Program Overview

Imam Malik College for Sharia and Law

The Imam Malik College for Sharia and Law aims to be a prominent institution in the study and teaching of Sharia and law, with a contemporary vision that meets the demands of today's labor market.

Vision

To be one of the leading colleges in studying and teaching Sharia and law, with a contemporary vision that meets the demands of today's labor market.

Mission

To prepare graduates who are leaders in society, equipped with skills in creative thinking and specialized scientific research in the fields of Sharia and law, in an authentic, flexible, contemporary, and innovative manner.

College Goals

1. Offer opportunities for continuous academic study in the fields of Sharia and law for male and female students, and contribute to providing regional needs for human cadres in Islamic Sharia and legal sciences.
2. Provide the means and capabilities that turn out graduates equipped to work in the areas of Islamic and Civil jurisdiction, Ifta', barristering, Islamic and legal consultation, jurisprudential and positivist research, preaching, and Islamic economy and business.
3. Equip advocates, including imams, preachers, and educators, to be righteous role models who contribute to the growth of a moderate generation that understands Islam holistically, away from extremism and exaggeration.
4. Prepare female Muslim advocates educated spiritually and intellectually, and give them the chance to acquire knowledge and play their natural role in community development and educating the younger generation.
5. Provide the opportunity to acquire Islamic sciences in accordance with the approach of our righteous predecessors, respecting the legislative principles of the four schools, especially the school of Imam Malik bin Anas.
6. Provide the opportunity to acquire legal sciences compared with Sharia, and identify their ethical pillars.
7. Commit to performance quality and sustainable improvement of education services, systems, and structures.
8. Encourage scientific research and specialized scientific research, and strive to make the college an advanced center for research in the country.
9. Develop academic and scientific partnerships through openness to academic and scientific institutions inside and outside the country.
10. Communicate with the society, implementing the principle of moderation by promoting a culture of commitment, and contributing to meet the needs of the local community in terms of public awareness.

Graduate Studies Department Goals

1. Graduate cadres concerned with studies of Sharia and law to contribute to comprehensive and sustainable development in the country and the Arab and Islamic worlds.
2. Expand Sharia and legal research, approve in-depth scientific research, and publish them to provide new and innovative scientific additions.
3. Cope with rapid developments in terms of legislative applications of Sharia and Law.
4. Offer Sharia and legal consultations to public and private institutions to develop the knowledge society.
5. Provide opportunities for distinctive students holding a bachelor's degree to pursue their higher studies.
6. Promote the college's role as a prominent center for Sharia and law studies, and for human development in the context of these studies.

Master in Private Law Program

The Master in Private Law program aims to enable students to discuss issues related to private law, criticize contemporary forms of business, analyze the technical characteristics of the rules of private international law, and improve their competency to compare between various legislations.

Objectives and Outcomes

• Enable the student to discuss issues related to private law.
• Criticize contemporary forms of business to examine its conformity with the provisions of the Business Law.
• Analyze the technical characteristics of the rules of private international law related to the conflict of local and international laws and the divergence of nationality provisions.
• Improve the student's competency to compare between various legislations, including the Islamic legislation.
• Compare critically between different rulings of private law and their applications.
• Train the student practically on procedures of various methods of dispute settlement.
• Express his/her opinion on the efficiency of procedural rules in the courts and their impact on the speed of dispute settlement.
• Make the student contribute in enrichment of specialized legal research regarding emerged issues.
• Write a distinctive thesis on a topic of private law in depth.
• Participate with his colleagues in a performance concerning one of the private law issues, its procedures, and its contemporary applications.

Means and Tools of Evaluation

1. Exams
2. In-class evaluation
3. Scientific researches
4. The student's profile
5. Groups' meeting
6. Practical performance assessment

Course Outline

The program consists of compulsory and elective courses, including:

• Research Methodologies of Private Law
• Advanced Studies in Civil Transactions Law
• Advanced Studies in Commercial Transactions Law
• Advanced Studies in Civil Procedures Law
• Advanced Studies in Private International Law
• Advanced Studies in the Contract Theory
• Arbitration and Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution
• Advanced Studies in International Trade Law
• Advanced Studies in Conflict of Laws in International Trade and Foreign Investments
• Advanced Studies in Comparative Legal Systems
• Thesis

Supplementary Courses

For students who do not have an adequate BA, supplementary courses are offered, including:

• Introduction to Law
• Constitutional Law and Political Systems
• Public International Law and International Organizations
• Administrative Law
• Public Criminal Law
• Private Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure Law
• Law of Civil Transactions (Voluntary and Involuntary Sources of Obligations)
• Law of Civil Transactions (Provisions of Commitment and Evidence)
• Law of Civil Transactions (Rights in Rem)
• Law of Commercial Transactions (Merchant and Business Theory)
• Law of Commercial Transactions (Companies and Bankruptcy)
• Law of Commercial Transactions (Banking)
• Labor Law and Social Legislations
• Maritime and Air Law
• Legal Readings in English

Graduation Requirements

To graduate, students must complete 33 credit hours, including 24 credit hours of coursework and 9 credit hours of thesis defense.