Wisdom International School for Higher Education Studies (WISHES) is the first  accredited institution of higher learning offering online undergraduate up to postgraduate studies in Islamic Studies major in Aqeedah, Islamic Personality Development and Da'wah According to the Qur'an and the Sunnah.

 

 

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Admission Requirements


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

1. To train Islamic workers who will actively present Islam to others with wisdom and beautiful preaching according to the Qur’an and Sunnah;

2. To develop excellent academic researchers and writers on Islam according to its authentic sources in order to produce quality scholarly books and textbooks on Islamic Studies subjects for Muslim learners from pre-elementary to postgraduate levels of the educational system and thus, present the true Message of Islam to all mankind;

 3. To help mold dedicated, honest, sincere and dynamic Muslim leaders who will be prepared to lead their respective communities/societies for a peaceful and prosperous well-balanced life and development; and

 4. To produce outstanding Muslims who will attain success, especially supreme success in the eternal Life Hereafter.

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

Plan A
Student who finished BA in Islamic Studies in WISHES will only take  18 units (plus 6 units thesis/book writing) or  24 units (without thesis/book writing but with comprehensive examinations).  Student who finished BA in Islamic Studies from other institution will have to take 30 units (plus 6 units thesis/book writing) or 36 units (without thesis/book writing but with comprehensive examinations) of the following subjects:

Plan B
Student whose undergraduate or BA Degree is not Islamic Studies will have to take 39 units (plus 6 units thesis/book writing) or 45 units (without thesis/book writing but with comprehensive examinations) of the following subjects:

Subjects
 

Course No.

Course Title

Units

1. IS 200

Islamic Knowledge and Education*

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**

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**

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)

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 213

 Wisdom Forum for Graduate Level (Public Speaking in Islam and Da’wah)

3

14. ELT (English Language Teaching) 210

Effective Writing and Communication  (Cognate)

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

*This subject requires students who are not BA in Islamic Studies graduates to take IS 100: Introduction to Islamic Studies

**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.

Doctor of Islamic Studies

 

 

 

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