MS Islamic Studies
Program Information
Duration: 1.5 - 2 years (3-4 Semesters)
Eligibility Criteria:
(1) Four-year BS/MA (16 years of education) in Islamic Studies or equivalent with a CGPA of 2.0 (out of 4.0) (in semester system) and 50% (in annual system) from HEC recognized institution.
(2) HEC-HAT/GAT with minimum 50 % marks required at the time of admission or admission test conducted by the Departmental Committee with minimum 50 % marks.
Total Credit Hours (CH): 31
The courses offered in MS Islamic Studies degree program are categorized as:
1) Core Courses: 13 Credit Hours
2) Core Courses: 12 Credit Hours
3) Thesis or two Courses: 06 Credit Hours
Scheme of Study
CORE COURSES
| Code | Course Title | CH |
| ISL-711 | Principles of Tafseer: Classical and modern trends | 3+0 |
| ISL-721 | Principles of Hadith: Classical and modern trends | 3+0 |
| ISL-731 | Principles of Fiqh: Classical and contemporary trends | 3+0 |
| ISL-741 | Trends in Seerah Studies | 3+0 |
| ISL-702 | Research Methodology | 1+0 |
ELECTIVE COURSES
| Code | Course Title | CH |
| ISL-742 | Ethics of disagreement in Islam | 3+0 |
| ISL-732 | Objectives of Islamic Shari’ah | 3+0 |
| ISL-733 | Contemporary Juristic issues | 3+0 |
| ISL-751 | Comparative Study of Religions | 3+0 |
| ISL-715 | Quran and Orientalism | 3+0 |
| ISL-743 | Dawah principles and techniques | 3+0 |
| ISL-744 | Islamic Social System | 3+0 |
| ISL-745 | Islamic Political system | 3+0 |
| ISL-734 | Islamic Banking and Finance | 3+0 |
| ISL-712 | Study of selected Quranic Subjects | 3+0 |
THESIS
| Code | Course Title | CH |
| ISL-799 | History of Tafseer | 6 |
Note: Thesis can be written in Arabic, English, or Urdu
ELECTIVE COURSES
| Code | Course Title | CH |
| ISL-713 | Methodology of Mufassareen | 3+0 |
| ISL-723 | Methodology of Muhaddithin | 3+0 |
| ISL-716 | Quran and Science | 3+0 |
| ISL-714 | Comparative study of Tafseer literature | 3+0 |
| ISL-736 | Comparative study of different Juristic school of thought | 3+0 |
| ISL-746 | Management and Administration in Islam | 3+0 |
| ISL-747 | International relation and Islam | 3+0 |
| ISL-748 | Islamic Economic system | 3+0 |
| ISL-752 | Islam and Modern Western thoughts | 3+0 |
| ISL-749 | Professional Ethics | 3+0 |