Program
Departments
Arabic
Archaeology
History
Islamic Law
Language Center

Degrees Offered
BA
MA
PhD

Courses
Arabic
Morphology
Syntax (A,B,C,D,E)
Prosody
Pre-Islamic Literary Texts
Early Islamic Literary Texts
Umayyad Literary Texts
Rhetoric
Abbasid Period: Poetry
Abbasid Period: Prose
Andalusian and North African Literature
History of Arabic Literary Criticism
Methods of Exegesis of the Qur'an
Hadith: Methodology and Terminology
Literature of Egypt and Syria
Modern Literature (A,B)
Approaches to Modern Literary Criticism
Modern Literary Schools
Special Book on Syntax
History of Pre-Islamic, Islamic, and Umayyad Periods Literature
Special Subject on Pre-Islamic Literature
Special Studies: Early Islamic Era
Special Subject on the Umayyad Period
Rhetoric in the Light of Modern Criticism
Special Book
General Linguistics
Arabic Philology
Arabic Phonetics
History of Calligraphy
Arabic Lexicography
Special Subject on Semitic Languages
An Oriental Language

Archaeology
Ancient Civilizations
Palestine and Jordan in Ancient Times
An Introduction to the History of Art
Archaeology in Ancient Near East
Greek and Roman Archaeology
An Introduction to Archaeology
Archaeology of Ancient Bilad ash-Sham
Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula
An Ancient Language (I,II)
Islamic Art
Survey, Photography, and Drawing
Research Methodology
Ancient Pottery
Archaeology of Palestine and Jordan to the End of the Iron Age
Ancient Near East Architecture
Training in Field Archaeology (I,II)
Classical Art
Classical Architecture
Islamic and Byzantine Architecture
Archaeology of Palestine and Jordan in the Classical Period
Islamic and Byzantine Archaeology of Jordan and Palestine
An Ancient Language (Hebrew)
Ancient Inscription
Special Subject: Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula
Special Subject: Ancient Archaeology of Palestine and Jordan
Special Subject: Archaeology of Ancient Bilad ash-Sham
The Nabateans
City Planning in the Classical Period
Special Subject: Classical Archaeology of Bilad ash-Sham
Byzantine and Classical Numismatics
Classical Pottery

Foundations of Religion
Jurisprudence and Legislation
Islamic Creed and Da'wah
Islamic Culture
System of Islam
Family System in Islam
Modern Islamic World (1,2)
Functional Grammar (1,2)
Rhetoric
Qur'anic Studies
Science of Hadith
Recitation and Memorization (1,2,3)
Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh)
The Creed (1,2,3)
Oration and Preaching (1,2)
Exegesis (1,2,3)
Hadith (1,2,3)
Eloquence in Qur'an and Sunna
Biography of the Prophet and the Works of Al-Rashidun Caliphs
Methods of Exegesis Scholars
Methods of Hadith Scholars
A Textual Study in Books of Exegesis
Methods of Research and Edition of Hadith
Inimitability of the Qur'an
Fiqh of Religious Observances (1,2)
Science of the Fundamentals of Fiqh (1,2,3)
Fiqh of Personal Statute
Fiqh of Mu'amalat (Transactions) (1,2)
Qur'anic Story-Telling
Textual Studies in Hadith
Sunna and its Status in Islam
Verses of Legislation
A Textual Study in Books of Hadith
Hadith of Law
Topics in Exegesis
Topics in Hadith
Hadith Scholars
Introduction to Economics
Fiqh of Civil Law
Fiqh of Oaths and Vows
System of Government in Islam
Islamic Ethics
Comparative Religion
Islam and Contemporary Ideologies
Islamic Sects and Their Creeds
Methods of Research and Edition of Hadith
Fiqh of Da'wah
Fiqh of Penalties
Fiqh of Jehad and Da'wah
Comparative Jurisprudence (Fiqh)
Fiqh of the Judicial System and Evidence
Fiqh of the Qur'an and Sunna
Methods of Rule Deduction
Methods of Fiqh Scholars in Deduction
Rules of Jurisprudence
A Theory of Fiqh in Islam
Textual Studies in the Principles of Hadith
Prophetic Guidance
Fiqh of Da'wah (Call for Islam)
Principles of Administration
Introduction to Law
Constitutional Law and Systems
Public International Law
General Law of Penalties
Fiqh of Religious Observances (1,2)
Philosophy of Public Communication
English
Sociology
Communication
Studies in Ethics and Mysticism
Methods of Teaching Islamic Education
Methods of Scholars of Oneness (Monotheism)
Methods of Callers for Allah
Textual Study of Some Books of Oneness
Islamic Movements
Islam in the Western Perspective
Qur'anic Studies
Studies in Sunna

History
Ancient History of the Near East
Greek and Roman History
History of the Arabs in the Pre-Islamic Period and at the Time of the Prophet
Early Islamic History: Rashidun and Umayyads
History of the Abbasids
The Moslem East (C4-C5 AH)
History of Al-Andalus and Maghreb
History of the Moslem World (C5-C7 AH)
History of the Moslem World (C7-C11 AH)
Modern Arab History
Contemporary History of the Arabs
History of the Modern World
History of the Contemporary World
Research Methodology
The Ottoman State
The Crusaders
Islamic Institutions
History of Modern Jordan
Byzantine and Sassanian History
The Mamluks
Graduation Project
History of Europe in the Middle Ages
Special Subject: Early Islamic History
Special Subject: The Abbasid State
Special Subject: History of Al-Andalus
The Fatimid State
Islamic Sects and Parties
An Arab State in the Ottoman Period
The Maghreb (1500-independence)
History of Iran since the 15th Century: The Safatic State
The Renaissance and Geographical Discoveries
Special Subject: Islamic Thought
Civilization of Al-Andalus (Andalusia)
Special Subject: The Islamic City
Special Subject: Contemporary History of the Arabs
Trends of Political Thought in the Arab World in the 19th Century
The Jews in Modern Times
A Special Subject in Contemporary History
Philosophy of History

Language Center
Intensive Courses in Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages
Non-degree four level program

Faculty
Arabic
Ja'afar Ababneh
Nasrat Abdel-Rahman
Mohammad Abu Hamdeh
Jasir Abu Sañya
Hani Al-Amad
Khalid Al-Karaki
Abdel Majid Al-Muhtaseb
Nihad Al-Musa
Mohammad Barakat Abu Ali
Hussein Atwan
Mohammad Awwad
Ismat Ghousheh
Mahmoud Husni
Abdel-Karim Hiyari
Mahmud Ibrahim
Abdel Karim Khalifa
Samir Kutami
Mahmud Jaffal
Salah Jarrar
Abdel Jaleel Abdel Muhdi
Mahmud Samra
Fawaz Toukan
Abdel-Rahman Yaghi
Hashim Yaghi

Archaeology
Sabri Abbadi
Mahmoud Abu Taleb
Nayfa Ajrami
Abdel Jaleel Amr
Jumana Asad
Randa Kaqish
Nabil Khairy
Futfi Khaleel
Safwan Tell
Mohammad Khair Yassine

Foundations of Religion
Jurisprudence and Legislation
Islamic Creed and Da'wah
Fadel Hassan Abbas
Abdel-Jalil Abdel-Rahim
Al-Abed Khalil Abu Eid
Hassan Mohammad Abu Eid
Mahmoud Saleh Abu Jaber
Majed Abu Rakhiyah
Mohammad Abu Yahya
Diab Abdel-Karim Akel
Abdel Kahhar Al-'Ani
Sultan Al-Akayleh
Ahmad Al-Awaysheh
Dawoud Al-Fa'ouri
Mohammad Al-Haj
Mohammad Oklah Al-Ibrahim
Mohammad Ahmad Al-Khatib
Ibrahim Zaid Al-Kilani
Rajeh Al-Kurdi
Bassam Al-Omoush
Amin Salman Al-Qdah
Mohammad Ahmad Al-Qdah
Sharaf Mohammad Al-Qdah
Mohammad Al-Saheb
Mahmoud Al-Sartawi
Mohammad Abdel-Aziz Amr
Yasin Daradkah
Fathi Abdel-Qader Durayni
Ahmad Farahat
Abdel Mu'iz Hraiz
Yousef Ali Hussein
Ahmad Isma'il Nofal
Mohammad Abdallah Oweidah
Hammam Sa'id
Ahmad Farid Saleh
Ali Sawwa
Mohammad Sultan
Mohammad Zuhaili

History
Mohammad Abdo Hatamleh
Mohammad Adnan Al-Bakhit
Saleh Daradhah
Abel Aziz Douri
Abdel-Karim Gharaibeh
Mustafa Hamarneh
Saleh Hamarneh
Mustafa Hiyari
Faleh Hussein
Awad Khleifat
Mohammad Abdel Kadir Khreisat
Abdel-Amir Mohammad
Suhailah Rimawi

The Language Center
Badriyah Abdel-Jaleel
'Awwad Abu Zeineh
Dorothy Al-Ahmad
Mufleh Al-Fayez
Mahmoud Al-Hmoud
Maksimiliana Al-Oirr
Mohammad Anani
Pierre Banyzit
Abeer Barbour
Abdel Majid Dabbas
Laila Sa'ad Eddin
Fadwa Hanbali
Ikbal Hashim
Werner Heiderman
Samih Isma'il
Zuhair Isawa
Hadiya Katbeh
Dalal Khouri
Muna Muheilan
Hala Nashif
Ra'afat Safadi
Ra'id Shafeek
Huda Shamma
Khawlah Shammout
Osama Shihab
Kholoud Tahboub

Deans
M. Kheir Yassine, Faculty of Arts
Mahmoud Al-Sartawi, Faculty of Shar'ia

Scholarships/Graduate Support
The University budget does not allow for scholarships to any student regardless of nationality. Only when there is a formal Cultural Exchange Programme between the University of Jordan and another university can students be exchanged.