PhD in Islamic Studies
Program Overview
The PhD program in Islamic Studies at UoD offers four specializations: Jurisprudence, Doctrine, Interpretation, and Hadith. The program consists of 32 credit units, including 20 study units and 12 units for thesis preparation. The program is designed to prepare students for research and teaching in the field of Islamic Studies. The program includes courses on Quranic exegesis, Hadith studies, Islamic jurisprudence, and Islamic doctrine.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The PhD Program in Islamic Studies began in the 984-1985 CE/1404-1405 AH academic year. The Department of Islamic Studies has been awarding PhD’s to women who have later gone on to conduct research as well as teach at UoD. Islamic Studies contains four specializations:
- Jurisprudence and its Fundamentals
- Doctrine & contemporary Ideologies
- Interpretation and Qur'anic Sciences
- Al Hadith and its Sciences
Outline:
The program is conducted through courses and a dissertation.
Graduation Requirements:
- 20 study units + 12 Thesis
Study Plan:
The study plan shall consist of six semesters, two of which for studying of courses and four semesters for preparation of the thesis, the study plan depends on study of the prescribed courses and preparation of the thesis and the student shall not register his thesis unless after passing the examination of all courses with a minimum very good grade.
The Program's Credit Hours & Units:
The Program consists of thirty-two (32) credit units consisting of twenty study units and 12 units for preparation of the thesis.
First Year:
Semester One:
| Course ID | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | Pre-requisite | |---|---|---|---|---| | ISLM 631 | Subjective Exegesis | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 633 | Grammar of Quran | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 635 | Directing Quran Readings | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 637 | Modern Exegesis Trends | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 641 | Criticizing the texts of Hadith | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 643 | Comparative Hadith Narrators methods | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 645 | Modern Hadith Trends | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 647 | Suspicions around Sunna | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 651 | Crisis & Transactions Jurisprudence | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 653 | Fundamental of Jurisprudence -1 | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 655 | Sharia Politics Jurisprudence | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 657 | Jurisprudence Rules | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 661 | Islamic Doctrine | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 663 | Islamic sects researches | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 665 | Criticizing Islamic philosophy | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 667 | Opponents theories & movements | 2 | - | - |
Semester Two:
| Course ID | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | Pre-requisite | |---|---|---|---|---| | ISLM 632 | Interpreting Judgment verses | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 634 | Quran Miracles | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 636 | Interpreters' Comparison rules | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 638 | Quran Interpreters Methods | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 642 | Hadith Principles, Jurists, narrators | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 644 | Contemporary studies of Sunna | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 646 | Hadith defects | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 648 | Readings in Heritage Hadith books | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 652 | Sharia Crisis Jurisprudence | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 654 | Fundamental of Jurisprudence -2 | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 656 | Penalty Jurisprudence | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 658 | Introduction to Laws | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 662 | Doctrine textual study | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 664 | Researches in modern & Contemporary religions | 3 | - | - | | ISLM 666 | Criticizing philosophy | 2 | - | - | | ISLM 668 | Faith new issues | 2 | - | - |
Second Year:
Semester One:
| Course ID | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | Pre-requisite | |---|---|---|---|---| | - | Thesis (12 Units) | - | - | - |
Semester Two:
| Course ID | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | Pre-requisite | |---|---|---|---|---| | - | Thesis (12 Units) | - | - | - |
Third Year:
Semester One:
| Course ID | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | Pre-requisite | |---|---|---|---|---| | - | Thesis (12 Units) | - | - | - |
Semester Two:
| Course ID | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | Pre-requisite | |---|---|---|---|---| | - | Thesis (12 Units) | - | - | - |
