Schedule
The weekly rhythm of the program.
Five sessions each week: four weekday evenings and a long Sunday seminar.
Standard Week
Weekly schedule
| Day | Time | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 8:30 – 10:00 PM | Classical ʿAqīdah / School Texts |
| Tuesday | 8:30 – 10:00 PM | Classical Kalām / Systematic Theology |
| Wednesday | 8:30 – 10:00 PM | Manṭiq / Argumentation / Research Method |
| Thursday | 8:30 – 10:00 PM | Western Philosophy / Contemporary Philosophy |
| Sunday | 8:00 – 11:30 AM | Long Seminar, Primary Text, Integration, and Workshop |
Sunday Seminar
The long seminar structure
- 8:00 – 9:15 AMPrimary Text Seminar
- 9:15 – 9:30 AMBreak
- 9:30 – 10:45 AMComparative / Philosophical Integration
- 10:45 – 11:30 AMOral Quizzes · Paper Workshop · Research Colloquium
Year by Year
Anchor texts across the week, by year.
Year I
- Monal-ʿAqīdah al-Ṭaḥāwiyyah
- TueEarly Ashʿarī / al-Lumaʿ
- WedIsāghūjī · al-Sullam al-Munawraq
- ThuPlato · Aristotle · Aquinas
- SunAtharī corpus + integration
Year II
- MonKitāb al-Tawḥīd (al-Māturīdī)
- Tueal-Iqtiṣād fī al-Iʿtiqād
- Wedal-Shamsiyyah · Ādāb al-Baḥth
- ThuDescartes → Kant
- Sunal-Tadmuriyyah + integration
Year III
- Monal-Durrah al-Muḍīyah
- TueSharḥ al-Maqāṣid / Sharḥ al-Mawāqif
- WedModal logic · capstone workshop
- ThuAnalytic philosophy of religion, science, mind
- SunMawqif al-ʿAql + neo-kalām integration