Master of Family Jurisprudence
Goals and Outcomes
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Program Goals
To prepare specialists in family jurisprudence who combine advanced knowledge of its rulings, objectives and jurisprudential theories with the ability to apply them to emerging cases.
To build integrated consideration of family issues, enabling the student to approach a single issue in its Sharia, psychological, social, legislative and digital dimensions, and to compare and evaluate the treatments it receives.
To regulate the student's use of psychological and social knowledge in family issues so as to preserve the centrality of the Sharia frame of reference and to distinguish the limits of the specializations related to it.
To qualify the student to study and analyze the family legislation and policies of the United Arab Emirates in light of Sharia rulings and objectives.
To develop the student's ability to conduct systematic research on family issues, qualifying them to complete a specialized thesis addressing a priority issue.
To instill commitment to the ethics of research and practice, and to preserve family privacy and the dignity of its members, in case studies, data collection and presentation of results.
To supply institutions and bodies concerned with the family with cadres capable of preparing scientific studies, reports and proposals within their field of specialization.
To qualify specialists in family guidance and reform who are able to understand and analyze family problems and to select appropriate intervention methods within the limits of specialization and the Sharia and professional controls, thereby contributing to supporting family stability and serving society.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the program, the graduate is expected to:
Explain the rulings, rules and jurisprudential theories related to the family, and their connection to the objectives of Sharia in its construction, stability and protection of its members.
Interpret patterns of family relationships and their transformations in light of the theories that explain them and the psychological, social and digital factors that influence them.
Clarify the family legislation and policies in force in the United Arab Emirates, their areas of application, and their connection to Sharia rulings and objectives.
Analyze a contemporary family issue in its Sharia, psychological, social and legislative dimensions, and derive the factors that influence it.
Distinguish between the family issues that fall within the Sharia treatment and those that require referral to psychological, social and legal specializations.
Derive the ruling in an emerging family case by employing jurisprudential rules and theories and the objectives of Sharia.
Compare the jurisprudential opinions, legislation and contemporary practices on a single family matter, attributing their differences to their causes while stating the basis for preference.
Evaluate models of intervention and family programs in terms of their suitability to the nature of the problem and their conformity with the Sharia, legal and professional controls.
Independently complete a specialized thesis, identifying its problem, selecting its methodology and tools, collecting and analyzing its data with appropriate tools while verifying its results, and writing up its findings and recommendations in scholarly language.
Commit, in research and case study, to preserving the privacy of the family and the confidentiality of its information, and to the standards of academic integrity, intellectual property rights and the limits of specialization.
Practice family guidance and reform according to a disciplined scientific method, through analyzing the family problem, determining the objectives of intervention, selecting appropriate methods, and following up the case within the limits of specialization and the Sharia, legislative and professional controls.
Outcomes of the Master of Family Jurisprudence program and their alignment with Level 7 of the UAE National Qualifications Framework
| Outcomes | The three fields of the UAE National Qualifications Framework descriptors | UAE NQF competencies for Level 7 |
|---|---|---|
| 1- Explains the rulings, rules and jurisprudential theories related to the family, and their connection to the objectives of Sharia in its construction, stability and protection of its members. | 1- Knowledge | |
| 2- Skills | - Advanced skills in devising innovative solutions to research problems |
- Acting with responsibility, creativity, autonomy and academic integrity
| 2- Interprets patterns of family relationships and their transformations in light of the theories that explain them and the psychological, social and digital factors that influence them. | 1- Knowledge |
|---|---|
| 2- Skills | - New and innovative knowledge produced through research and development in a deep field of knowledge |
- Advanced skills in devising innovative solutions to research problems
| 3- Clarifies the family legislation and policies in force in the United Arab Emirates, their areas of application, and their connection to Sharia rulings and objectives. | 1- Knowledge |
|---|---|
| 2- Skills | - Advanced skills in devising innovative solutions to research problems |
- Acting with responsibility, creativity, autonomy and academic integrity
| 4- Analyzes a contemporary family issue in its Sharia, psychological, social and legislative dimensions, and derives the factors that influence it. | 2- Skills |
|---|---|
| 3- Autonomy and Responsibility | - The ability to design and manage complex scientific processes |
- The ability to perform advanced scientific analysis and critique in a specialized field
| 5- Distinguishes between the family issues that fall within the Sharia treatment and those that require referral to psychological, social and legal specializations. | 2- Skills |
|---|---|
| 3- Autonomy and Responsibility | - The ability to design and manage complex scientific processes |
- The ability to perform advanced scientific analysis and critique in a specialized field
| 6- Derives the ruling in an emerging family case by employing jurisprudential rules and theories and the objectives of Sharia. | 2- Skills |
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| 3- Autonomy and Responsibility | - The ability to design and manage complex scientific processes |
- The ability to perform advanced scientific analysis and critique in a specialized field
| 7- Compares the jurisprudential opinions, legislation and contemporary practices on a single family matter, attributing their differences to their causes while stating the basis for preference. | 2- Skills |
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| 3- Autonomy and Responsibility | - Advanced skills in devising innovative solutions to research problems |
- Acting with responsibility, creativity, autonomy and academic integrity
- Evaluates models of intervention and family programs in terms of their suitability to the nature of the problem and their conformity with the Sharia, legal and professional controls.
| 2- Skills | |
|---|---|
| 3- Autonomy and Responsibility | - Advanced skills in devising innovative solutions to research problems |
- Acting with responsibility, creativity, autonomy and academic integrity
| 9- Independently completes a specialized thesis, identifying its problem, selecting its methodology and tools, collecting and analyzing its data with appropriate tools while verifying its results, and writing up its findings and recommendations in scholarly language. | 3- Autonomy and Responsibility | - Advanced skills in devising innovative solutions to research problems |
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- Acting with responsibility, creativity, autonomy and academic integrity
| 10- Commits, in research and case study, to preserving the privacy of the family and the confidentiality of its information, and to the standards of academic integrity, intellectual property rights and the limits of specialization. | 3- Autonomy and Responsibility | - Advanced skills in devising innovative solutions to research problems |
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- Acting with responsibility, creativity, autonomy and academic integrity
| 11- Practices family guidance and reform according to a disciplined scientific method, through analyzing the family problem, determining the objectives of intervention, selecting appropriate methods, and following up the case within the limits of specialization and the Sharia, legislative and professional controls. | 3- Autonomy and Responsibility | - Advanced skills in devising innovative solutions to practical problems through distinguished applied practices |
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Alignment of Outcomes with the National Qualifications Framework
| Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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| Knowledge | * | * | * | ||||||||
| Skills | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
| Autonomy and Responsibility | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Program Information
| Item | Details |
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| Program name | Master of Family Jurisprudence / Program code |
| Document prepared by | Scientific Council / Institutional Effectiveness Office |
| Document date | 18-09-2026 |
| Initial program approval date | 27-09-2026 |
| Offering department | Graduate Studies Department |
| Teaching and learning methods | On-campus attendance at the College, credit-hour courses, with a thesis (dissertation) |