Our New Curriculum

Based on our heritage and legacy—the Muslim scholarly tradition—our curriculum represents centuries of scholarship, expertise, rigor, and intelligence. It takes students with no knowledge of the religious sciences or Arabic and plugs them directly into this tradition, and students can either just learn the personally obligatory basics or continue on to study texts in their original Arabic.

Our curriculum was developed under the review and approval of several institutions and scholars in the Muslim World, including the Grand Mufti of Jordan Shaykh Nuh Ali Salman, WISE International Institute in Jordan, Mahd al-Fath in Syria, and Al-Ahqaf University in Yemen.

Download the introductory guide.

Watch the Introduction

Watch the introduction to our new curriculum done by Shaykh Sohail Hanif: http://sprp.sunnipath.com/archives/5thAnniversary_sohailHanif/

Programs & Certificates

The following pyramid summarizes the various Curriculum programs. Foundations builds to Seekers, which in turn builds to Inheritors. Along the sides are the Arabic and special interest programs, which can be completed independently or parallel to the other programs.

Religious Disciplines

Foundations Diploma: 6 courses teaching you the absolute essentials of the three dimensions of Islam: islam (practice), iman (faith), and ihsan (spirituality), and then certifying you to teach others. Learn more or download printable guide.

Seekers Degree: A comprehensive degree program covering a main work in Islamic law, belief, spirituality, Quran, Hadith, legal methodology, and history aiming to give you an understanding of the central religious disciplines. Learn more or download printable guide.

Transitional Courses: Courses that will assist you with transitioning from Seekers to Inheritors. Learn more.

Inheritors Ijaza: Specialized tracks allowing you to inherit real scholarship by gaining complete mastery of a religious discipline so that you can independently navigate any work of that discipline and teach it to others. Learn more or download printable guide.

Arabic

Miftah Diploma: 6 courses that gently yet systematically introduce you to the core rules of Arabic and train you to begin thinking like a grammarian so that you can independently understand and decipher classical sentence structures as found in the books of the various religious disciplines. Learn more or download printable guide.

Sibawayh Degree: Cover classical primers in grammar, rhetoric, and morphology as well as master reading, writing, speaking, and listening fluency in not only Classical Arabic, but also Modern Standard Arabic and a colloquial dialect of your choice. Learn more or download printable guide.

Special Interest

You will also have an opportunity to take a number of special interest courses that fall outside the above mentioned program. Special interest courses will include courses in history and spirituality, seasonal courses on areas of immediate concern, such as Hajj and Ramadan, as well as courses on contemporary issues.

What Are the Results?

Not only do you strengthen and refine your own understanding and practice, our diplomas and degrees give you certification to teach the content to others. Those of you who want to go overseas for further studies can go directly into Shariah programs in the Middle East without needing to take their preparatory programs, allowing you to use your time overseas most effectively.

How Can I Complete All This?

The Foundations, Seekers, and Miftah programs combined consist of 30 courses. While you can complete each of these programs separately, many of you will want to set a roadmap starting now to help you complete all 30 courses over the coming years. See our suggestions on how you can do this. If you're able to dedicate more a full-time schedule, please see our 2-year completion chart. If you have other full-time commitments, then see our suggested 4-year schedule.

Ready to Apply?

To apply into one of the curriculum programs, please fill out the short application form here. Our Admissions Department will contact you within one week. If you have questions about applying, read our FAQ.

Associate's Degree

The new Associate's Degree is currently under development with the World Islamic Sciences & Education (W.I.S.E.) University. More details about this degree program and applying into it will be posted this Fall.

Feedback or Questions?

Tell us what you think about the new curriculum by taking this short survey.

If you have any questions feel free to contact academic support at http://support.sunnipath.com.

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3. What our students say
4. Our current available courses

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