Live Bachelor Degree Program

You can now benefit from studying under a sheikh without leaving your home!

Instead of focusing on the highest number of students or making Islamic knowledge a “fun-and-games” type endeavor, in the Live Bachelor Program we train a small group of high-quality students of knowledge who could then become the leaders of their communities and in turn spread the knowledge of Islam even further.

Our Live Bachelor program is conducted live onsite as well as online by Sheikh Dr. ‘Isam Rajab and Dr. Ibrahim Dremali. Student will benefit from the live interaction with their instructor in class, while having the convenience of studying through the internet.

A student can choose to attend Weekend or Weekday (Tuesday and Wednesday) classes. All classes start at 9:30 am CST and finish 2:30 pm CST inshallah. Attendance will be mandatory and registered. Students are expected to participate, hand in homework, prepare for classes and study the material. There will be active discussion during classes to apply the knowledge to modern situations.

Learn about the fees for this program.

Pre-requisites

1- Memorization of 1 Juz’ fully to enter the program and 4 Juz’ to graduate (within the 3 years).

2- Knowledge of basic Arabic “ability to read without understanding” and finishing at least 2 courses of Arabic to graduate.

3- High school diploma.

Curriculum

This program consists of 3 and a half years divided into 2 semesters each year, totaling 6 semesters, in addition of the last semester of training.

Every year the semesters run from January 17^th to May 31st and August 15^th to December 31^st.  There are no classes during the summer.

Below is an overview of all courses taught during the three years. Every year has a research and hifdh (Qur’an memorization) component in addition to 6 or 7 courses. Once all courses have been completed, the student will take the comprehensive exams which will cover all material studied in the three years.

Year 1 totals 38 credit hours. Year 2 totals 40 credit hours. Year 3 totals 44 credit hours. The Comprehensive exams total 16 credit hours. The entire program comprises 138 credit hours.

The student is required to complete one research every year. The requirement for the Hifdh component is 5 Juz’ over the entire three years. This includes the memorization of Juz’ Amma. The other 4 Juz’ are up to the student.

For more detailed information on the courses for each year, please click the links in the table above.

Note: Most classes will require students to purchase books; please make sure that you have the required books necessary for the each class, before the class begins. You can find the booklists here.

Scholarships

We offer a limited number of scholarships for student who cannot afford the fees. This number changes every year depending on how many sponsorships we receive. If you are interested in gaining a life long, and even after-life long benefit of charity, please consider sponsoring one of our students!

To apply for a scholarship, please register for the program of your choice and send theapplication with proof of ID, proof of income, and a one page motivational essay as to why you should be granted the scholarship to [email protected]. Please mention in the subject ‘Scholarship (full name)’.

Zuhair Munshi Scholarship         

Zahir Munshi Rahimahullah was a student from the first class, 2006-2009. He was diagnosed with a rare muscle dystrophy disease that  prevented him from being able to walk or use his hands properly. He had an assistant to help him attend classes at AREES University. He passed away in January 2007, Rahimallah.

In recognition of his dedication, AREES announced a Scholarship for every new batch of students to study for free at AREES and to study journalism for free at the University of Houston or any other reputed university in the States.

The Scholarship is $30,000 and was awarded to Safiah Ravat for 2009.

You are welcome to apply for the new academic year commencing in 2012.

If you wish to sponsor students for the scholarship please contact the students affairs director [email protected]