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Program Specifications

B.A Foundations of Religion / Study Plan

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1.       

School

Shari‘ah (Islamic Studies)

2.       

Department

Foundations of Religion

3.       

Program title (Arabic)

B.A

4.       

Program title (English)

B.A. in Foundations of Religion

 

5 .   Components of Curriculum:

 

The curriculum for the bachelor’s degree in the Foundations of Religion consists of (1 44 )  credit hours distributed as follows

credit hours

Type of requirement

 

Number

 

27

University

First

2 4

School

Second

87

Specialization

Third

6

Specialization- elective

Fourth

 144

Total

 


6. Numbering System:

A- Department number

Department

Number

Foundations of Religion

1

Jurisprudence and its foundations

6

Islamic Banks

7

 B- Course number

Domain title

Domain number

Domain title

Domain number

For the general courses of the Department of Foundations of Religion.

(0) Zero

 For courses related to Theology, Comparative Religions and the Call to Islam (Da‘wah).

 3

For courses related to exegesis (Tafsir) and Qur'anic sciences.

1

 

 

For Hadith and its sciences

2

 

 

C- Course number consists of 7 digits

Serial number

Level

Department

School

 1

 1

 1

 0

 1

 0

 4

 


 

First: University Requirements:

Compulsory Requirements

(18 Credit Hours)

Notes

Prerequisites

Credit Hours

Course No.

Course Title

No.

 

 

3

2220100

Military Science

1

 

 

3

3400100

National Culture

2

 

1932099, 3410100

3

3400103

Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking

3

 

 

3

3410100

Ethics and Human Values

4

 

1932099, 3410100

3

3410101

Entrepreneurship Innovation

5

 

1932099, 3410100

3

3410102

Life and Practical Skills

6

 

 

 

Preparation Program Requirements

All students admitted to the university must apply for a degree examination in Arabic and English and the computer is prepared or approved by the university to determine their level. Based on the results of the examinations, either the student will study one or more of the requirements of the preparatory program

(0 - 18 Credit Hours)

Notes

Prerequisites

Credit Hours

Course No.

Course Title

No.

 

 

0

0400150

Community Service

 

 

 

0

0401098

Comp. Exam in Quranic Recitation

 

 

0401098

3

0401099

Remedial Quranic Recitation

 

 

 

0

3201098

Arabic Placement Test

 

Pass/Fail

3201098

3

3201099

Basics of Arabic

 

Pass/Fail

3201099

3

3201100

Arabic Languages Skills

 

 

 

0

3202098

English Placement Test

 

Pass/Fail

3201098

3

3202099

Basics of English

 

Pass/Fail

3202099

3

3202100

English Language Skills

 

 

 

0

1902098

Computer Skills Placement Test

 

Pass/Fail

1902098

3

1932099

Basics of Computing

 

 

 

Electives

(9 Credit Hours)

Elective courses: (9) credit hours to be chosen from the first, second and third groups mentioned below. The student has to choose one course from each of the groups.

(First Group)

Notes

Prerequisites

Credit Hours

Course No.

Course Title

No.

 

 

3

3400107

Great Books

1

 

 

3

0400101

Islam and Current Issues

2

 

 

3

2300101

Arab-Islamic Civilization

3

 

 

3

2300102

 Jordan: History and Civilization

4

 

 

3

3400108

Jerusalem

5

Electives

(Second Group)

Notes

Prerequisites

Credit Hours

Course No.

Course Title

No.

 

 

3

1000102

Legal Culture

1

 

 

3

0310102

Environmental Culture and Development

2

 

 

3

1100100

Physical Fitness Culture

3

 

 

3

0720100

Health Culture

4

 

 

3

1900102

Digital Skills

5

Electives

(Third Group)

Notes

Prerequisites

Credit Hours

Course No.

Course Title

No.

 

 

3

2200103

Foreign Language

1

 

 

3

1600100

Electronic Commerce

2

 

 

3

1900101

Social Media

3

 

 

3

2000100

Appreciation of Arts

4

 

 

3

3400106

Special Subject

5

 

Second: School courses: distributed as follows:

A.    Obligatory school courses: (24) credit hours

B.     Elective school courses: (0) credit hours

 

A.    Obligatory school courses: (24) credit hours:

Course Number

Course Title

Contact Hours

Credit Hours

Pre-requisite

Theoretical

 

Practical

 

0401111

Qur’anic sciences

3

 

3

 

1942102

Computer Skills/Humanities

3

 

3

1932099

0401121

Hadith sciences

3

 

3

 

0431132

The Foundations of Islamic Theology

3

 

3

 

0406111

Jurisprudence of Purification and Prayer

3

 

3

 

0406112

Jurisprudence of Alms and Charities

3

 

3

 

0407101

The Foundations of Islamic Economics and Finance

3

 

3

 

0431112

Mastering the art of reciting the Holy Qur’an (1)

 

 

 

0401098,

0401099

 

B.     Elective school courses: ( 0 ) credit hours

 


 

Third: Specialty courses: (93) credit hours distributed as follows:

 

A.    Obligatory specialty courses: (84 ) credit hours

B.     Elective specialty courses: (6) credit hours

  1.   Exclusive Compulsory specialization requirements: (3) credit hours.

     

A.    Obligatory specialty courses: (84) credit hours:

Course Number

Course Title

Contact Hours

Credit Hours

Pre-requisite

Theoretical

 

Practical

 

0431433

Islamic Sects

3

 

3

 

0441231

Doctrine of Prophetology and Eschatology

3

 

3

 

0401331

Doctrine of God’s Names and Attributes

3

 

3

 

0431332

Comparative Religions

3

 

3

 

0431333

Contemporary Intellectual Traditions

3

 

 

 

0401211

Exegesis

3

 

3

 

0401311

Analytical Exegesis

3

 

3

0401211

0431412

Foundations of Exegesis and its Methods

3

 

3

0401111

0451315

The methods of Eloquence and Elucidation in the Holy Quran (1)

3

 

3

 

0401411

Miraculousness of the Holy Qur'an

3

 

3

 

0441314

Qur’an recitation skills and teaching

3

 

3

0441213, 0431112

0431222

Analytic Hadith

3

 

3

 

0401203

Research methods in the sciences of foundations of religion

3

 

3

 

0401321

Hadith Accounts of al-Sahihayn

3

 

3

 

0401422

Impugning and accrediting Hadith transmitters

3

 

3

 

0441421

Methods of Hadith scholars

3

 

3

 

0451322

The Skills of authenticating Hadith and studying its chains

3

 

3

 

0431123

The Prophet’s Biography

3

 

3

 

0406221

Jurisprudence of Transactions and Participations.

3

 

3

 

0431312

Qur’anic Stories

3

 

3

 

2301214

Functional Grammar

3

 

3

 

0401404

Islamic Studies in English

3

 

3

 

0406113

Jurisprudence of Fasting and Pilgrimage

3

 

3

 

0406263

Islamic norm and its sources

3

 

3

 

0406242

General Jurisprudence of Personal Status

3

 

3

 

0441213

Mastering the art of reciting the Holy Qur’an (2)

3

 

3

0431112

0401495

Job Readiness program

 

 

6

Completion of 90 credit hours

 

 

 

Elective specialty courses: (6) credit hours and the student would choose (3) credits from each of the following two groups:

Course Number

Course Title

Contact Hours

Credit Hours

Pre-requisite

Theoretical

 

Practical

 

0401202

Biography of the rightly guided Caliphs

3

 

3

 

0431223

Prophetic guidance in ethics, etiquettes, and soft hearted

3

 

3

 

0401415

The methods of Eloquence and Elucidation in the Holy Quran (2)

3

 

3

0451315

0401413

Advanced Skills in the Science of Qur’anic Phonetics

3

 

3

0441213

0401419

The Scientific Miracles in the Qur’an and Sunnah

3

 

3

 

0401418

Qur’anic Verses and Hadith accounts of legislation

3

 

3

 

0401424

Studies in the Prophetic Sunnah

3

 

3

 

0441234

The Skills of giving ceremonies, preaching, and media communications

3

 

3

 

0401216

An Introduction to the Qur’anic modes of reading

3

 

3

0401111

                (Second group)

0406414

Jurisprudence of Oaths, Vows, Lawful and Prohibition

3

 

3

 

0406151

Jurisprudential Schools

3

 

3

 

0406211

Contemporary Issues in Ritual actions

3

 

3

0406111, 0406112

0406321

Contemporary Financial Transactions

3

 

3

0401213

0406352

Juristic Bases

3

 

3

 

0406361

Semantics and the higher Objectives of Sharia

3

 

3

 

 

  1. The compulsory specialization requirements for the practical training track that the student chooses, where he chooses one of the following tracks with a course of (3) credit hours, including the following subjects:

Course Number

Course Title

Contact Hours

Credit Hours

Pre-requisite

Theoretical

 

Practical

 

0401497

Practical Training for Foundations of Religion

0

 

0

Completing 96 Credit Hours  + 0401495  

Practical Training

The student chooses one of the following tracks

(The student undergoes training for a semester according to the path he chose)

1.       Ministry of Education schools (Public or private)

0842321

Islamic education curricula and teaching methods for Shari'ah students

3

 

3

---

2.       Ministry of Religious Endowments mosques

0431434

The Skills of the Call to Islam and etiquettes Dialogue

3

 

 

406112

+0406111

                                                         3. Center for Documents, Manuscripts and Levant Studies

0431422

The Foundations of editing manuscripts

3

 

3

0401121

 


 

Fourth: Courses offered by other faculties/schools and departments …………………………………

1. Courses offered by the Jurisprudence Department to the foundations of religion:

Course Number

Course Title

Contact Hours

Credit Hours

Pre-requisite

Theoretical

 

Practical

 

 a-Mandatory requirements

0406111

Jurisprudence of Purification and Prayer

3

 

3

 

0406112

Jurisprudence of Alms and Charities

3

 

3

 

0406113

Jurisprudence of Fasting and Pilgrimage

3

 

3

 

0406221

Jurisprudence of Transactions and Participations

3

 

3

 

0406263

Islamic norm and its sources

3

 

3

 

0406242

General Jurisprudence of Personal Status

3

 

3

 

B- Optional requirements

0406414

Jurisprudence of Oaths, Vows, Lawful and Prohibition

3

 

3

 

0406151

Jurisprudential Schools

3

 

3

 

0406211

Contemporary Issues in Ritual actions

3

 

3

0406111,

0406112

0406321

Contemporary Financial Transactions

3

 

3

0406222

0406352

Juristic Bases

3

 

3

 

0406361

Semantics and the higher Objectives of Sharia

3

 

3

 

 

2.Courses offered by Islamic Banking department:

 

Previous requirement

Credit hours

Weekly hours

Course name

Course number

 

Practical

Theoretical

a-Mandatory requirements

 

 

 

3

 

3

The Foundation of Islamic Economics and Finance

0407101

 

3.Courses offered by the Foundations of Religion department to the other Bachelors’ programs:

Course Number

Course Title

Contact Hours

Credit Hours

Pre-requisite

Theoretical

 

Practical

 

 a-Mandatory requirements

0431112

Mastering the art of reciting the Holy Qur’an (1)

3

 

3

0401098,

0401099

0441213

Mastering the art of reciting the Holy Qur’an (2)

3

 

3

0431112

0441314

Qur’an recitation skills and teaching methods

3

 

3

0441213

0401111

Qur’anic Sciences

3

 

3

 

0401121

Hadith Sciences

3

 

3

 

0431132

The Foundations of Islamic Theology

3

 

3

 

0401231

Doctrine of Prophetology and Eschatology

3

 

3

 

0401211

Exegesis

3

 

3

 

0431222

Analytic Hadith

3

 

3

 

B- Optional requirements

0431223

Prophetic guidance in ethics, etiquettes, and soft hearted

3

 

3

 

0431123

The Prophet’s Biography

3

 

3

 

0441433

Religions and Islamic Sects

3

 

3

 

0401202

Biography of the rightly guided Caliphs

3

 

3

 

0431434

The Skills of the Call to Islam and etiquettes Dialogue

3

 

3

 

0431312

Qur’anic Stories

3

 

3

 

0451322

The Skills of authenticating Hadith and studying its chains

3

 

3

 

0431333

                Contemporary Intellectual Traditions                                                           

3

 

3

 

0441234

The Skills of giving ceremonies, preaching, and media communications

3

 

3

 

 

 


 

Fifth: Advisory Study Plan

 

Academic Year (First Year)

(1st)

(2nd)

Course No.

Course title

Credit hours

Course No.

Course title

Credit hours

0401111

Qur'anic Sciences

3

0431112

Mastering the art of reciting the Holy Qur’an (1)

3

0431123

The Prophet’s Biography

3

0406111

Jurisprudence of Purification and Prayer

3

0431132

The Foundations of Islamic Theology

3

0407101

The Foundations of Islamic Economics and Finance

3

0401131

Hadith Sciences

3

0431222

Analytic Hadith

3

---

University requirement

3

0406113

Jurisprudence of Fasting and Pilgrimage

3

2301214

Functional Grammar

3

---

University requirement

3

Total

18

Total

18

 

Year 2

(1st)

(2nd)

Course No.

Course title

Credit hours

Course No.

Course title

Credit hours

0441213

Mastering the art of reciting the Holy Qur’an (2)

3

0401211

Exegesis

3

0451322

The Skills of authenticating Hadith and studying its chains

3

0441321

Hadith Accounts of al-Sahihayn

1

0406112

Jurisprudence of Alms and Charities

3

0441231

Doctrine of Prophetology and Eschatology

3

046242

General Jurisprudence of Personal Status

3

0406221

Jurisprudence of Transactions and Participations

3

---

Elective Department  requirement

3

0431312

Qur’anic Stories

3

---

University requirement

3

---

University requirement

3

Total

18

Total

18

 

 

 

Year 3

 

(1st)

(2nd)

Course No.

Course title

Credit hours

Course No.

Course title

Credit hours

0441314

Qur’an recitation skills and teaching methods

3

0401311

Analytical Exegesis

3

0451315

The methods of Eloquence and Elucidation in the Holy Quran (1)

3

0431332

Comparative Religions

3

0401331

Doctrine of God’s Names and Attributes

3

0411203

Research methods in the sciences of foundations of religion

3

0431433

Islamic Sects

3

0401411

Miraculousness of the Holy Qur'an

3

0406263

Islamic norm and its sources

3

---

University requirement

3

0431412

Foundations of Exegesis and its Methods

3

----

Elective Department

3

Total

18

Total

18

 

Year 4

(1st)

(2nd)

Course No.

Course title

Credit hours

Course No.

Course title

Credit hours

0441421

Methods of Hadith scholars

3

04061495

Job Readiness program

6

0401422

Impugning and accrediting Hadith transmitters

3

---

University requirement

3

1942102

Computer Skills/Humanities

3

0401404

Islamic Studies in English

3

---

Elective Dept. for tanning

 

---

University requirement

3

0431333

Contemporary Intellectual Traditions

3

-----------

University requirement

3

----------

University requirement

3

 

 

 

Total

18

Total

18​