Curriculum/Structure

Scholarship Course Subjects

Sarf (Arabic Morphology)
Nahw (Arabic Grammar)
Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)
Theology
Tajweed
Hadith
Seerah
Tafsir
Conversational Arabic

Foundation Diploma Course Subjects

Fiqh of Purification
Fiqh of Prayer
The Arabic Alphabet
The Art of Tajweed

The Scholarship programme requires students to attend on both Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00am until 1:00pm whilst the Foundation Diploma programme requires students to attend on Sundays only. Personal timetables may differ but generally speaking students will be required to attend three 1-hour timetabled lectures each day. Classes will be led by an Ustadha who specialises in the subject to be taught. Course material and lecture notes will be available to download from the portal.

Semester Structure

Annual Course duration- 34 weeks

Schedule of Semester One 2018

Date	Event
Sat 20^th Jan & Sun 28^th Jan	Timetabled Classes Begin Scholarship course (returning students) on Sat 20th Jan Foundation Diploma Course students on Sun 28th Jan
Sun 29th Apr	Timetabled Classes End
Sat 5th May & Sun 6th May	Reading & Revision Period (Holidays, 1 Week)
Sat 12th May – Sun 13^th May	Mid-Year Assessments (Scholarship course only)
Sat 19^th May – Sun 17^th June	Ramadan Holidays (5 Weeks)

Schedule of Semester Two 2018

Date	Event
Sat 23^rd June & Sun 24^th June	Timetabled Classes Recommence
Sun 5^th Aug	Timetabled Classes End for Mid-Year Holidays (4 Weeks)
Sat 11^th Aug – Sun 2^nd Sep	Mid-Year Holidays (4 Weeks)

Schedule of Semester Three 2018

Date	Event
Sat 8^th Sep – Sun 9^th Sep	Timetabled Classes Recommence
Sun 25^th Nov	Timetabled Classes End
Sat 1st Dec – Sun 2^nd Dec	Reading & Revision Period (Holidays, 1 Week)
Sat 8^th Dec – Sun 9^th Dec	End of Year Assessments

*This is a provisional semester structure and is likely to be revised in the event of a change in circumstances during the duration of the course. Students are advised to regularly log into the Remind App to receive important updates.