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
S225 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S225 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 131 Chinese Classics I 4 Franklyn Wu
S120 Tue 2:30pm 4:30pm
S120 Thu 2:30pm 4:30pm
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 222 Western Classics II 4 Sean Kerr
S120 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S120 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 331 Chinese Classics III 4 Wayne Chen
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 Shari Epstein
S128 Wed 9:45am 10:45am
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 2:10pm 4:10pm
S128 Wed 2:10pm 4:10pm
S128 Fri 12:30pm 2:30pm
Note on Capsone I: The Wednesday class meets occasionally.

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 Lauren Bausch
S225 Thu 2:00pm 5:00pm
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
S230 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 2 Yang Liu
Nancy Chu
S223 Wed 8:45am 10:45am
CH Thu 1:30pm 2:00pm
CH Wed 8:15am 8:45am
TRNC 21 Reading Seminar I 3 Sarah Babcock
Fedde de Vries
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 Fedde de Vries
Nancy Chu
S126 Wed 1:00pm 4:00pm
S126 Tue 9:00am 10:30am
S126 Tue 2:30pm 4:00pm
TRNC 11, Translating the Dharma: Wednesday, 8:45–10:45 am (Nancy Chu) / Meditation: Wednesday, 8:15–8:45 am (Nancy Chu) / Thursday, 1:30–2:00 pm (Yang Liu).

Certificate in Shojin Culinary Arts

Required Courses
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
CULN 11 Intro to the Kitchen: Basics, Practices and Philosophy 1 Squire Davidson
Sudhana Center Mon 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Tue 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Wed 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Thu 1:00pm 6:00pm
CULN 21 Safety, Sanitation, Cooking Approaches and Culinary Math 1 Squire Davidson
Sudhana Center Mon 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Tue 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Wed 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Thu 1:00pm 6:00pm
CULN 31 Plant-Forward Fundamentals 2 Squire Davidson
Sudhana Center Mon 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Tue 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Wed 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Thu 1:00pm 6:00pm
CULN 41 Shojin Cooking Techniques I 2 Squire Davidson
Sudhana Center Mon 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Tue 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Wed 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Thu 1:00pm 6:00pm
CULN 51 Shojin Cooking Techniques II 2 Squire Davidson
Sudhana Center Mon 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Tue 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Wed 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Thu 1:00pm 6:00pm
CULN 61 The Global Marketplace 2 Squire Davidson
Sudhana Center Mon 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Tue 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Wed 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Thu 1:00pm 6:00pm
CULN 71 Culinary Laboratory I 3 Squire Davidson
Sudhana Center Sun 8:00am 3:00pm
Sudhana Center Fri 8:00am 3:00pm
Sudhana Center Sat 8:00am 3:00pm
Culinary Certificate Program: Fall Semester starts on August 11 and ends on December 12. The dates for each course are as follows: CULN 11: August 11–August 14; CULN 21: August 18–August 21; CULN 31: August 25–September 18; CULN 41: September 22–October 20; CULN 51: October 21–November 13; CULN 61: November 17–December 11; CULN 71: August 15–December 12.