Short Courses
Don't have time to study full or part time? Why not to sign up for our Short Courses!
Different Range of Subjects
Admissions are open throughout the year. If you wish to apply please complete this form or contact the Short Course Department by email: sh**********@is*************.uk or by phone: 020 8451 9993
Ancient Persian art encompasses a rich tapestry of creations, including architecture, painting, sculpture, metalwork, and, of course, carpets. Carpet production began as a rural craft, likely developed by nomadic or village women. This activity complemented their primary roles related to animal husbandry and cultivation.
Immerse yourself in the beauty of Islamic Art:
The Islamic College presents a new program designed to introduce you to the rich traditions and practical skills of Islamic artistic expression.
This course is designed for adult learners who wish to acquire or improve their Standard Arabic language skills. It caters to beginners as well as those with some prior knowledge of the language.
This course offers an excellent opportunity to master a very important language of the Islamic world used by many great Islamic scholars across the ages as well as today. One of the benefits of learning Farsi is the ability to access a huge body of Islamic literature and sources of Islamic knowledge.
At the end of the course, students would have developed the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and grammar. Students who successfully complete the course will be awarded an Islamic College Certificate of attendance.
With Sa'adi in the Delightful Gardens of Gulistan
In the first series of these courses, Sa‘di’s captivating and unrivalled work, Golestan, will be introduced. In each session, a selection of the tales and stories from various chapters of Golestan will be discussed in Persian in tandem with the explanation of the finer points of the text in English and elaboration of various contextual aspects of each topic
From the Pre-Socratic Philosophers to Modern Times
An Eleven Session Course
Mondays 6 pm – 9 pm
(Week commencing 4 December 2023 to week ending 26 February 2024)
An online short course on Introduction to Islamic Mysticism
1st session: 13th June 2023
2nd session: 27th June 2023
3rd Session: 11th July 2023
The Philosophy of Religion
1st session: 13th June 2023
2nd session: 27th June 2023
3rd Session: 11th July 2023
Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādīyah does not only contain supplications to God and stating one’s needs before God; rather, it is a collection of Islamic teachings in which ideological, cultural, social, political and some natural rules and religious rulings are in the form of supplications.
This introductory course deals with the main problems of moral philosophy including metaethical issues and normative ethical theories. The first part of each session focuses on the current debates on the issue and the second part examines the relevant Islamic views. There are a multitude of books and papers related to this course but our emphasis will be on the following books.
Emotional Resilience can help us get through and overcome hardship and crisis. But resilience is not something we’re born with—it’s built over time as the experiences we have interact with our unique, individual genetic makeup. That’s why we all respond to stress and adversity—like that from the COVID-19 pandemic—differently.
With the onset of modernity, traditional Islamic societies have had to formulate their responses to this new phenomenon. Muslim thinkers and intellectuals have been at the forefront of dealing with these novel challenges. The Islamic College in London has invited a number of such thinkers and professionals to speak on these challenges in a series of nightly online short course and engage with the audience in the Q&A session that follows.
Students taking this course will be introduced to the eloquent thinking and knowledge of one of the great personality of Islam. The course, open to all, will focus on selected topics from the collection over a period of 10 weeks. This course is designed for students of all religions who are keen to learn about the primary sources of Islam.
