Future graduate certificates may include Islamic bioethics and other topics that require intensive, graduate-level study.
The Graduate Certificate Programs provide focused training under the tutelage of our expert faculty. Certificates range from 50 to 200 hours of classroom instruction and experiential training and are designed to give participants opportunities to develop valuable knowledge and skills in a variety of fields of study. A BIS certificate can enhance one’s professional and/or academic skill set and credentials as well as provide the spiritual upliftment that comes from studying and applying sacred knowledge in a community of seekers of knowledge.
OBJECTIVES:
The Graduate Certificates consist of approximately five graduate-level courses aimed at providing participants advanced training in a variety of topics connected to Islamic religious leadership in America. Some offer core foundational knowledge that any chaplain, educator, or outreach ambassador must possess, while others offer a more specialized focus for those already established in a given field.
Future graduate certificates may include Islamic bioethics and other topics that require intensive, graduate-level study.
PREREQUISITES:
According to a NPR survey, there are more than 2,100 mosques in the United States but they have a challenge – there aren’t enough imams or spiritual leaders, especially those who realize the challenges of a Muslim American today, to go around. BIS was established to address the gap in qualified American Muslim religious leaders. BIS is also the first Islamic Seminary in the U.S. to receive the authority to award the Masters of Islamic Religious Leadersrhip (MIRL) degree.