Higher Diploma (Bridge to MA)
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Overview
Higher Diploma (BMAIS) course is offered to the students who already possess an undergraduate degree or its equivalent in other disciplines and would like to enter the Master’s degree (MAIS) program rather than the undergraduate degree (BAIS) program.
BMAIS is a one and a half year program (3 semesters – 6 courses in the first semester and 5 courses in the last two semesters) that can be completed in a maximum of 4 and a half years time. The minimum academic qualification to enter the IOU Higher Diploma program is a Bachelor’s degree (in any field).
Higher Diploma is an accredited program. Students who successfully complete BMAIS will be given a certificate.
There are three options for graduates of BMAIS program:
- Students are automatically eligible for the IOU MAIS degree program the following semester.
- Students may join the MAIS degree program later if they choose to take some time off.
- Students may follow MAIS program with any other institution of their choice.
Course Overview
| CODE | DESCRIPTION |
| AQD 101 | Aqeedah I (Ibaadah) |
| FQH 101 | Fiqh I (Math’habs) |
| TAF 101 | Tafseer I: Uloom al-Quraan |
| SER 101 | Seerah I (Prophetic Biography) |
| FQH 102 | Fiqh II (Ibaadat) |
| ATOH 306 | Arabic Grammar (AL TohfahAssanyyah 1) (formerly known as ARB BM 101) |
| CODE | DESCRIPTION |
| AQD 302 | Aqeedah VI(Comparative II) |
| FQH 201 | Fiqh III (Mu’aamalaat) |
| TAF 201 | Tafseer II (Surah Yaseen) |
| HAD 101 | Hadeeth I: Terminology |
| ATOH 407 | Arabic Grammar (AL TohfahAssanyyah 2) (formerly known as ARB BM 102) |
| CODE | DESCRIPTION |
| SER 102 | Seerah II (Prophetic Biography) |
| FQH 301 | Fiqh V (Usool al-Fiqh) |
| HAD 102 | Hadeeth II (The Best of Islam) |
| FQH 402 | Fiqh (Maxims & Maqaasids) |
| ATOH 408 | Arabic Grammar (AL TohfahAssanyyah 3) (formerly known as ARB BM 201) |