Syllabus

Islamic history, Islamic laws, Islamic policies, comparative religion study, understanding of the Holy Quran, art and literature are included in BS Islamic studies syllabus. Islamic studies cover all the aspects of Islam and make students an expert in Islamic studies.

BS Islamic studies subjects also focus on the translation and Tafseer of the Holy Quran and Hadith. It also tells about the culture of Muslims of the Middle East and the history of Islam. It is one of the interesting subjects to read, especially for those who love to study religions. BS Islamic studies syllabus in Pakistan focuses on the heritage of Muslims, Pakistan’s policies related to Islam, how Islam studies are connected with other social studies.

The subject list of BS Islamic studies includes minor and major subjects. Based on compulsory and elective subjects, course credentials are made. The top universities subject list is as follow

Subject List of BS Islamic Studies of Abdul Wali Khan University

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
1st	Everyday Science (Gen. Edu. Course-1/ Breadth Course-1/ Natural Sciences Course-1)	03
	Muslim Political Philosophy (Gen. Edu. Course-2/ Breadth Course-2/ Social Sciences Course-1)	03
	Islamic History (The Caliphatic, Umayyad & Abbasid Period) (Gen. Edu. Course-4/ Breadth Course-3/ Arts & Humanities Course-1)	03
	English Composition and Comprehension (E-I) (Gen. Edu. Course-5/ Foundational Skills Course-2/ Expository Writing-1)	03
	Basic Mathematics (Gen. Edu. Course-3/ Foundational Skills-1/ Quantitative Reasoning-1)	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
2nd	Everyday Science (Gen. Edu. Course-6/ Breadth Course-4/ Natural Sciences Course-2)	03
	Muslim Struggle for Pakistan (1857 – 1947) (Gen. Edu. Course-7/ Breadth Course-5/ Social Sciences Course-2)	03
	Introduction to Information and Communication Technology (Gen. Edu. Course-8/ Foundational Skills-3/ Quantitative Reasoning-2)	03
	Arabic Through Qur’anic Text (Gen. Edu. Course-9/ Breadth Course-6/ Arts & Humanities Course-2)	03
	(Gen. Edu. Course-3/ Foundational Skills-1/ Quantitative Reasoning-1)	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
3rd	Arabic Language-I (Disciplinary Course/ Subject Foundation and Major Course-1)	03
	Textual Study of Al-Quran-I (Disciplinary Course/ Subject Foundation and Major Course-2)	03
	Islamic Studies/ Ethics / (Gen. Edu. Course-11/ Civilizational Course-1)	03
	Pakistan Studies (Gen. Edu. Course-12/ Civilizational Course-2)	03
	Technical Report Writing (E-III) (Gen. Edu. Course-13/ Foundational Skills Course-5/ Expository Writing-3)	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
4th	Textual Study of Al-Quran-I I (Disciplinary Course/ Subject Foundation and Major Course-3)	03
	Al-Hadith & Uloom Al-Hadith-I (Disciplinary Course/ Subject Foundation and Major	03
	Study of Islamic Fiqh-I (Disciplinary Course-5)	03
	Arabic Language-II (Disciplinary Course/ Subject Foundation and Major Course-6)	03
	Research Methods (Disciplinary Course/ Subject Foundation and Major Course-7	03

Semester

Course Title

Credit Hours

5th

Textual Study of Al-Quran-III (Disciplinary Course-8)

Al-Hadith & Uloom Al-Hadith-II

(Disciplinary Course-9)

Arabic Language-III (Disciplinary Course-10)

Usool Al-Fiqh-I

(Disciplinary Course-11)

Study of Islam Fiqh-II

(Disiciplinary Course -12)

Uloom Al-Quran

(Disciplinary Course-13)

Semester

Course Title

Credit Hours

6th

Textual Study of Al-Quran-IV

(Disciplinary Course-14)

Ahadith Al-Ahkam-I

(Disciplinary Course-15)

Usool Al-Fiqh-II

(Disciplinary Course-16)

Study of Seerah Al-Nabi-I

(Disciplinary Course-18)

Introduction to World Religions

(Disciplinary Course-19)

Semester

Course Title

Credit Hours

7th

Textual Study of Al-Quran-V

(Disciplinary Course-20)

Ahadith Al-Ahkam-II

(Disciplinary Course-21)

Study of Seerah Al-Nabi-II

(Disciplinary Course-22)

Study of Islamic Fiqh-IV ( )

(Disciplinary Course-23)

Islam & Oriental Thought

(Disciplinary Course-24)

Islamic System Tasawwuf & Ihsan

(Disciplinary Course-25)

Semester

Course Title

Credit Hours

8th

Textual Study of Al-Quran-VI

(Disciplinary Course-26)

Textual Study of Aqeedah Al-Tahawiya

(Disciplinary Course-27)

Islamic Economics

(Disciplinary Course-28)

Philosophy & Ilm Al-Kalam

(Disciplinary Course-29)

Research Project/ Thesis /

(Disciplinary Requirement)

Subject List of BS Islamic Studies of Government College University, Lahore

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
1st	Study of Quran– I	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
2nd	Study of Quran– II	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
3rd	Study of Quran – III	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
4th	History of Fiqh	03
	History of Islamic Civilization	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
5th	Textual Study of Al-Quran	03
	Textual Study of Al-Hadith	03
	Study of Arabic Language	03
	History of Tafseer	03
	Comparative Study of Religions	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
6th	Study of Seerah	03
	Arabic Language & Literature	03
	Uloom-ul-Quran	03
	Tasawwuf	03
	Fiqh-ul-Quran	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
7th	Maqasid Sharia	03
	Usool-e-Fiqh	03
	Elective - I	03
	Elective - II	03
	Research Project	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
8th	Uloom-ul-hadith	03
	Text of Fiqh	03
	Elective - III	03
	Elective - IV	03
	Research project	03

BS Islamic Studies Elective Subjects of GCU Lahore

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
7th	Islamic Ethics	03
	Islam and Science	03
	Study of philosophy and ilm al kalam	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
8th	Islamic Economic Thought	03
	Islamic Social Thoughts and Movements	03
	Islamic and Modern Political Thoughts and Movements	03
	Contemporary Muslim World-Resources and Challenges	03

University of Gujrat Subject List of BS Islamic Studies

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
1st	English - I	03
	Arabic Studies– I	03
	IT - I	03
	Islamic Studies Compulsory	03
	2 General Subjects	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
2nd	English - II	03
	Arabic Studies – II	03
	Pak Studies	03
	IT - II	03
	2 General Subjects	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
3rd	English - III	03
	Quran Studies	03
	Math -I	03
	Arabic Studies - III	03
	2 General Subjects

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
4th	Arabic Studies – IV	03
	Fiqh Studies-I	03
	Fiqh Studies - II	03
	Hadith Studies	03
	2 General Subjects

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
5th	Al-Quran-I	03
	Al-Hadith-I	03
	Arabi Zuban O Adab –I	03
	Tarikh-e-Isalam – I	03
	Islami Akhlaq O Tsawuf
	Basic Islamic Knowledge (in English Language)	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
6th	Al-Quran-II	03
	Al-Hadith-II	03
	Arabi Zuban O Adab –II	03
	Tarikh-e-Isalam – I	03
	Tarikh-e-Isalam – II	03
	Taqabul e Adyan	03
	Tadrees e Islami ki Maharat	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
7th	Al Fiqh - I	03
	Dawat o Irshad	03
	Islam ka Siyasi Nizam	03
	Islam ka Mosharti Nizam	03
	Tariqa e Tahqiq	03
	Islam ka Moashi Nizam	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
8th	Al Fiqh - II	03
	Tareekh-e-Akfaro o Uloom e Islami	03
	Islam and Science	03
	Islami Aqaed	03
	Muslmano k Wasael o Masael	03
	Islam and Philosophy or Ilm Ul Kalam	03
	Thesis

University of Gujrat General Subjects of BS Islamic Studies

Pol. Sciences-I&II	Statistics-I&II
Education-I&II	Fine Art-I&II
Sociology-I&II	Mass Com-I&II
Psychology-I&II	Geography-I&II
History-I&II	Economics-I&II

GIFT University Subject List of BS Islamic Studies

Program structure in GIFT University is as follow

Structure	Courses	Credit Hours
Compulsory Requirements	09	27
Requirements towards Major	18	54
Social Science Electives	11	33
Integrated Studies	4	12
Research Project	1	03
Total	43	129

Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Subject List of BS Islamic Studies

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours	Nature of Course
1st	Intermediate English-I	NC	Basic Course
	English-I	03	Compulsory
	Pakistan Studies	03	Compulsory
	Statistics-I	03	Compulsory
	Education/ Arabic Literature	03	General
	Sociology	03	General
	Introduction of Topics of Holy Quran	03	Foundation

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours	Nature of Course
2nd	Intermediate Englis-II	NC	Basic Course
	English-II	03	Compulsory
	Islamic Studies/Ethics	02	Compulsory
	Persian Language/Ilm-al-Tajvid	03	Univ Optional
	Economics	03	General
	International Relations	03	General
	Arabic Language-I	03	Foundation

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours	Nature of Course
3rd	Pakistan Studies	NC	Basic Course
	English-III	03	Compulsory
	Introduction to Computer	02	Compulsory
	Arabic through Quranic Text	03	General
	Psychology	03	General
	Ulum-al-Quran	03	Foundation

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours	Nature of Course
4th	English-IV	03	Univ. Optional
	History of Muslims in Sub- Continent	03	General
	IHL in Islamic & International Law: A Comparative Study	03	General
	History and Compilation of Hadith	03	Foundation
	Arabic Language-II	03	Foundation
	History of Fiqh	03	Foundation

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours	Nature of Course
5th	Study of Seerah of HolyProphet	03	Foundation
	History of Tafsir and its Principles	03	Foundation
	Textual Study of Al-Quran-I	03	Major
	Textual Study of Al-Hadith	03	Major
	Study of Islamic Fiqh	03	Foundation

6. Subject List of BS Islamic Studies of the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
1st	Study of Seerah of HolyProphet	03
	Ilm ul Qeraat & Tajveed	03
	Introduction to Education	03
	Arabic I	03
	English I	03
	Pakistan Studies	02

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
2nd	Islamic History (Klafat e Rashdah)	03
	Islamic Studies	02
	Introduction to divine Economics	03
	Urdu/td>	03
	English-II	03
	Arabic Language II	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
3rd	Introduction to the Holy-Qur’an	03
	Arabic [III]	03
	English III	03
	Introduction to Psychology	03
	Introduction to Sociology	03
	Kashmir studies	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
4th	Introduction to The Hadith and Its principle	03
	Textual Study of Al Quran I	03
	Introduction to Communication studies	03
	Introduction to Mathematics	03
	Arabic	03
	Introduction to Computer and information Technology	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
5th	Textual Study of Al Hadith-I	03
	Introduction to Fiqh and Its principle	03
	Study of Islamic Fiqh (Ebadat)	03
	Islamic History II	03
	Comparative studies of world religions	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
6th	Textual Study of Al Quran II	03
	Textual Study of Al Hadith II	03
	Study of Fiqh (Muslim Family Laws)	03
	Islamic International Law	03
	Islamic History (III)	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
7th	Research Methodology	03
	Study of Islamic Fiqh-	03
	Study of Fiqh (Muslim Family Laws)	03
	Iqbal and Islamic perspective	03
	Islamic political and social system	03
	Islamic Economical system	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
8th	Study of Islamic Fiqh-(Criminal Laws)	03
	Al-Da’wah-wal Irshad	03
	The Ethics of Disagreement in Islam	03
	Philosophy and Ilm ul kalam(optional)	03
	Islam and science (optional)	03
	Thesis	06

International Islamic University, Faisalabad Subject List of BS Islamic Studies

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
1st	Tajad-al-Quran	02
	Arabic Language - 1	03
	English Language - 1	03
	Pakistan Culture and Society	03
	Seerah of Prophet (S.A.W.W)	03
	Basic Mathematics / Introduction to Ibadat	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
2nd	Introduction to Quranic Studies	03
	History of the Righteous Caliphate	02
	Introduction to Hadith Studies	02
	Arabic Language II	03
	English Language II	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
3rd	Hadith I	02
	Islamic Aqadah	03
	Authenticity of the Sunnah	02
	History of Ummyads and Abbasids	02
	English Language III	03
	Introduction to General Science/ Introduction to Family Law	03
	Basic of Academic Writing	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
4th	Introduction to World Religion	02
	Introduction to Philosophy	03
	History of Ottomans and Mughals	02
	Thematic Study of the Quran	02
	Introduction to Al Muamalat	03
	Mass Communication	03
	Sociology	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
5th	Ethics of Dialogue	02
	Ancient Logic	03
	Introduction to the Study of Al-Takhraj	02
	Introduction to ilm-al-kalam	02
	Introduction to Sufism	02
	Psychology	03
	Critical and Analytical Thinking	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
6th	Islamic Movements	02
	History of the Study of Religions	03
	Principles of Quranic Interpretations	02
	Introduction to Political Sciences	02
	Islamic Jurisprudence	02
	Iqbaliyat	03

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
7th	History of Tasfsir and approaches of Muffassirun	02
	Quranic Studies	03
	Qirat	03
	Analytical Tasfsir	03
	Jurstitic Tafsir	03
	Tafsir and Quranic Science in Indo-Pak Subcontinent	02

Semester	Course Title	Credit Hours
8th	Research Project	02
	Theological Tafsir	03
	Rhetorical Tafsir	03
	Quranic Studies – 2	03
	Inimitability of the Quran	03
	Modern Trends in Tafsir	02

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What will I learn in BS Islamic Studies?
Ans: Ans:B.S Islamic studies is an interdisciplinary subjects tells about Islamic history, Islamic rules, art, literature and philosophy.
Q:Does Quran translation and tafseer also included in BS Islamic studies?
Ans:Yes, it is included in the course of B.S Islamic studies
Q:What does mean by minor and major subjects in BS Islamic studies?
Ans:Major subjects are the basic of the course and it is more important while minor subjects are not main focus of the degree but are related to BS Islamic studies.
Q:What is credit hour?
Ans:Ans:Credit hours tell how many hours a course will be teach in a week. If a course is of 3 credit hours it means it will be teach 3 hours in a week.