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Yobe State University, Damaturu, Nigeria

Undergraduate Program


Below is the course outline for the four years B. Sc. degree program in chemistry:

100 Level Course Outline

First Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 ISL1201 ISLAMIC HISTORY 2
2 ISL1203 STUDIES ON HADITH 2
3 ISL1205 ISLAMIC THOUGHT & CIVILIZATION 2
4 ISL1207 BASIC ARABIC I 2
5 ISL1209 STUDY ON FIQH (ELECTIVE) 2
6 ISL1211 ISLAM AND SCIENCE (ELECTIVE) 2
7 ISL1213 ISLAMIC CITIES (ELECTIVE) 2
8 ISL1215 ISLAMIC ART (ELECTIVE) 2
Total 16
Second Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 ISL1202 STUDIES ON QUR’AN 2
2 ISL1204 ILMUTTAUHEED 2
3 ISL1206 BASIC ARABIC II 2
4 ISL1208 SOCIOLOGY OF ISLAM 2
5 ISL1210 INTROUCTION TO ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE (ELECTIVE) 2
6 ISL1212 ISLAMIC EDUCATION (ELECTIVE) 2
7 ISL1214 ISLAMIC TERMINOLOGIE (ELECTIVE) 2
Total 14

200 Level Course Outline

First Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 ISL 2301 HISTORY OF ISLAM FROM AL-KHULAFA AL- RASHIDOON TO THE FALL OF UMAYYAD DYNASTY 3
2 ISL 2203 IBADAT (RITUALS) 2
3 ISL 2205 ILM AL-KALAM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSLIM FIRAQ 2
4 ISL 2207 INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC LAW OF MUAMALAT 2
5 ISL 2209 INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY 2
6 ISL 2211 PEACE STUDIES AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN ISLAM 2
7 ISL 2215 ADVANCED ARABIC I 2
8 ISL 2213 INTRODUCTION TO DAAWAH 2
Total 17
Second Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 ISL 2202 TEXTUAL STUDIES OF THE QURAN AND HADITH 2
2 ISL 2204 THE SOURCES OF DEVELOPMENT IN ISLAMIC LAW 2
3 ISL 2206 THE MUWATTA OF IMAM MALIK 2
4 ISL 2208 ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS IN WEST AFRICA 2
5 ISL 2210 CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM SOCIETY 2
6 ISL 2212 CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH 2
7 ISL 2214 INTERFAITH DIALOGUE IN ISLAM 2
8 ISL 2216 ADVANCED ARABIC II 2
Total 16

300 Level Course Outline

First Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 ISL 3201 Islam in Africa 2
2 ISL 3203 Islamic Family Law 2
3 ISL 3205 Studies on the Hadith 2
4 ISL 3207 Sufism 2
5 ISL 3309 Islamic Political Thought and Movement (ELECTIVE) 3
6 ISL 3311 Comparative Studies of Religion (ELECTIVE) 2
7 ISL 3213 Research Methodology The course is designed to expose 2
8 ISL 3315 The contributions of West African Scholars to Islam (ELECTIVE) 3
9 ISL 3317 Advanced Studies of the Hadith 3
10 ISL 3319 Orientalism and Islamic Studies (ELECTIVE) 3
11 ISL 3223 Principles of Daawa 2
Total 26
Second Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 ISL 3202 Islamic Law of Muamalat 2
2 ISL 3204 Studies on Quran 2
3 ISL 3206 Textual studies of the Qur’an and Hadith 2
4 ISL 3208 Revivalism and Islamic Studies (ELECTIVE) 2
5 ISL 3310 Advanced studies of Islamic Theology (ELECTIVE) 3
6 ISL 3312 Islamic Arts and Architecture (ELECTIVE) 2
7 ISL 3314 Advanced studies of Muslim Law (ELECTIVE) 3
8 ISL 3316 Advanced Studies of the Quran (ELECTIVE) 3
9 ISL 3318 Moral Philosophy in Islam (ELECTIVE) 3
10 ISL 3320 The Sirah and Maghazi literature (ELECTIVE) 3
11 ISL 3224 Introduction to Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (Usul Al-Fiqh) 2
12 ISL 3222 Introduction to Islamic Judicial System 2
Total 29

400 Level Course Outline

First Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 ISL 4201 Islam in Nigeria 2
2 ISL 4203 Laws of Wasiyyah and Waq 2
3 ISL 4205 Studies of Hadith 2
4 ISL 4207 Textual Study of the Quran and Hadith 2
5 ISL 4309 Islamic Interpretation of History with Special Reference to Ibn Khaldun (ELECTIVE) 3
6 ISL 4311 Heretical Movements According to Islam (ELECTIVE) 3
7 ISL 4213 The Advanced Studies of Islamic Principles of Jurisprudence (ELECTIVE) 2
8 ISL 4315 Textual Studies of the Quran and Hadith (ELECTIVE) 3
9 ISL 4317 Advanced Studies of the Creed of Ahl Al-Sunnah (ELECTIVE) 3
10 ISL 4221 Objectives of Shariah. 2
11 ISL 4223 Studies on Islamic Finance 2
12 ISL 4619 Research Project 6
Total 32
Second Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 ISL 4202 Islamic Law of Inheritance 2
2 ISL 4204 Studies on the Quran 2
3 ISL 4206 Islam in Kanem-Borno 2
4 ISL 4208 Sokoto Caliphate Literature 2
5 ISL 4310 Islam and the West (ELECTIVE) 3
6 ISL 4312 Islamic Literature in Vernacular (ELECTIVE) 3
7 ISL 4314 Islamic Education (ELECTIVE) 3
8 ISL 4316 Selected Topics from the Quran and Hadith (ELECTIVE) 3
9 ISL 4318 Islamic Constitutional Law (ELECTIVE) 3
10 ISL 4220 Advanced Studies in Islamic Judicial System 2
11 ISL 4222 The Contributions of Contemporary Nigerian Islamic Scholars to Islamic Studies 2
Total 27