DRBU Fall 2025 Course Schedule*
August 18, 2025 - December 12, 2025
*Dates are subject to change.

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts

BA1 Required Courses
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 111 Buddhist Classics I 3 Shari Epstein
Douglas Powers
 S225 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S225 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 131 Chinese Classics I 4 Franklyn Wu
 S120 Tue 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Thu 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 141 Rhetoric and Writing I 3 Fedde de Vries
 S120 Mon 9:15am 10:45am
S120 Wed 9:15am 10:45am
LIBA 181 Embodied Learning I 1 Wayne Chen
Shari Epstein
Kristine Go
Yi-huan Shih
 Sudhana Center Mon 6:00pm 8:00pm

BA2 Required Courses
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 211 Buddhist Classics III 3 Fedde de Vries
 S125 Tue 2:00pm 4:00pm
S125 Thu 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 221 Western Classics I 4 Huali Yuan
Peter Moore
 S125 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S125 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 231 Indian Classics I 4 Lauren Bausch
 S125 Wed 8:45am 10:45am
S125 Fri 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 281 Embodied Learning III 1 Wayne Chen
Shari Epstein
Kristine Go
Yi-huan Shih
 Sudhana Center Mon 6:00pm 8:00pm

BA3 Required Courses
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 311 Buddhist Classics V 3 Huali Yuan
 S230 Wed 8:45am 10:45am
S230 Fri 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 321 Western Classics III 4 Sean Kerr
 S120 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S120 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 331 Chinese Classics III 4 Bhikshuni Heng Yi
 S230 Tue 2:00pm 4:00pm
S230 Thu 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 372 Natural Science I 4 Yang Liu
Peter Moore
 S223 Mon 12:30pm 2:30pm
S223 Wed 12:30pm 2:30pm
LIBA 381 Embodied Learning V 1 Wayne Chen
Shari Epstein
Kristine Go
Yi-huan Shih
 Sudhana Center Mon 6:00pm 8:00pm

BA4 Required Courses
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 411 Buddhist Classics VII 3 Yi-huan Shih
 S128 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S128 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 431 Indian Classics III 4 Sean Kerr
 S128 Tue 2:00pm 4:00pm
S128 Thu 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 441 Rhetoric and Writing III 1 Lauren Bausch
 S128 Wed 12:30pm 1:30pm
LIBA 481.2 Embodied Learning III 2 Wayne Chen
Shari Epstein
Kristine Go
Yi-huan Shih
 Sudhana Center Mon 6:00pm 8:00pm
LIBA 491 Capstone I 4 Stacy Chen
 S128 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S128 Fri 8:45am 10:45am

BA Language Electives
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 151 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese I 4 Yi-huan Shih
 S120 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 161 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit I 4 Sean Kerr
 S225 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S225 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S225 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 251 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese III 4 Sarah Babcock
 S125 Mon 2:30pm 4:00pm
S125 Wed 2:30pm 4:00pm
S125 Fri 2:30pm 3:30pm
LIBA 261 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit III 4 Lauren Bausch
 S230 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S230 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
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.

Master of Arts in Buddhist Classics

MA1 Required Courses
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
BUCL 511 Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra 3 Sarah Babcock
Martin Verhoeven
 S230 Mon 8:45am 10:45am
S230 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
BUCL 512 Pāli Texts 3 Bhikshuni Heng Yi
 S230 Thu 8:00am 11:00am
BUCL 521 Comparative Hermeneutics I 3 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 Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
BUCL 611 Śūraṅgama Sūtra 3 Bhikshuni Jin Jr
 S223 Thu 8:00am 11:00am
BUCL 612 Śāstra Texts II 3 Yang Liu
Douglas Powers
 S225 Wed 8:00am 11:00am
BUCL 631 Buddhist Hermeneutics II 3 Huali Yuan
 S225 Mon 8:00am 11:00am

MA Language Electives
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
BUCL 541 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese I 3 Yi-huan Shih
 S120 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
BUCL 551 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit I 3 Sean Kerr
 S225 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S225 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S225 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
BUCL 641 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese III 3 Sarah Babcock
 S125 Mon 2:30pm 4:00pm
S125 Wed 2:30pm 4:00pm
S125 Fri 2:30pm 3:30pm
BUCL 651 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit III 3 Lauren Bausch
 S230 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S230 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
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.

Certificate in Buddhist Translation

Required Courses
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
TRNC 11 Translating the Dharma: Theories, Ethics, and Skills I 3 S223 Wed 8:45am 10:45am
S126 Wed 1:00pm 4:00pm
CH Wed 8:15am 8:45am
CH Thu 1:30pm 2:00pm
TRNC 21 Reading Seminar I 3 Sarah Babcock
 S126 Thu 8:00am 11:00am
TRNC 31 Hermeneutics of Self I 2 Yang Liu
 S223 Thu 2:00pm 4:00pm
TRNC 41 Translation Workshop I 2 Bhikshuni Heng Yi
 S223 Mon 8:30am 10:30am
S223 Tue 8:30am 10:30am
S223 Fri 8:30am 10:30am