Wisdom International School for Higher Education Studies (WISHES)

(Major in Aqeedah, Personality Development and Da'wah)

The Doctor of Islamic Studies (Aqeedah, Personality Development and Da'wah) 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 or scholars 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.

Doctor of Islamic Studies Program by Thesis/Dissertation

(This is a 2-3 year Doctoral program for postgraduate students who already possess doctorate degrees in other fields who meet the requirements.). They are exempted from taking Islamic Studies courses/subjects. All they have to do is to submit their research thesis proposal, conduct research and write a dissertation or scholarly book on Islam with emphasis on Islamic aqeedah, Islamic personality development and/or da'wah.

Doctor of Islamic Studies Program by Coursework and Dissertation

(This is a 3-5 year Doctoral program for postgraduate students who meet the requirements. Note: Only full time students are allowed to take the maximum 9 units per semester, except for IS 399*Doctoral Thesis/Book Writing on Islam, which is 12 units. Part time students can take 1-2 subjects (3-6 units) per semester, except for IS 399*Doctoral Thesis/Book Writing on Islam, which is 12 units.

*The following are the prerequisite subjects for students who are not WISHES MA in Islamic Studies graduates or have not taken the following subjects in their MA program:

1. IS 200 Islamic Knowledge and Education,

2. IS 201 Tawheed and Aqeedah (Islamic Monotheism and Firm Belief)
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, and
4. IS 211 Da’wah and Enjoining Right and Forbidding Wrong in the Light of the Qur'an and the Sunnah.

Course No.	Course Title	Credit Units
IS 300	Personality Development and the Desired Generation: Analysis and Implications for Success *	3
IS 301	Ways of Strengthening Faith and Righteousness (Prerequisite subject is IS 201 Tawheed and Aqeedah (Islamic Monotheism and Firm Belief)	6
IS 302	Qur'an Tafseer (of Selected Surahs) (Prerequisite subject is IS 204 Sciences and Excellent Features of the Qur’an and the Sunnah: Analysis and Implications for Da'wah and Personality for students who are not WISHES MA in Islamic Studies graduates.)	3
IS 303	Analysis of the Lives and Works of Some Renown Muslim Scholars on Aqeedah According to the Qur'an and the Sunnah	3
IS 304	Economic, Political, Socio-Cultural and Other Aspects of Islam: Implications to Peace, Development and Success	3
IS 305	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
IS 306	Roadblocks to Success: Major Sins and Other Forbidden Deeds in Islam	3
IS 307	Du'a Memorization for tHe mams *(Selected Invocations During Witr* and at the End of Qur'an Recitations)**	3
IS 308	Human Rights, Justice, Brotherhood and Peace in Islam: Implications to Da'wah and Development (Pre-requisite IS 212 Overview of the Socio-Economics and Political System in Islam: Implications to Da'wah and Development)	3
IS 309	Doctoral *Comprehensive Examinations (This also includes topics taken in the MA Islamic Studies Courses, especially on Tawheed, Aqeedah* & Fiqh.)**	1.5
IS 310	Dissertation Guides: Research on the principles of dissertation and/or book writing	1.5
IS 399	Doctoral Thesis or Book Writing on Islam (201- 350 pages or around 150,000-250,000 words, excluding bibliography and appendices.) (Writing and editing or refinement of the final draft, oral defense, final revision and submission of the completed Doctoral Thesis/Book in hard copy and in Adobe Acrobat PDF document or electronic book format) (Equivalent to 12 units upon completion of Doctoral Thesis or Book.)	12
	Total number of units excluding the pre-requisite subjects	69

* The prerequisite subject for this 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 Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.): His Character, Teachings and Contributions to Humanity instead of IS 206.