The Bachelor of Shia Studies consists of 140 units, We expect one online session and 16 hours of activity/research from students each week during the course. During each online session, 5 subjects are taught/discussed in 180 minutes.
The activities are virtual for all online and offline classes, research, and workshops, no traveling is needed.
You are expected to complete the course in 6 years, during which you will attend to 1 online session each week. The table of units are as following:
# | General Subject | Subject | Units | Hours | Classroom Activity | Workshop or Offline Activity |
1 | Fundamental of Islam | Monotheism | 6 | 96 | 64 | 32 |
2 | Justice | 6 | 96 | 64 | 32 | |
3 | Prophecy | 6 | 96 | 64 | 32 | |
4 | Imamate | 6 | 96 | 64 | 32 | |
5 | After life | 6 | 96 | 64 | 32 | |
6 | Mahdiism | 6 | 96 | 64 | 32 | |
1 | Islamic Morals 1 to 6 | Morals | 6 | 96 | 96 | 0 |
1 | History | Great Prophet & Califs | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 |
1 | 11 Imams | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | The Holy Qur’an | Reading | 2 | 32 | 16 | 16 |
1 | Intonation & Fluency | 2 | 32 | 16 | 16 | |
1 | attitude towards Qur’an | 2 | 32 | 16 | 16 | |
1 | Keys to understanding | 2 | 32 | 16 | 16 | |
1 | Concepts | 2 | 32 | 16 | 16 | |
1 | Intro. to interpretation | 2 | 32 | 16 | 16 | |
1 | History of Quran | 2 | 32 | 16 | 16 | |
1 | Nahjul Balaghah | 2 | 32 | 16 | 16 | |
1 | Languages Study | Arabic study 1, 2 & 3 | 8 | 128 | 80 | 48 |
1 | English 1 & 2 | 6 | 96 | 64 | 32 | |
1 | Religion and cults | Christianity | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 |
1 | Wahhabism | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | Sufism | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | Baha’ism | 6 | 96 | 64 | 32 | |
1 | Islamic Sects | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | Islamic Methods | Study fast reading methods | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 |
1 | Study fast reading methods | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | Summarizing, note writing | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | Research, Bibliography | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | Essay writing, translation | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | Rhetoric & Lecture methods | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | Promoting Islam methods | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | Modification and guidance | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | Teaching & Class management | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | Management | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 | |
1 | Islamic Rules and Laws | Obedience | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
1 | Introduction to Religion science | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | |
1 | Islamic Rules & Laws 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | |
1 | Islamic Rules & laws 2 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |
1 | Islamic Supplication | Supplication | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 |
1 | The Divine Prophets’ era Study | The Divine Prophets | 3 | 48 | 32 | 16 |
1 | Final Project | A defined project | 6 | 96 | 0 | 96 |
total | 140 | 2240 | 1408 | 832 |