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Verification and Renewal Curriculum

The Verification and Renewal High School Curriculum (VRC) presents a suggested curricular map and core reading list for Islamic high schools, Muslim co-op and home-school programs, and after-school supplemental learning for Muslims who attend public and non-Muslim private schools. The curriculum places a balanced emphasis on both the tools of reasoning (e.g., logic and mathematics) and the tools of discovery (e.g., natural sciences) and expression (e.g., grammar, rhetoric, art) through a holistic and integrated framework that avoids the widespread false dichotomy of the Islamic and secular in the STEM subjects, humanities, and social sciences. The curriculum fully integrates an Islamic framework into the curriculum with attention to awe, gratitude, and the sacred built into every subject and aspect of the curriculum.

The Verification and Renewal Curriculum is being used by schools, homeschools, and seminaries across the country. In Union City, California, Dar Ulum Ashrafiyya seminary students are studying the VRC Epistemology Essays (An Applied Epistemology, General and Religious, An Epistemology Overview of Textual Sources, and High Voltage Epistemology: Understanding Islamic Theories of Knowledge via Epistemic ‘Signal Flow’). The As Sabeel Homeschooling network in the Bay Area is referencing the Islamic integrations section of the VRC Chemistry for High School textbook this semester and may implement the VRC Biology (9th Grade) textbook in the 2025-26 school year. ASIPT is also in the process of setting up teacher training sessions for the Revival Ihya Homeschooling network in Allentown, PA. In addition, ASIPT research specialist Justin Poe teaches the epistemology essays mentioned above as well as Proofs of Prophethood essay at INK Baltimore. A podcast/livestream discussing these texts will be available in late spring 2025.

 

The VRC team continues to update the curriculum with resources for educators. These resources include suggested syllabi for both teacher and student and example integrated textbooks for select courses.

New Publications

Front cover of The Compendium of Seminary Texts

The Compendium of Seminary Texts

A series of twelve intermediate-level primers representing the prerequisites for scholarly literacy in the curriculum of the Ottoman seminary. Translated into clear, idiomatic English and presented in a parallel bilingual format, the text is accompanied by explanatory notes and a comprehensive glossary.
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Additional Curriculum Resources

Syllabi and Open Source Textbooks

VRC Biology Syllabus (Instructor)

A Verification and Renewal Curriculum (VRC) Syllabus Written by Sarah Kazmi, Ibrahim Qureshi, Justin Poe, Aaron Spevack
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VRC Biology Syllabus (Student)

A Verification and Renewal Curriculum (VRC) Syllabus Written by Sarah Kazmi, Ibrahim Qureshi, Justin Poe, Aaron Spevack
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VRC Biology Open Source Textbook (9th Grade)

The VRC Biology for High School FlexBook® covers core biology concepts for 9th grade with interdisciplinary integrations from the Islamic worldview.
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VRC Chemistry Syllabus (Instructor)

A Verification and Renewal Curriculum (VRC) Syllabus Written by Sarah Kazmi, Ibrahim Qureshi, Justin Poe, Aaron Spevack
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VRC Chemistry Syllabus (Student)

A Verification and Renewal Curriculum (VRC) Syllabus Written by Sarah Kazmi, Ibrahim Qureshi, Justin Poe, Aaron Spevack
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VRC Chemistry Open Source Textbook for High School

The VRC Chemistry for High School FlexBook® covers core chemistry concepts for 10th grade with interdisciplinary integrations from the Islamic worldview.
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Curricular Maps