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| 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 (144) credit hours distributed as follows
| credit hours | Type of requirement | Number |
| 27 | University | First |
| 24 | 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 |
| | 3202099 | 3 | 3400101 | Learning & Research Skills | 3 |
| | 3201099 | | | | |
| | 1932099 | | | | |
| | 3400101 | 3 | 3400102 | Communication Skills | 4 |
| | 3400101 | 3 | 3400103 | Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking | 5 |
| | | 3 | 3400104 | Human Civilization | 6 |
| | | (Zero credit; one-hour weekly meeting) | 3400105 | Campus Life and Ethics | 7 |
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 |
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| (0 - 15 Credit Hours) | | | | | |
| Notes | Prerequisites | Credit Hours | Course No. | Course Title | No. |
| Pass/Fail | | 3 | 3201099 | Basics of Arabic | 1 |
| Pass/Fail | 3201099 | 3 | 3201100 | Arabic Languages Skills | 2 |
| Pass/Fail | | 3 | 3202099 | Basics of English | 3 |
| Pass/Fail | 3202099 | 3 | 3202100 | English Language Skills | 4 |
| Pass/Fail | | 3 | 1932099 | Basics of Computing | 5 |
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 - 15 Credit Hours) | | | | | |
| Notes | Prerequisites | Credit Hours | Course No. | Course Title | No. |
| Pass/Fail | | 3 | 3201099 | Basics of Arabic | 1 |
| Pass/Fail | 3201099 | 3 | 3201100 | Arabic Languages Skills | 2 |
| Pass/Fail | | 3 | 3202099 | Basics of English | 3 |
| Pass/Fail | 3202099 | 3 | 3202100 | English Language Skills | 4 |
| Pass/Fail | | 3 | 1932099 | Basics of Computing | 5 |
| 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 | 0300102 | Environmental Culture | 2 |
| | | 3 | 1100100 | Physical Fitness Culture | 3 |
| | | 3 | 0400102 | Islamic Culture | 4 |
| | | 3 | 0720100 | Health Culture | 5 |
| Electives | | | | | |
| (Third Group) | | | | | |
| Notes | Prerequisites | Credit Hours | Course No. | Course Title | No. |
| | | 3 | 3400109 | Entrepreneurship & Creativity | 1 |
| | | 3 | 2200103 | Foreign Language | 2 |
| | | 3 | 1600100 | Electronic Commerce | 3 |
| | | 3 | 1900101 | Social Media | 4 |
| | | 3 | 2000100 | Appreciation of Arts | 5 |
| | | 3 | 3400106 | Special Subject | 6 |
| | | 3 | 1601105 | Administrative skills | 7 |
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 | Type of Teaching | Contact Hours | | Credit Hours | Pre-requisite |
| | | | Theoretical | Practical | | |
| 0401111 | Qur'anic sciences | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 1942102 | Computer Skills/Humanities | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | 1932099 |
| 0401121 | Hadith sciences | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0431132 | The Foundations of Islamic Theology | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0406111 | Jurisprudence of Purification and Prayer | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0406112 | Jurisprudence of Alms and Charities | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0407101 | The Foundations of Islamic Economics and Finance | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0431112 | Mastering the art of reciting the Holy Qur'an (1) | Face to face | | | | 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
Exclusive Compulsory specialization requirements: (3) credit hours.
A. Obligatory specialty courses: (84) credit hours:
| Course Number | Course Title | Type of Teaching | Contact Hours | | Credit Hours | Pre-requisite |
| | | | Theoretical | Practical | | |
| 0431433 | Islamic Sects | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0441231 | Doctrine of Prophetology and Eschatology | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0401331 | Doctrine of God's Names and Attributes | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0431332 | Comparative Religions | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0431333 | Contemporary Intellectual Traditions | Online | 3 | | | |
| 0401211 | Exegesis | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0401311 | Analytical Exegesis | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | 0401211 |
| 0431412 | Foundations of Exegesis and its Methods | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | 0401111 |
| 0451315 | The methods of Eloquence and Elucidation in the Holy Quran (1) | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0401411 | Miraculousness of the Holy Qur'an | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0441314 | Qur'an recitation skills and teaching | Blended | 3 | | 3 | 0441213, 0431112 |
| 0431222 | Analytic Hadith | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0401203 | Research methods in the sciences of foundations of religion | Blended | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0401321 | Hadith Accounts of al-Sahihayn | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0401422 | Impugning and accrediting Hadith transmitters | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0441421 | Methods of Hadith scholars | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0451322 | The Skills of authenticating Hadith and studying its chains | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0431123 | The Prophet's Biography | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0406221 | Jurisprudence of Transactions and Participations. | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0431312 | Qur'anic Stories | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 2301214 | Functional Grammar | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0401404 | Islamic Studies in English | Blended | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0406113 | Jurisprudence of Fasting and Pilgrimage | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0406263 | Islamic norm and its sources | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0406242 | General Jurisprudence of Personal Status | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0441213 | Mastering the art of reciting the Holy Qur'an (2) | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | 0431112 |
| 0401495 | Job Readiness program | Face to face | | | 6 | Completion of 110 credit hours |
B. Elective specialty courses: (6) credit hours and the student would choose (3) credits from each of the following two groups:
| Course Number | Course Title | | Type of Teaching | Contact Hours | | Credit Hours | Pre-requisite |
| | | | | Theoretical | Practical | | |
| 0401202 | Biography of the rightly guided Caliphs | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0431223 | Prophetic guidance in ethics, etiquettes, and soft hearted | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0401415 | The methods of Eloquence and Elucidation in the Holy Quran (2) | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | 0451315 |
| 0401413 | Advanced Skills in the Science of Qur'anic Phonetics | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | 0441213 |
| 0401419 | The Scientific Miracles in the Qur'an and Sunnah | | Online | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0401418 | Qur'anic Verses and Hadith accounts of legislation | | Online | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0401424 | Studies in the Prophetic Sunnah | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0441234 | The Skills of giving ceremonies, preaching, and media communications | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0401216 | An Introduction to the Qur'anic modes of reading | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | 0401111 |
| | | (Second group) | | | | | |
| 0406414 | Jurisprudence of Oaths, Vows, Lawful and Prohibition | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0406151 | Jurisprudential Schools | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0406211 | Contemporary Issues in Ritual actions | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | 0406111, 0406112 |
| 0406321 | Contemporary Financial Transactions | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | 0401213 |
| 0406352 | Juristic Bases | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| 0406361 | Semantics and the higher Objectives of Sharia | | Face to face | 3 | | 3 | |
| | | | | | | | |
- 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 (After completing 90 hours) | 0 | | 0 | Completing Credit Hours 90 |
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 …………………………………
C. 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 |