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HIEA 3141 - 2 (Lecture): Political and Social Thought in Modern China
3 credits, Staff, Bradley Reed
MoTuWeThFr 1:00PM - 3:00PM
MoTuWeThFr 10:00AM - 12:00PM

Studies political and social thought from the early 20th century to the present, as reflected in written sources (including fiction), art, and films.

RELB 1559 - 2 (Lecture): New Course in Buddhism: Buddhism in Fiction and Film
3 credits, Staff, Kurtis Schaeffer
MoTuWeThFr 1:00PM - 3:00PM
MoTuWeThFr 10:00AM - 12:00PM

Spring 2012 Courses

Please check with your advisor to see if specific courses fulfill requirements for your major.

Any course highlighted in red is new for this semester. 

Anthropology

ANTH 3559-003 Gender Sexuality and Nation in Contemporary South Korea
3 credits, Caren Freeman
Th 09:30AM-10:45AM

This course looks at the way South Korean men and women have refashioned their everyday lives amidst the radical and turbulent changes of the past century. Since liberation from colonial rule, South Koreans have lived through rapid urbanization, industrialization, military authoritarian rule, democratic reform, rising consumerism, and integration into the global capitalist economy. We will explore what it means to have lived through these changes and what the consequences are for the diverse ways Koreans think about their gender, sexual and ethnic/national identities. Keeping in mind the tensions and interrelationship between ideological constructs and lived experiences of gender, family, sexuality and nation, we will consider a wide range of social contexts and structures which frame the lives of South Koreans past and present, including the historical legacies of colonialism, national division, military rule, American neo-imperialism, transformations in mothering, care, sexuality, marriage, consumerism, neoliberalism, and global capitalism. We will also look at South Korea’s relationship with its diasporic communities as a site for the construction of new meanings and practices of gender, sexuality and nation.

ANTH 5220 Economic Anthropology
3 credits, Frederick Damon
Mo 5:00PM-7:30PM

Organized in three parts, this course introduces students to anthropologically useful ideas in marxism and world system theory, the use of 'exchange theory' over the last 100 years, and research in newer versions of ecological anthropology as it bears on the social nature of production. An important theme running through each section will be relationships between production, circulation and display. Students will write 5-10 page papers on each of the three parts, increasingly bending their papers to their longer-term research interests. Individualized oral reports on tangential readings are also expected, and will enable students to structure aspects of the course to their topical or regional interests. Although designed for graduate students, undergraduates are encouraged to consider the course to round out their undergraduate careers and help define their futures.

ANTH 5590-003 Legal Anthropology
3 credits, Allison Alexy
We 5:00PM-7:30PM

This course investigates key anthropological questions through the lens of law systems, legal argumentation, and people's interactions with these thoughts and forms. Rather than taking as given the hegemonic power that legal structures might hold over people's lives and thought, this course questions how people use, abuse, subvert, and leverage the legal structures in which they find themselves.

Architectural History

ARH 5500-001: History of Architechture
3 credits, Staff
Tu 11:00AM - 1:30PM
Special topic pursued in a colloquium.  Instructor permission required.

ARH 5500-002: UNESCO and China’s Environment
3 credits, Yusheng Huang
Th 12:30PM - 3:15PM

This seminar studies international issues in built and natural environment, in particular, the sustainable situation in some international regions, with an emphasis in the case of China. It deals with the social and cultural topics related with urban and architectural environment, both historical and contemporary. UNESCO has missions in global management in social and cultural development. Especially, the determination of the selected items on the list of world heritage provides guidance for the effective work of historic preservation. China has more than forty sites on the world heritage list. The rapid growth in economy brought dramatic changes to the nation, but challenges the environment in many ways. This seminar provides discussions most related cultural and historic preservation. Cities, towns, and villages will be studied. This seminar prepares for the participants to join the summer travels to China, and also for the possible in-situ workshops in the year to come.

Art History

ARTH 2862: Arts of the Buddhist World- India to Japan
 3 credits, Daniel Ehnbom
TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM

Surveys the Buddhist sculpture, architecture and painting of India, China and Japan.  Considers aspects of history and religious doctrine.

ARTH 3559: Chinese Painting
3 credits, Sara Yeung
TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM

This course studies the history of Chinese painting in its artistic and historical context, spanning from the Neolithic period to the present. The evolution of Chinese painting, as the major part of Chinese art history, has been lasting and unique. Following chronological sequence, the course examines major periods, styles, schools and individual artists and works of the visual art in relation to political, social, economic and philosophical history. It seeks to discuss major topics and issues including authenticity, realism, symbolism, literati tradition, relationship between painting and calligraphy, the Western approaches and media, and the contemporary challenges.

Chinese

CHIN 1020 Elementary Chinese
4 Credits,  Yi Feng, Miao-Fen Tseng, Yimu Sun, Ran Zhao
MTuWThF 10:00-10:50, 11:00-11:50, 12:00-12:50, 2:00-2:50

Prerequisite: CHIN 1010 or equivalent (as demonstrated in the placement test). Chinese 102 is the
continuation of Chinese 1010. It is a 4-credit elementary level course in Modern Standard Mandarin
Chinese. Those who take this course should have taken Chinese 101 or the departmental placement test
in order to be placed in 1020. Native or near-native speakers of Chinese are not eligible for this course. The course helps students gain constant training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills on a daily basis. Students are expected to attend the class five days per week. Homework and quizzes are
completed on a weekly basis. In addition to daily preparation, two-hour individual lab work per week by
working on digital files is required outside of the class.

CHIN 2020 Intermediate Chinese
4 Credits,  Shu-Chen Chen, Ran Zhao
MTuWThF  10:00-10:50, 11:00-11:50, 12:00-12:50
Prerequisite: CHIN 2010.

This is the continuation of CHIN 201. Native or near-native speakers of Chinese are not eligible for this course. The goals of this course are to help students improve their spoken and oral proficiency, achieve a solid reading level and learn to express themselves clearly in writing on a variety of covered topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary. These goals are approached through grammar and reading-writing exercises, classroom drills, listening and speaking activities, and written quizzes and exams.

CHIN 2060 Accelerated Intermediate Chinese
4 Credits, Yi Feng
MtuWF 3:00-3:40

This course is specifically designed for students with native or near-native speaking ability in Mandarin Chinese, but with reading and writing ability equivalent to a student who has completed CHIN 102. The course focuses on reading and writing Chinese. The goals of this course are to help students: (a) achieve a basic level of reading competency with a vocabulary of 1000 characters; (b) express themselves clearly in written Chinese on a variety of topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary. Prerequisite: CHIN 106 or equivalent (as demonstrated in the placement test).

CHIN 3020/5020 Readings in Modern Chinese
3 Credits, Hsin-Hsin Liang
MWTh 10:00-10:50
MWTh 11:00-11:50

CHIN 3020/5020 is the continuation of CHIN 301/501. Native and near-native speakers of Chinese are not eligible for this course. All four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) are equally stressed.  Students are required to listen to audio tapes everyday and actively participate in class activities. Student work is evaluated on the basis of daily attendance, exercises, dictations, quizzes, oral performances and exams. The class is conducted mainly in Mandarin Chinese.

CHIN 3025: Language House Conversation
1 Credit, Ran Zhao
Day/Time TBA

For students residing in the Chinese group in Shea House.  Prerequisite: Instructor permission..

CHIN 4020/7020 Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese
3 Credits, Hsin-Hsin Liang
TuTh 2:00-3:15

This 3-credit course is the continuation of CHIN 401/CHIN 701. Students who have not had CHIN
401/701 are required to take a placement exam. There is no textbook. Students will learn to read or
understand various styles of modern Chinese, including essays, documentaries, prose fiction, and movies.  Readings will be lengthier and more challenging than those in CHIN 401/701. Student work is evaluated on the basis of dictations, quizzes/tests, oral performance, frequent essays, class participation, and attendance. The class is conducted solely in Chinese.

CHIN 4030/7030 Business Chinese
3 Credits, Staff
MoWeFr 2:00PM - 2:50PM

Business Chinese is a one-term language course for business purposes designed for students who have studied Chinese for at least four years in a regular college program or with the equivalent language proficiency. It is aimed to enhance student's Chinese skills in the business context and promote their understanding about the macro and micro business environment and culture in contemporary China.

CHIN 4060 Accelerated Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese
3 Credits, Miao-Fen Tseng
MoWeFr 12:30PM - 1:45PM

Prerequisite: CHIN 306 or equivalent (as demonstrated in the placement test).
The goal of CHIN 406 is to continue enhancing students' reading comprehension and writing skills by systematically exposing them to formal written Chinese, works of literature, and vigorous writing exercises. By the end of the course the students should be able to read authentic materials with the help of a dictionary and be able to write essays of 500 words in length on assigned topics.

CHIN 4993 Independent Study in Chinese
1-3 Credits, Staff, Yimu Sun, Hsin Liang, Yi Feng
Independent Study in Chinese.

CHIN 5240 Advanced Chinese Conversation and Composition (in Chinese)
3 Credits, Shu-Chen Chen
MoWeFr 1:00PM - 1:50PM

Prerequisite: CHIN 5230 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Further develops writing and speaking skills to an advanced level.

CHIN 5840: Introduction to Classical Chinese
3 credits, Anne Kinney
TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM

Prerequisite: for CHIN 5840, CHIN 5830 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Introduces the grammar and structure of classical Chinese.

CHIN 7020: Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese
3 credits, Staff, Hsin Liang
TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM

Prerequisite: for CHIN 7010, or instructor permission.
Students will learn to read or understand various styles of modern Chinese, including essays, documentaries, prose fiction, and movies.   

CHIN 7030: Business Chinese
3 credits, Yimu Sun
MoWeFr 2:00PM - 2:50PM

Prerequisite: Four years of Chinese or equivalent language proficiency.
Business Chinese is a one-term language course for business purposes designed for students who have studied Chinese for at least four years in a regular college program or with the equivalent language proficiency.  It is aimed to enhance student’s Chinese skills in the business context and promote their understanding about the macro and micro business environment and culture in contemporary China.   

CHIN 8993: Independent Study in Chinese
1-3 credits, Yingling Bao

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Independent study in Chinese.

Chinese Literature in Translation

CHTR 3020/5020: Survey of Modern Chinese Literature
3 credits, Charles Laughlin
MoWe 2:00PM - 3:15PM

Survey of Chinese literature and film in English translation since the beginning of the 20th century. Contending strands such as revolutionary, romantic, modernist, nativist, popular and women’s writing are represented by their most distinctive achievements. Major themes include tensions between Chinese and Western culture, tradition and modernity, masculinity and femininity, elite and popular, individual and national identities and class consciousness.

CHTR 4559/5559: Documentary Writing and Film in China
3 credits, Charles Laughlin
We 3:30PM - 6:00PM

A seminar exploring the role of the documentary impulse in modern Chinese writing and film. Beginning with reportage literature and foreign documentaries about China from the early 20th century, the course follows the development of documentary art forms in the People’s Republic of China (with some attention to Taiwan as well), culminating in the recent trend of independent documentary filmmaking and its influence on narrative film aesthetics.

Darden School of Business

GBUS 7235/7236: Global Economies and Markets Part I and II

1.5 credits each, Peter Rodriguez, Wei Li

This course applies the ideas and methodologies of economics to the analysis of the business environment in which firms operate and managers make decisions. The course expands students  knowledge of global economies and markets in three dimensions. First, it delivers insights and tools for analyzing markets in the global economy by studying such topics as competition, market structure, efficiency, industry equilibrium, and change.

East Asian Studies

EAST 1010 - 001 (Lecture): East Asian Canons and Cultures
3 credits, Gustav Heldt
TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM

An introduction to conceptions of self, society, and the universe as they have been expressed in canonical literary, philosophical, and religious texts in East Asia from earliest times up through modern times. Readings will be in English translation, supplemented by reference.

EAST 4993: Independent Study
1-3 credits, Tsetan Nepali, Staff

Independent study in special field under the direction of a faculty member in East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Culture

EAST 4998 - 001 (Independent Study): Senior Thesis
3 credits, Staff

Prerequisites: Student must be enrolled in the Distinguished Majors Program in East Asian Studies or East Asian Languages and Literatures.  A two-semester sequence of tutorial work for students completing a Senior Thesis as part of the Distinguished Majors Program in East Asian Studies or East Asian Languages and Literatures.

EAST 8998  Non-Topical Research: Preparation for Research
1-12 credits, Anne Kinney
For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.

EAST 8999 Non-Topical Research
1-12 credits, Charles Laughlin
For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.

Education

EDLF 7606 - 002 (Lecture): Comparative Education
3 credits, Diane Hoffman
We 10:00AM - 12:45PM

Both similarities and differences in educational practices, problems, and cultures abound in the world today. We will focus throughout the course on the sociocultural context of education, addressing values, ideology, practices and policies as they are found across a diverse selection of nations and societies. What can we learn from comparisons? What theories currently shape international educational developments? By gaining knowledge about how other countries approach key issues in education, it is hoped that students can broaden their understanding of their own educational practices, beliefs, and policies, and work toward more effective educational practice in an increasingly global educational arena.

History

HIEA 1501 - 002 (Seminar): Introductory Seminar in East Asian History (Marxism in East Asia / Cul & Society: Imperial China)
3 credits, Robert Stolz, Cong Zhang
Mo 6:00PM - 8:30PM
We 1:00PM - 3:30PM

Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students.  Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills.  Several seminars are offered each term.  Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history.


HIEA 2011 - 001 (Lecture): History of Chinese Civilization
3 credits, Cong Zhang
TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM

This is an introductory course to Chinese history. The first half of our class deals with the formation of the country’s intellectual traditions, efforts of empire-building, and the characteristic orientation of Chinese society to family, locality, and education. We will also look at how the successive government of late imperial China dealt with the strains of a growing and changing society. The second half of the course will consider how China met and mastered the challenges of the 19thcentury, and what the particular challenges of the 20th century were. We will conclude the class by discussing the government and society of the People’s Republic of China against the background of these challenges. Required reading for the class includes Patricia Ebrey, China: A Cultural, Social, and Political History and Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook. Final grades for the class will be based on four quizzes, one term paper, and the final exam.

HIEA 2072: Modern Japanese Culture and Politics
3 credits, Robert Stolz, Kate Geoghegan
MoWe 1:00PM - 1:50PM
We 5:00PM-5:50PM, 7:00PM-7:50PM
Th 8:30AM-9:20AM

An introduction to the politics, culture, and ideologies of modern Japan from roughly 1800 to the present.  We will pay special attention to the interplay between Japan’s simultaneous participation in global modernity and its assertion of a unique culture as a way to explore the rise of the nation-state as a historically specific form.

HIEA 2101: Korea: Late Nineteenth through Early Twenty First Centuries
3 credits, Ronald Dimberg
MoWeFr 1:00PM - 1:50PM

History of Korea from 1876 into the first decade of the 21st century.

HIEA 3112 - 100: The Traditional Chinese Order, Seventh Century-Seventeenth Century
3 credits, Bradly Reed
MoWeFr 9:00AM - 9:50AM

HIEA 3112 covers the late imperial period of Chinese history, from the founding of the Song dynasty in the tenth century to the final decades of the imperial system in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Although the course covers the basic elements of social, political, and cultural history, emphasis is placed on analyzing events and trends in an attempt to come to grips with two rather thorny questions: 1) How can we account for the remarkable stability and longevity of the late imperial system of government as well as its basic patterns of social economic relationships? 2) Given the durability of the late imperial system, how can we account for its fragmentation and ultimate demise when it faced fundamentally new challenges, from both within and without, in the nineteenth century? These and other questions will be considered through an investigation of several inter related issues: The ideological and philosophical foundations of the authoritarian state; the linkage and tension between elite and popular culture and life styles; the cultural assimilation of non Chinese peoples; the formation of popular traditions of religious faith, protest and rebellion; and problems of systemic decline.

Although HIEA 3112 is the second of a two semester sequence on Imperial China, neither HIEA 3111 nor any previous study of Chinese history is required. The course is based on lectures along with discussions. Readings, drawn from a basic text and translated primary materials, average between 100 150 pages per week. Evaluation is based on an essay (35%), a mid term exam (25%), a final exam (30%) and participation in discussion section (10%).

HIEA 4511: Colloquium in East Asia: Korean Christianity
4 credits, Ronald Dimberg
Tu 1:00PM - 3:30PM

In this undergraduate colloquium we shall read and discuss essays and books that cover the introduction and early history of Christianity during the Choson period (1392-1910), and its growth and development through the period of Japanese colonization and into the post-liberation and post-partition period.  Students will read and discuss approximately ten books during the semester, including but not limited to Christ and Caesar in Modern Korea: A History of Christianity and Politics;  Challenged Identities: North American Missionaries in Korea, 1884-1934; Christianity in Korea; Syncretism: The Religious Context of Christian Beginnings in Korea; Protestantism and Politics in Korea; and excerpts from Religions of Korea in Practice. 

In addition to participating in weekly discussions of assigned reading material students will write two critical review essays of 12-13 pages each. The course grade will be based on participation in weekly discussions (50%) and the average of the two essay grades (50%).  HIEA 4511:  Korean Christianity fulfills the Department of History seminar/colloquium requirement and the second writing requirement.

HIEA 4993: Independent Study in East Asia
1-3 credits, Staff

In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings.  Independent Study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes.  Open to majors or non-majors.

Japanese

JAPN 1020: First Year Japanese
4 Credits, Mieko Kawai
MTuWThF 10:00-10:50, 1100-11:50, 12:00-12:50

Prerequisite: JAPN 1010, or equivalent.
Introduces the basic speech patterns and grammatical units, including casual, daily spoken style, and the polite speech used in formal occasions. Emphasizes speaking, listening, and reading. Writing hiragana, katakana, and 200 kanji are also introduced.

JAPN 2020 Second Year Japanese
4 Credits, Tomoko Marshall
MTuWThF 10:00-10:50, 11:00-1150, 12:00-12:50

Prerequisite: JAPN 2010 or equivalent.
Continuation of Elementary Japanese introducing more complex sentence patterns, idioms, and
vocabulary to prepare students for an intermediate-level communication. Reinforces spoken Japanese
skills with writing and reading exercises, and 250 kanji are introduced.

JAPN 3020/5020 Third Year Japanese
3 Credits, Tomomi Sato
TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM, 11:00AM - 12:15PM

Prerequisite: JAPN 3010 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Emphasizes comprehension and active reproduction of modern Japanese beyond the basic patterns of
speech and writing. Various topics on current Japanese culture and society are introduced.

JAPN 3025 - 001 (Lecture): Language House Conversation
1 credit, Tomomi Sato
Day/Time TBA

For students residing in the Japanese group in Shea House. Prerequisite: instructor permission.

JAPN 3110 Supplementary Reading II
1 Credit, Tomomi Sato
Mo 3:00PM - 3:50PM

The second of a two-part reading course, to be taken in conjunction with JAPN 3020. In-depth study of authentic materials such as newspapers, short essays, and brief articles. Prerequisite: JAPN 3010 or equivalent background.

JAPN 4710 Introduction to Literary Japanese (Bungo)
3 Credits, Gustav Heldt
We 2:00PM - 4:30PM

Prerequisite: JAPN 3010 or equivalent.
An introduction to the Japanese language as it was written from earliest times up until the mid-twentieth century. In addition to familiarizing students with grammatical fundamentals of literary Japanese and their differences from the modern language, the course will introduce students to representative writing styles from a wide variety of genres and historical periods.

JAPN 4870 Reading Investigative Journalism
3 Credits, Michiko Wilson
We 2:00PM - 3:15PM

Advanced Japanese language seminar, designed to help students read, interpret, analyze, and discuss current issues in Japanese society, culture, economy and/or politics through an in-depth examination of selected magazine articles from one of Japan's top investigative magazines, Aera.  Prerequisite: JAPN 3020 or placement test.

JAPN 4993 Independent Study in Japanese
1-3 Credits, Michiko Wilson
Independent Study in Japanese

JAPN 5710 Classical Japanese Language
3 Credit, Gustav Heldt
We 2:00PM - 4:30PM
An introduction to classical Japanese; selections from classical narratives and poetry.

JAPN 5870 Reading Journalism
3 Credit, Michiko Wilson
We 2:00PM - 3:15PM

Advanced Japanese language seminar, designed to help students read, interpret, analyze, and discuss current issues in Japanese society, culture, economy and/or politics through an in-depth examination of selected magazine articles from one of Japan's top investigative magazines, Aera.

Japanese Literature in Translation

JPTR 1020/5020: Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature
3 credits, Michiko Wilson
We 3:30PM - 6:00PM

Introduction to the modern Japanese cannon (1890's to the present). Writers studied include Natsume Sseki, the first modern writer to delve into the human psyche; Mori gai, the surgeon-turned writer; Rynsuke Akutagawa, the consummate writer of short stories; Shiga Naoya, the "god" of "I-Novel" Japanese fiction; Yukio Mishima, whose seppuku suicide caused a sensation world-wide; End Shsaku, the Christian writer; two Nobel laureates, Yasunari Kawabata, the pure aesthetician, and Kenzaburo E, the political gadfly.

Korean

KOR 1010: Elementary Korean

4 credits, Teresa Lee

MTWHF 1000-1050, 1100-1150

Introduces the basic speech patterns and grammatical units, including casual, daily spoken style, and the polite speech used in formal occasions. Emphasizes speaking, listening, and reading.

KOR 2010: Intermediate Korean

4 credits, Soojeong Kim

MTWHF 1100-1150, 1200-1250

Continuation of Elementary Korean introducing more complex sentence patterns, idioms, and vocabulary to prepare students for an intermediate-level communication. Reinforces spoken Korean skills with writing and reading exercises.

KOR 3010: Advanced Korean

3 credits, Jongbok Yi, Soojeong Kim

TH 1230-1345, 0930-1045

Emphasizes comprehension and active reproduction of modern Korean beyond the basic patterns of speech and writing. Various topics on current Korean culture and society are introduced.  Prerequisite: KOR 2020, or equivalent, or instructor permission.

KOR 4010: Advanced Readings in Modern Korean

3 credits, Soojeong Kim

TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM

This course will offer the students the opportunities to develop advanced reading proficiency in modern Korean language. The course will deal with advanced reading material, mostly from authentic writings in various genres and styles, such as newspaper editorials, columns, essays, T.V. news clips, short stories, and other expository and literary writings.

Korean Literature in Translation

KRTR 4559/5559: Seminar on Korea: Division “North and South”
3 Credits, Susie Kim
Tu 3:30PM - 6:00PM

An examination of narratives of division and representations of “North and South” through films and literary texts. Sub-topics to include the Korean War, national division, generational conflict, trauma, and gender.

Comparative Politics

PLCP 3610: Chinese Politics
3 credits, Brantly Womack
MW 11:00AM – 11:50AM

Investigates why policies in areas like social welfare, education, and trade differ across time and across countries in advanced industrialized nations.

PLCP 4730: Politics of Japan
3 credits, Leonard Schoppa
TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM

Surveys contemporary Japanese society and political behavior including such topics as political culture, interest groups, political parties, parliamentary democracy, decision-making, and public policy. Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Japan.

Religious  Studies

RELB 2054 Tibetan Buddhism Introduction
3 Credits, Jonathan Verity
Lecture (3 credits): TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Discussion (3 credits) one of the following: Fr 9:00AM - 9:50AM, Fr 10:00AM - 10:50AM, Fr 11:00AM - 11:50AM, Th 5:00PM - 5:50PM, Th 6:00PM - 6:50PM, Th 7:00PM - 7:50PM

Provides a systematic introduction to Tibetan Buddhism with a strong emphasis on tantric traditions of Buddhism - philosophy, contemplation, ritual, monastic life, pilgrimage, deities & demons, ethics, society, history, and art. The course aims to understand how these various aspects of Tibetan religious life mutually shape each other to form the unique religious traditions that have pertained on the Tibetan plateau for over a thousand years.

RELB 2100 Buddhism
3 Credits, Karen Lang
Lecture (3 credits): TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Discussion (3 credits) one of the following: Fr 9:00AM - 9:50AM, Fr 10:00AM - 10:50AM, Fr 11:00AM - 11:50AM, Th 6:00PM - 6:50PM, Th 7:00PM - 7:50PM, Th 8:00PM - 8:50PM

This course is an introduction to Buddhism, beginning with its origins in India, its spread throughout Asia to the West. The course will examine the historical and cultural contexts in which Buddhist beliefs and practices developed and are still developing. We will explore a wide variety of sources to understand the many ways in which Buddhists speak about the Buddha, what he and his followers say about karma and rebirth, the practice of meditation and the pursuit of enlightenment. We will also examine the views of contemporary Buddhist teachers and on the challenges Buddhism faces in the modern world.  

RELB 2135 Chinese Buddhism
3 Credits, Paul Groner
TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM
Discussion (3 credits) one of the following: Th 5:00PM - 5:50PM, Th 6:00PM - 6:50PM, We 5:50 - 5:50PM

This course examines the ways in which Chinese Buddhism differs from the Buddhisms of other countries.  The first half of the course introduces Buddhism with a focus on the historical development of the tradition.The second half of the course surveys several philosophical schools and forms of practice including Huayan, Chan, Pure Land, and Tantric Buddhism.

RELB 3655: Buddhism in America
3 Credits, Paul Groner
TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM

This course is a seminar that examines the development of Buddhism in America going from its earliest appearance to contemporary developments.

Tibetan

TBTN 1020: Elementary Tibetan II
4 Credits, Tsetan Nepali
MoTuWeThFr 9:00AM - 9:50AM

An introduction to the grammar and syntax of spoken and written Tibetan for beginners with the intention of developing proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Examples are drawn from Tibetan short stories and proverbs, among other sources. Students gain knowledge of Tibetan culture to improve communication skills using a dynamic, interactive format. Pre-Requisites: TBTN 1010 Elementary Tibetan I.

TBTN 2020: Intermediate Tibetan II
4 Credits, Tsetan Nepali
MoTuWeThFr 10:00AM - 10:50AM

Pre-Requisites: TBTN 2010 Intermediate Tibetan I.
Intermediate skill-building in the grammar and syntax of spoken and written Tibetan, along with development of skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing through the integrated use of spoken and literary forms. Students will also enhance their knowledge of Tibetan culture in order to improve their communication skills.

TBTN 3030 Advanced Tibetan III/IV
3 Credits, Tsetan Nepali
MoWeFr 12:00PM - 12:50PM

Pre-Requisites: TBTN 3020 Advanced Modern Tibetan II.
A continuation of the Advanced Tibetan I/II language sequence, focusing on advanced grammar, syntax, and structures. Additional emphasis will be placed mastering oral communications skills through conversation, utilizing grammatical structures introduced in Advanced Modern Tibetan II.

TBTN 3040/5040 Advanced Modern Tibetan IV
3 Credits, Tsetan Nepali
MoWeFr 12:00PM - 12:50PM

Pre-Requisites: TBTN 3030 Advanced Modern Tibetan III.
A continuation of the Advanced Tibetan language sequence, focusing on advanced grammar, syntax, and structures. Additional emphasis will be placed on mastering oral communications skills through conversation, utilizing grammatical structures introduced in previous courses.

Urban and Environmental Planning

PLAN 5891: International Cities
3 credits, Guoping Huang
W 7:00PM - 9:45PM

This course takes a case study approach to examine the sustainable development issues of 10 cities around the world with attention mainly to urban ecology and environment. Every week, one outstanding topic will be studied in depth for one city, such as ecology of large urban park for New York city, urban development in mountainous regions for Chongqing, China, regional ecology for Barcelona, Spain, etc.

The goal of this course is to give students a global view on these issues. Students will learn different research approaches, including quantitative/qualitative and spatial/non-spatial approaches, to examine the broad width of contemporary sustainable city studies.