DRBU Fall 2026 Course Schedule*
August 17, 2026 - December 11, 2026
*Dates are subject to change.

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts

BA1 Required Courses
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 111 1 Buddhist Classics I 3.0 Shari Epstein
S223 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S223 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 131 1 Chinese Classics I 4.0 Amanda Goodman
S120 Tue 2:15pm 4:15pm
S120 Thu 2:15pm 4:15pm
LIBA 141 1 Rhetoric and Writing I 3.0 Fedde de Vries
S120 Mon 9:15am 10:45am
S120 Wed 9:15am 10:45am

BA2 Required Courses
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 211 1 Buddhist Classics III 3.0 Fedde de Vries
S128 Tue 2:00pm 4:00pm
S128 Thu 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 221 1 Western Classics I 4.0 Amanda Goodman
S128 Wed 8:45am 10:45am
S128 Fri 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 231 1 Indian Classics I 4.0 Sean Kerr
S128 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S128 Thu 8:45am 10:45am

BA3 Required Courses
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 311 1 Buddhist Classics V 3.0 Huali Yuan
S225 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S225 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 321 1 Western Classics III 4.0 Sean Kerr
S125 Mon 8:45am 10:45am
S125 Wed 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 371 1 Mathematics I 4.0 Peter Moore
S225 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S225 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 372 1 Natural Science I 4.0 Yang Liu
S125 Tue 2:00pm 4:00pm
S125 Thu 2:00pm 4:00pm

BA4 Required Courses
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 411 1 Buddhist Classics VII 3.0 Sarah Babcock
Yi-huan Shih
S120 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S120 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 431 1 Indian Classics III 4.0 S230 Wed 8:45am 10:45am
S225 Mon 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 441 1 Rhetoric and Writing III 1.0 Lauren Bausch
Shari Epstein
S230 Tue 2:15pm 3:15pm
LIBA 491 1 Capstone I 4.0 Stacy Chen
Yang Liu
S223 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S223 Wed 2:30pm 4:30pm
S223 Fri 2:30pm 4:30pm
[LIBA 491] Monday (11 weeks), Wednesday (4 weeks).

BMP Required Courses
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 371 1 Mathematics I 4.0 Peter Moore
S225 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S225 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 411 1 Buddhist Classics VII 3.0 Sarah Babcock
Yi-huan Shih
S120 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S120 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 431 1 Indian Classics III 4.0 S230 Wed 8:45am 10:45am
S225 Mon 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 441 1 Rhetoric and Writing III 1.0 Lauren Bausch
Shari Epstein
S230 Tue 2:15pm 3:15pm

BA1- BA3 Language Electives
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 151 1 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese I 4.0 Yi-huan Shih
S120 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 161 1 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit I 4.0 Lauren Bausch
S230 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S230 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S230 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 251 1 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese III 4.0 Sarah Babcock
S125 Mon 2:30pm 4:00pm
S125 Wed 2:30pm 4:00pm
S125 Fri 2:30pm 4:00pm
LIBA 261 1 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit III 4.0 Sean Kerr
S126 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S126 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 353 1 Readings in Literary Chinese 1.0 Sarah Babcock
Fedde de Vries
S120 Wed 4:20pm 5:30pm
Student registers for language course via DRBU SIS. BA students are required to take 16 total units of language courses over the course of the freshman and sophomore years.

BA4 Language Electives
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 253 1 Language: Translation Seminar I 4.0 Bhikshuni Jin Deng
Fedde de Vries
Lib Conf Room Tue 3:30pm 5:00pm
S120 Fri 8:00am 11:00am
LIBA 253 2 Language: Translation Seminar I 4.0 Sarah Babcock
Fedde de Vries
S120 Wed 4:20pm 5:30pm
S120 Fri 8:00am 11:00am
LIBA 353 1 Readings in Literary Chinese 1.0 Sarah Babcock
Fedde de Vries
S120 Wed 4:20pm 5:30pm
Student registers for language course via DRBU SIS. [LIBA 253] Fedde de Vries on Monday; Bhikshuni Jin Deng on Tuesday.

Embodied Learning Electives
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 181 1 Embodied Learning I: Guang Ping Yang Taiji 1.0 Shari Epstein
Yi-huan Shih
Martin Verhoeven
Loc Huynh
TBD Mon 7:40am 8:40am
LIBA 181 2 Embodied Learning I: Theater Improvisation 1.0 Shari Epstein
Yi-huan Shih
David Strong
TBD Mon 4:30pm 5:30pm
LIBA 181 3 Embodied Learning I: Piano - All Levels 1.0 Shari Epstein
Yi-huan Shih
Elizabeth McDougall
Music Studio Tue 4:30pm 5:30pm
LIBA 181 4 Embodied Learning I: Beginning Quilting 1.0 Shari Epstein
Yi-huan Shih
Michele Howard
S120 Mon 4:15pm 5:15pm
LIBA 181 5 Embodied Learning I: Pottery Fundamentals 1.0 Shari Epstein
Yi-huan Shih
Michael Owen
Sarah Owen
Art Studio Thu 4:15pm 5:15pm
LIBA 181 6 Embodied Learning I: Introduction to Yoga 1.0 Shari Epstein
Yi-huan Shih
Sandra Lamerson
Sudhana Center Fri 4:45pm 6:00pm
LIBA 181 7 Embodied Learning I: Oil Painting 1.0 Shari Epstein
Yi-huan Shih
Nancy Nguyen
Art Studio Sat 1:00pm 3:00pm
Open to all students(BA, MA, TC, and CULN). Student registers for language course via DRBU SIS. Embodied Learning courses are listed under these course codes for each cohort: *BA1: LIBA 181 Embodied Learning I *BA2: LIBA 281 Embodied Learning III *BA3: LIBA 381 Embodied Learning V *BA4: LIBA 481 Embodied Learning VII *MA/TC/CULN: LIBA 480 Embodied Learning

Master of Arts in Buddhist Classics

MA1 Required Courses
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
BUCL 511 1 Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra 3.0 Martin Verhoeven
Amanda Goodman
S230 Mon 8:45am 10:45am
S230 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
BUCL 512 1 Pāli Texts 3.0 Franklyn Wu
Huali Yuan
S225 Thu 2:00pm 5:00pm
BUCL 521 1 Comparative Hermeneutics I 3.0 Douglas Powers
Peter Moore
S225 Tue 2:00pm 5:00pm
BUCL 511 Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra: Monday class will convene on alternate weeks.

MA2 Required Courses
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
BUCL 611 1 Śūraṅgama Sūtra 3.0 Douglas Powers
Peter Moore
S225 Wed 8:00am 11:00am
BUCL 612 1 Śāstra Texts II 3.0 Lauren Bausch
S230 Thu 2:00pm 5:00pm
BUCL 631 1 Buddhist Hermeneutics II 3.0 Bhikshuni Jin Jr
S125 Tue 8:00am 11:00am

MA Language Electives
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
BUCL 541 1 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese I 3.0 Yi-huan Shih
S120 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
BUCL 551 1 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit I 3.0 Lauren Bausch
S230 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S230 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S230 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
BUCL 641 1 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese III 3.0 Sarah Babcock
S125 Mon 2:30pm 4:00pm
S125 Wed 2:30pm 4:00pm
S125 Fri 2:30pm 4:00pm
BUCL 651 1 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit III 3.0 Sean Kerr
S126 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S126 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
BUCL 645 1 Readings in Literary Chinese 1.0 Sarah Babcock
Fedde de Vries
S120 Wed 4:20pm 5:30pm
Student registers for language course via DRBU SIS. MA students are required to take at least 6 units of language courses in the span of 2 years.

Graduate Certificate in Buddhist Translation

TC Required Courses
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
TRNC 11 1 Methods and Theories in Buddhist Translation I 2.0 Yang Liu
S126 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
TRNC 21 1 Reading in Translation: Classics across Traditions I 3.0 Sarah Babcock
S126 Wed 8:00am 11:00am
TRNC 31 1 Hermeneutics of Self I 2.0 Huali Yuan
S223 Mon 8:45am 10:45am
TRNC 41 1 Translation Workshop I 2.0 Bhikshuni Jin-Xiang
Fedde de Vries
S223 Thu 2:00pm 5:00pm
S120 Fri 8:00am 11:00am
[TRNC 41] Fedde de Vries on Monday; Bhikshuni Jin Xiang on Thursday.

TC Language Elective
Course Code Section Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
BUCL 541 1 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese I 3.0 Yi-huan Shih
S120 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
BUCL 551 1 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit I 3.0 Lauren Bausch
S230 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S230 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S230 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
BUCL 641 1 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese III 3.0 Sarah Babcock
S125 Mon 2:30pm 4:00pm
S125 Wed 2:30pm 4:00pm
S125 Fri 2:30pm 4:00pm
BUCL 645 1 Readings in Literary Chinese 1.0 Sarah Babcock
Fedde de Vries
S120 Wed 4:20pm 5:30pm
BUCL 651 1 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit III 3.0 Sean Kerr
S126 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S126 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
Language courses are optional for TC students this semester. Interested students should attend the Language Orientation to select a course and register via DRBU SIS.