Prospective students often ask what an online Bachelor of Sharia actually involves — is it a series of casual lectures, or a real undergraduate program? At Mishkah University the answer is unambiguously the latter. Here is the honest picture of what four years of study looks like.
The four-year structure
The Bachelor of Sharia is a full undergraduate degree accredited through the Sharia Academy of America. It runs over four years, structured into semesters, with coursework, mid-terms, finals, and a graduation research project at the end.
Students who arrive without sufficient Arabic complete a preparatory year first. Arabic is not optional — the primary sources of Islamic law are in Arabic, and a Bachelor of Sharia that skirts around the language would be a Bachelor of Something Else.
What you will study
Core areas include:
- Fiqh — Islamic jurisprudence across the four major schools, with attention to the reasoning behind rulings, not just the rulings themselves.
- Usul al-Fiqh — the methodology by which rulings are derived from the Qur'an, Sunnah, consensus, and analogical reasoning.
- Tafsir — Qur'anic exegesis, working through the classical commentaries.
- Hadith and Hadith sciences — including the science of transmission and criticism of chains (isnad).
- Aqidah — Islamic theology and creed.
- Sirah and Islamic history.
- Arabic language sciences — grammar, morphology, and rhetoric — carried throughout the program.
How the online delivery actually works
Every course is taught by a named scholar. Recorded lectures let you study on your own schedule; live sessions and office hours give access to faculty for questions. Assessments are not clicks-on-a-quiz — they include written work, examinations, and (in the final year) a supervised research paper.
See our full program list, or jump directly to the Bachelor program page for admission steps.
Who this degree is for
The Bachelor of Sharia serves three main audiences:
- Muslims who want a serious grounding in the tradition before pursuing a public role — teaching, imamate, or further study.
- Working professionals who want a real degree, not a hobbyist certificate, but need the flexibility of online delivery.
- Existing community leaders who want to formalise credentials they have built through decades of self-study and mentorship.
What it is not
The Bachelor of Sharia is not a light survey of Islam. It is not a series of feel-good lectures. And it is not a shortcut — the workload matches what is asked of on-campus undergraduates at Islamic universities in Egypt and the Gulf.
If you want that seriousness, delivered online, in either Arabic or English, this is the program you are looking for.