في القرآن 8 0100203 in the Holy Quran Grammar (1) 2 3 الكريم (Islamic Creed (2) 3 2 Islamic Creed (1 العقيدة اإلسالمية )2( 0100204 9 10 Hadiths of Legal Sciences of the 0100205 Rulings 3 2 Prophetic Hadiths أحاديث األحكام 11 Fiqh of Worship Introduction to the فقه العبادات )1( )الصالة 0100206 (1) (Prayer & Islamic Jurisprudence (Fasting) 3 2 (Fiqh والصيام( 12 Fiqh of Introduction to the Transactions (1) Islamic Jurisprudence فقه المعامالت )1( 0100207 3 2 (Fiqh) 13 Fiqh of Marriage & Introduction to the Divorce Islamic Jurisprudence فقه الزواج والطالق 0100208 3 2 (Fiqh) 14 Research Introduction to the Methodologies Islamic Jurisprudence مناهج البحث وتحقيق and Revision of (Fiqh) 0100209 3 2 Manuscripts and المخطوطات ومصادر Islamic Studies الدراسات اإلسالمية Sources 15 Islamic Criminal Fiqh of Transactions 0100301 (Law 3 3 (1 الفقه الجنائي اإلسالمي 16 Recitation, Recitation, التالوة والحفظ والتجويد 0100302 Memorization and Memorization and )2( Tajweed (2) 1 3 Tajweed (1) 17 Sources of Islamic Fiqh of Transactions 0100303 (Legislation 3 3 (1 مصادر التشريع اإلسالمي 18 Denomination and Islamic Creed (2) 0100304 Sects 3 3 الملل والنحل
Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite اسم المساق Code # 19 Fiqh of Da‘wah Sciences of the Holy and Its Quran فقه الدعوة وأساليبها 0100305 Approaches 3 3 (Fiqh of Worship Fiqh of Worship (1 فقه العبادات )2( )الزكاة 20 0100306 (2) (Zakat & Hajj) (Prayer & Fasting) 3 3 والحج( 21 Fiqh of Fiqh of Transactions 0100307 2 (Transactions (2) 3 3 (1 فقه المعامالت ) ( 22 Fiqh Of Fiqh of Marriage & Inheritance & Divorce فقه المواريث والوصايا 0100308 Bequests 3 3 Islamic Studies in Communication Skills دراسات إسالمية باللغة 23 0100309 English in English II 3 2 اإلنجليزية 24 Takhreej and Sciences of the Examination of Prophetic Hadiths 0100401 Chains of التخريج ودراسة األسانيد Transmission 3 4 25 Recitation, Recitation, التالوة والحفظ والتجويد 0100402 Memorization and Memorization and )3( Tajweed (3) 1 4 Tajweed (2) (Logic in Shari Islamic Creed (1 المنطق في الدراسات 26 0100403 Studies 3 4 الشرعية 27 Preaching & Eloquence Styles in the 0100404 Oratory 1 4 Holy Quran الوعظ والخطابة 28 Studies on Islamic Creed (2) 0100405 Religions 3 4 دراسات في األديان 29 Fiqh of Worship Fiqh of Worship (2) فقه العبادات )3( )األيمان 0100406 (3) (Oath Vows & (Zakat & Hajj) Slaughtering) 3 4 والنذور والذبائح( 30 Contemporary Fiqh of Transactions (Jurisprudential (1 قضايا فقهية معاصرة 0100407 Issues 3 4
D. Specialization Optional Requirements Students can choose from three courses (Theology, Fiqh and its Principles, General Course) (1) Courses on Theology: (18 credit hours including 6 credit hours pertaining to the fourth level courses) Students shall choose six courses from the following on condition that two of them, at least, should be from the fourth level courses. Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite اسم المساق Code # 1 Principles of -- 0101201 3 2 Islamic Education أصول التربية اإلسالمية 2 Exegesis of Verses Sciences of the Holy 0101202 3 2 of Legal Rulings Quran تفسير آيات األحكام 3 Analytical Hadiths Sciences of the 0101203 3 2 Prophetic Hadiths حديث تحليلي 4 Stories of the Sciences of the Holy 0101204 3 2 Quran Quran القصص القرآني
Course Title Credit Hours Level Prerequisite اسم المساق Code # 5 Thematic Exegesis Sciences of the Holy 0101301 3 3 Quran تفسير موضوعي 6 Reality of the -- 0101302 3 3 Muslim World حاضر العالم اإلسالمي 7 Traditionists’ Sciences of the 0101303 3 3 methodologies Prophetic Hadiths مناهج المحٌدثين (Orientalism 3 4 Islamic Creed (2 االستشراق 0101401 8 9 Inimitability of the Sciences of the Holy 0101402 3 4 Holy Quran Quran إعجاز القرآن الكريم 10 Exegetes’ Analytical Exegesis of 0101403 3 4 Methodologies the Holy Quran مناهج المفسرين
(2) Courses on Figh and its Principles: (18 credit hours including 6 credit hours from the fourth level courses) Students shall choose six courses from the following on condition that two of them, at least, should be from the fourth level courses.
# Code اسم المساق Prerequisite Level Credit Hours Course Title -- Human Rights in 1 حقوق اإلنسان في اإلسالم Islam and 3 3 0102301 والمواثيق الدولية International Conventions Fiqh of Transactions Fiqh of Judiciary & 2 0102302 فقه القضاء وطرق االثبات Ways to Examine 3 3 (1) Evidence Fiqh of Transactions System of Ruling 3 3 3 0102303 نظام الحكم في اإلسالم in Islam (1) Fiqh of Transactions Comparative Fiqh 4 0102304 ن 3 3 الفقه المقار (1) Fiqh of Transactions Jurisprudential 5 4 3 0102305 القواعد الفقهية Rules (1) 6 العالقات الدولية في Fiqh of Transactions International (1) 3 3 Relations in Islam 0102306 اإلسالم 7 المدخل إلى مقاصد Sources of Islamic Introduction to the Legislation 4 3 Sharia Objectives 0102401 الشريعة Fiqh Of Inheritance & Topics on the Shari 8 مباحث الحكم الشرعي Bequests Ruling and 4 3 0102402 والدالالت Textual Implications Jurisprudential Rules Jurisprudential 9 4 3 0102403 النظريات الفقهية Theories Sources of Islamic Methodologies of 10 0102404 مناهج االجتهاد والترجيح Legislation 4 3 Reasoning and Preponderance
(3) General Courses: (18 credit hours including 6 credit hours from the fourth level courses) Students shall choose three courses from those on Theology on condition that one of them shall be from the fourth level courses, three from those on Fiqh and its Principles with one of them from the fourth level courses. E. Supporting Course: (6 credit hours – two courses) Students shall study the following two courses:
# Code اسم المساق Prerequisite Level Credit Hours Course Title -- Applied Arabic 0201102 1 النحو التطبيقي )1( 3 1 Grammar (1) Applied Arabic Applied Arabic 0201202 2 النحو التطبيقي )2( 3 2 Grammar (1) Grammar (2)
Academic Advisory Plan The program courses are distributed to eight (8) academic semesters as a model plan to be followed by students, as follows: - No. Course Type Number of Courses Credit Hours UR 1 – UR 6 University Compulsory Requirements 6 18 UR 1 E – UR 4 E University Optional Requirements 4 12 C 1 – C 30 College Compulsory Requirements 30 81 IS 1 – IS 3 Supporting Requirements 2 6 M 1 – M 6 Specialization Optional Requirements 6 18 Total 48 135
First Year (Autumn) No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites 1 Introduction to the 0100101 C1 Islamic Jurisprudence 3 (Fiqh) 2 Sciences of the Holy 0100102 C2 3 Quran 3 Sciences of the Prophetic 0100103 C3 3 Hadiths 4 Communication Skills in 0005101 UR1 3 Arabic Language 5 Communication Skills in 0006101 UR2 3 English I 6 (University Optional XXXXXXX UR1E 3 Requirement) Total 18
First Year (Spring)
No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites 1 0100104 C5 Islamic Creed (1) 3 2 Figh of the Prophetic 0100105 C4 3 Biography 3 0002101 UR3 Islamic Culture 3 4 Introduction to 0003103 UR4 3 Information Technology 5 (University Optional XXXXXXX UR2E 3 Requirement) 6 (Supporting XXXXXXX IS1E 3 Requirement) Total 18
Second Year (Autumn) No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites 1 Analytical Exegesis of Sciences of the Holy 0100201 C9 3 the Holy Quran Quran 2 0100204 C7 Islamic Creed (2) 3 Islamic Creed (1) 3 Fiqh of Worship (1) Introduction to the (Prayer & Fasting) Islamic 0100206 C8 3 Jurisprudence (Fiqh) 4 Research Methodologies Introduction to the and Revision of Islamic 0100209 C6 3 Manuscripts and Islamic Jurisprudence Studies Sources (Fiqh) 5 0003101 UR5 Introduction to Statistics 3 6 Applied Arabic XXXXXXX IS2 3 Grammar (1) Total 18 Second Year (Spring) No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites
1 Recitation, Memorization 0100202 C12 1 and Tajweed (1) 2 Eloquence Styles in the Applied Arabic 0100203 C11 3 Holy Quran Grammar (1) 3 Hadiths of Legal Rulings Sciences of the 0100205 C10 3 Prophetic Hadiths 4 Fiqh of Transactions (1) Introduction to the 0100207 C13 3 Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) 5 Fiqh of Marriage & Introduction to the 0100208 C14 Divorce 3 Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) 6 Communication Skills in Communication 0006201 UR6 3 English II Skills in English I Total 16
Third Year (Autumn) No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites 1 Islamic Criminal Law Fiqh of 0100301 C15 3 Transactions (1) 2 Recitation, Memorization Recitation, 0100302 C17 and Tajweed (2) 1 Memorization and Tajweed (1) 3 0100304 C16 Denominations and Sects 3 Islamic Creed (2) 4 Fiqh of Transactions (2) Fiqh of 0100307 C18 3 Transactions (1) 5 Applied Arabic Applied Arabic XXXXXXX IS2 3 Grammar (2) Grammar (1) 6 (University Optional XXXXXXX UR3E 3 Requirement) Total 16 Third Year (Spring) No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites 1 Sources of Islamic Fiqh of Transactions 0100303 C20 3 Legislation (1) 2 Fiqh of Da‘wah and Its Sciences of the Holy 0100305 C19 3 Approaches Quran 3 Fiqh of Worship 2 (Zakat Fiqh of Worship 1 0100306 C21 3 & Hajj) (Prayer & Fasting) 4 Fiqh of Inheritance & Fiqh of Marriage & 0100308 C23 3 Bequests Divorce 5 Islamic Studies in Communication 0100309 C22 2 English Skills in English II 6 (Specialization Optional XXXXXXX M1 3 Requirements) Total 17 Fourth Year (Autumn) No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites 1 0100403 C27 Logic in Shari Studies 3 Islamic Creed (1) 2 Preaching & Oratory Eloquence Styles in 0100404 C25 1 the Holy Quran 3 0100405 C26 Studies on Religions 3 Islamic Creed (2)
No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites 4 Fiqh of Worship (3) Fiqh of Worship 2 0100406 C24 (Oath Vows & 3 (Zakat & Hajj) Slaughtering) 5 (Specialization Optional XXXXXXX M2 3 Requirement) 6 (Specialization Optional XXXXXXX M3 3 Requirement) Total 16 Fourth Year (Spring) No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites 1 Takhreej and Examination Sciences of the 0100401 of Chains of 3 Prophetic Hadiths Transmission 2 Recitation, Memorization Recitation, 0100402 and Tajweed (3) 1 Memorization and Tajweed (2) 3 Contemporary Fiqh of 0100407 3 Jurisprudential Issues Transactions (1) 4 (Specialization Optional XXXXXXX 3 Requirement) 5 (Specialization Optional XXXXXXX 3 Requirement) 6 (University Optional XXXXXXX 3 Requirement) Total 16 Fourth Year (Summer) No. Number of Course No. Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisites 1 (Specialization Optional XXXXXXX M6 3 Requirement) Total 16