Certificate Programmes

Six courses.
A capstone paper.
A credential that means something.

The Tokat Certificate is awarded to students who complete six qualifying courses and a 5,000-word faculty-reviewed paper within the academic year, one of the few programmes of its kind offered outside a university.

Two tracks
Living Islam: The Spiritual Art of the Everyday
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Female Approaches to the Quran
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After Modernity
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Urdu Literature
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Islamic Intellectual History in India
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Samʿani’s Repose of the Spirits
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Orientalism Restated
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Masterpieces of Arabic Literature
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Philosophy in the Islamic World
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Islamic Education
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Introduction to Islamic Law
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Voyage of No Return: Stepping into the World of Ibn ‘Arabi
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Islamic Art
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Mystics, Kings, Lovers: The Worlds of Persian Literature
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What is Love?
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The Vision of Islam
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Islam, AI, and the Future of Humanity
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Islamic Cosmology
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Medicine and the Sacred in Islam
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Inrushes of the Heart
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Islamic Metaphysics
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What it takes

The requirements.

6
Qualifying courses

Complete six courses within your chosen track
-attended live or via recordings- across the academic year.

5k
Capstone paper

A 5,000-word paper on a question of your choosing, reviewed and assessed by a member of the faculty.

How the capstone works
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Academic year

All requirements completed within a single academic year, beginning the term you register for the certificate.

What the credential means
Not a badge. A body of work.

A Tokat Certificate is not a certificate of attendance. It records that a student has read widely across a tradition, sat with its leading scholars, and produced original written work judged worthy by the faculty.

It is designed for those who want their study to amount to something — applicants to graduate programmes, teachers, writers, and serious independent readers who have earned the right to say they have done the work.

Scholarships apply to every component — registration, course fees, and capstone assessment alike.

The fees
Certificate registrationOne-time, per track
$19
Capstone assessmentFaculty review of your paper
$9
Course feesSix courses · $100–$400 each
Separate

Start with the first course.

You do not need to commit to the whole certificate today. Enroll in one course this term, it counts toward your track from the start.