Over the course of a three-year program (if full-time), students will cover 102 academic credit hours, which includes a six-semester Core Curriculum program (four courses per semester) and summer internships (total twelve credits) that provide students with hands-on experience.
A student may earn the master’s degree with distinction by taking four of six optional courses in a variety of subjects, in addition to having a cumulative GPA of 3.7 or higher. The notation “With Distinction” will be posted on the student’s transcript and will also appear on the diploma.
CURRICULUM COMPONENT | NUMBER OF COURSES | NUMBER OF HOURS |
Core Curriculum | 24 | 90 |
Summer Internships | 12 | |
Distinction Curriculum | 6 | 18 |
TOTAL [GENERAL] | 102 | |
TOTAL [DISTINCTION] | 114 |
◦ A Light Among the People: Living the Qur’an
◦ Cultivating the Tree of Iman: Islamic Belief and Faith
◦ Fiqh of Worship
◦ In the Footsteps of the Beloved: Approaching the Prophetic Seerah
◦ The Sunnah of the Messenger
◦ Islamic History and Civilization
◦ Advanced Applied Aqida
◦ Uṣūl al-Fiqh & Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa
◦ Fatwa and Contemporary Fiqh Issues
◦ Thematic Tafsir of the Qurʾan
◦ Schools of Islamic Thought (historical & contemporary)
◦ Fiqh of the Family (Marriage, Divorce, Custody)
◦ Intellectual Foundations of the Modern World
◦ Religions in Contemporary America
◦ Social Movements in American History
◦ Islamic Ethics and Spirituality (Akhlaq and Tazkiya)
◦ Psychology in the Light of Revelation
◦ Applied Ethics
The Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (MDHE) has granted Boston Islamic Seminary the authority to award the Master of Islamic Religious Leadership graduate degree.
