Schedule
The weekly rhythm of the program.
Five sessions each week: four weekday afternoon classes and a longer Sunday seminar. Approximately 8.5 contact hours per week.
Standard Week
Weekly schedule
| Day | Block | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 1.5 hours | Classical ʿAqīdah / School Texts (Ḥanafī / Māturīdī) |
| Tuesday | 1.5 hours | Classical Kalām / Systematic Theology (Ashʿarī) |
| Wednesday | 1.5 hours | Manṭiq / Argumentation / Research Method |
| Thursday | 1.5 hours | Western Philosophy & the Worldview Program |
| Sunday | 2.5 hours | Long Seminar: Ḥanbalī track, Comparative Theology, Neo-Kalām, Paper Workshop |
Sunday Seminar
The long seminar structure
- 45 minḤanbalī / Atharī Primary Text
- 15 minBreak
- 45 minComparative Theology & Neo-Kalām Integration
- 45 minOral Quizzes · Paper Workshop · Research Colloquium
Year by Year
Anchor texts across the week, by year.
Year I
- Monal-ʿAqīdah al-Ṭaḥāwiyyah
- Tueal-Lumaʿ (al-Ashʿarī)
- WedIsāghūjī · al-Sullam al-Munawraq
- ThuPlato · Aristotle · Plotinus · Aquinas
- SunLumʿat al-Iʿtiqād + Ḥanbalī creed canon
Exit Credential
Certificate in Foundations of ʿAqīdah, Kalām & Philosophy
Year II
- MonKitāb al-Tawḥīd (al-Māturīdī)
- Tueal-Iqtiṣād fī al-Iʿtiqād (al-Ghazālī)
- Wedal-Shamsiyyah · Ādāb al-Baḥth
- ThuDescartes → Hume → Kant
- SunAqāwīl al-Thiqāt · Lawāmiʿ al-Anwār
Exit Credential
Advanced Certificate in Systematic Kalām & Comparative Theology
Year III
- MonSharḥ al-Maqāṣid or Sharḥ al-Mawāqif
- TueJawharat al-Tawḥīd (Bājūrī) · al-Sanūsī's Kubrā
- WedModern analytic logic · capstone workshop
- ThuAnalytic phil. of religion, science, mind, language
- SunIbn Taymiyyah + Fiqh-Integrated Theology + Mawqif al-ʿAql
Exit Credential
Postgraduate Certificate of Specialization