Wisdom International School for Higher Education Studies (WISHES)

The Master of Arts in Islamic Studies (Major in Aqeedah, Personality Development and Dawah and/or Islamic Education) Curriculum aims to attain the following goals:

MA in Islamic Studies
(Major in Da'wah and Personality Development and/or Islamic Education)

Plan A
Student who finished BA in Islamic Studies in WISHES will only take 18 units (plus comprehensive examinations and 6 units thesis/book writing). Student who finished BA in Islamic Studies from other institutions will have to take 30 units (plus comprehensive examinations and 6 units thesis/book writing) of the following subjects:

Plan B
Student whose undergraduate or BA Degree is not Islamic Studies will have to take Arabic 1-5 and IS IS 106.1 to IS IS 106.3 and 30 units and prerequisite subjects12 units (plus comprehensive examinations and 6 units thesis/book writing) of the following subjects:

Course No.	Course Title	Units
1. IS 200	Islamic Knowledge and Education (This subject requires students who are not WISHES BA in Islamic Studies graduates to take IS 100: Introduction to Islamic Studies)	3
2. IS 201	*Tawheed* and Aqeedah (Islamic Monotheism and Firm Belief)	3
3. IS 202	*Explanations and Analysis of Arkanul* Islam and Eeman (Pillars of Islam and Faith) in the Light of the Qur'an and the Sunnah (This is for students who did not finish BAIS at WISHES)**	3
4. IS 203	World’s Contemporary Problems and the Need for Islam & Da'wah According to the Qur’an and the Sunnah	3
5. IS 204	Sciences and Excellent Features of the Qur’an and the Sunnah: Analysis and Implications for Da'wah and Personality Development	3
6. IS 205	*Shari'ah wa Fiqh (Islamic Law and Jurisprudence) (This requires pre-requisite subject which IS 117 Halal wa Haram* (Lawful and Prohibited))**	3
7. IS 206	The Prophet’s Life (Seerah): Analysis and Implications for Da'wah & Success (Students who have taken similar subjects are required to take IS 127 Understanding Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) (His Character, Teachings and Contributions to Humanity): Implications to Peace and Success instead of IS 206.)	3
8. IS 207	Right Manners and Characteristics of Ideal Muslims: Analysis and Implications	3
9. IS 208	Hadith, Dhikr and Du'a Memorization	3
10. IS 209	Qur'an Tafseer	3
11. IS 210	Fatawa (Islamic Rulings) (Covers selected fatawa on various issues confronting the present Muslim Ummah, taken from the Fatawa of renown Muslim Scholars from the Ahlul Sunnah wa Al-Juma’a) (This requires pre-requisite subject which IS IS 131 Islamic Law of Inheritance)	3
12. IS 211	Da’wah and Enjoining Right and Forbidding Wrong in the Light of the Qur'an and the Sunnah	3
13. IS 212	Overview of the Socio-Economics and Political System in Islam: Implications to Da'wah and Development	3
14. IS 213	Wisdom Forum for Graduate Level (Public Speaking in Islam and Da’wah)	3
15. IS 299	Graduate Thesis/Book Writing on Islam (101-200 pages, excluding bibliography and appendices) (Writing and editing or refinement of the final draft, oral defense, final revision and submission of the completed Thesis/Book in hard copy and in Adobe Acrobat PDF document or electronic book format)	6