UNISA Islamic Studies Course Module 2025-2026
Major combinations:
NQF Level: 5: ARB1501, ICS1501
NQF Level: 6: ICS2602, ICS2603, ICS2604
NQF Level: 7: ICS3705, ICS3706, ICS3707 and any TWO of the following: RST3706, RST3707, RST3709
| Sociocultural Life, Ethics and Education in Islam – ICS2604 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
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| Pre-requisite: ICS1501 or ICS101X |
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| Purpose: To attain an introductory knowledge of sociocultural life, Islamic ethics and education in Islamic societies. |
| Islamic Politics and Economics – ICS3705 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
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| Purpose: To make it possible for students to grasp the basic principles of Islamic politics and contemporary strategies of Islamic economics, and their application in society. |
| Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Mysticism – ICS3706 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
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| Pre-requisite: ICS1501 or ICS101X |
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| Purpose: To enable students to reflect and explore key concepts in Islamic philosophy and mysticism in order to develop the self and societies. |
| Islamic Law and Jurisprudence – ICS3707 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
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| Pre-requisite: ICS1501 or ICS101X |
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| Purpose: To gain insight into the sources of Islamic law, its development and current status. |
| Qur’Anic Sciences – ICS4801 |
| Honours |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: This module equips students with a firm understanding of the Qur’anic sciences; methods of assessing trends in contemporary Qur’anic sciences; the interaction between Qur’anic sciences and current social and human sciences; and the methodological tools developed and used in Qur’anic sciences. |
| Hadith Literature and Criticism – ICS4802 |
| Honours |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: This module equips students with a firm understanding of Hadith literature and criticism; methods of assessing specialized literature pertaining to Hadith literature and criticism; insights into Muslim and Western approaches to research within Hadith literature and criticism; and of metatextual issues like the criteria for authenticating Prophetic literature as well as reasons for the differences evident in the available corpus materials |
| Contemporary Islam – ICS4803 |
| Honours |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: This module allows students to specialize in Contemporary Islam, in the subfields of either Shari’ah and Islamic jurisprudence; Philosophy, theology and mysticism; or Islam and the state in the Horn of Africa. |
| An Introduction to Islam – ICS1501 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 5 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
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| Purpose: To provide a grounded overview of Islam’s sacred sources, faith and practices, and to enable students to be culturally sensitive to Islamic societies. |
| History of Islam – ICS2602 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
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Co-requisite: ICS1501 or ICS101X |
| Purpose: To present a descriptive background to pre-Islamic Arabia and early Islamic history, as well as a biography of the Prophet of Islam. |
| Foundation Sources of Islam – ICS2603 |
| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 6 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
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| Pre-requisite: ICS1501 or ICS101X |
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| Purpose: To acquire a deeper understanding of Islam’s sacred sources (Qur’an, Hadith) and related sources (Tafsir and Shari’ah). |
