Comparative Islamic Studies (BA)
Curriculum
The table below details the curriculum of the four years curriculum of the Honors Program in Comparative Islamic Studies. Please note that the curriculum is subject to change.
| YEAR | Term 1 (11 Weeks) | Term 2 (11 Weeks) | Term 3 (11 Weeks) | Summer Suhbah Term (3 Weeks) in Istanbul | |||||
| COURSE | Hr/ Week | COURSE | Hr/ Week | COURSE | Hr/ Week | ||||
| YEAR I (FOUNDATIONS) | Islamic Civilization I | 2 | Islamic Civilization II | 2 | Introduction to the Islamic Disciplines | 2 | Mandatory | ||
| Arabic Grammar I | 4 | Arabic Grammar II | 4 | Arabic Grammar III | 4 | ||||
| Creed (ʿAqāʾid) | 2 | The Law of Worship (Fiqh al-ʿIbādāt) | 2 | The Law of Worship (Fiqh al-ʿIbādāt) | 2 | ||||
| Life of the Prophet (Sīrah) | 1 | Imam Nawawī’s 40 Ḥadīth | 1 | Imam Nawawi’s Riyāḍ al-Ṣālihīn | 1 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
| YEAR II (FOUNDATIONS) | Comparative Theories and Methods I | 2 | Comparative Theories and Methods II | 2 | Birth of the Modern World | 2 | Optional | ||
| Law of Transactions (Fiqh al-Muʿāmalāt) | 4 | Family Law (Fiqh al-Munākaḥāt) | 4 | Criminal Law (Fiqh al-ʿUqūbāt) | 4 | ||||
| Logic I (Manṭiq) | 2 | Logic II (Manṭiq) | 2 | Argumentation (Ādāb al Baḥth wa al-Munāẓarah) | 2 | ||||
| Imam Al-Ghazzālī’s Iḥyāʾ | 1 | Imam Al-Ghazzālī’s Iḥyāʾ | 1 | Imam Al-Ghazzālī’s al-Munqiḍ | 1 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
| YEAR III (CORE STUDIES) | Self, Society, and Politics | 2 | Comparative Psychology | 2 | Comparative Law and Ethics | 2 | Optional | ||
| Rhetoric I (Balāghah) | 3 | Rhetoric II (Balāghah) | 3 | Principles of Hadith (Uṣūl al-Ḥadīth) | 3 | ||||
| Jurisprudence I (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) | 3 | Jurisprudence II (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) | 3 | Jurisprudence III (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) | 3 | ||||
| Ibn ʿAṭāillāh al-Iskandarī’s al-Ḥikam | 1 | Ibn ʿAṭāillāh al-Iskandarī’s al-Ḥikam | 1 | al-Māwardī’s Adab al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn | 1 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
| YEAR IV (CORE STUDIES) | Theology / Islamic Philosophy I (Kalām) | 3 | Theology / Islamic Philosophy II (Kalām) | 3 | Theology / Islamic Philosophy III (Kalām) | 3 | Mandatory | ||
| Comparative Bio-Ethics | 2 | Comparative Political Economy | 2 | Sacred Art, Architecture & Aesthetics | 2 | ||||
| History and Principles of Quranic Exegesis (Uṣūl al-Tafsīr) | 3 | Quranic Exegesis Texts (Tafsīr) | 3 | Contemporary Issues in Theology (Kalām) and Law (Fiqh) | 3 | ||||
Imam Birgiwī’s al-Ṭarīqah al-Muḥammadiyyah | 1 | Imam Rabbānī’s Maktūbāt I | 1 | Imam Rabbānī’s Maktūbāt II | 1 | ||||
| TOTAL HOURS | 9 | TOTAL HOURS | 9 | TOTAL HOURS | 9 |
Assessment
Subject | Grade Type |
Islamic Disciplines | Number grade |
Auxiliary Disciplines | Number grade |
Social Sciences | Pass/fail |
Islamic Ethics | Not graded |
