DRBU Spring 2026 Course Schedule*
January 20, 2026 - May 22, 2026
*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 112 Buddhist Classics II 3 Shari Epstein
 S223 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S223 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 132 Chinese Classics II 4 Franklyn Wu
Nancy Chu
 S125 Tue 2:30pm 4:30pm
S125 Thu 2:30pm 4:30pm
LIBA 142 Rhetoric and Writing II 3 Fedde de Vries
 S125 Mon 9:15am 10:45am
S125 Wed 9:15am 10:45am
LIBA 182 Embodied Learning II 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 212 Buddhist Classics IV 3 Fedde de Vries
 S120 Tue 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Thu 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 222 Western Classics II 4 Huali Yuan
Peter Moore
 S120 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S120 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 232 Indian Classics II 4 Lauren Bausch
 S230 Wed 8:45am 10:45am
S230 Fri 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 282 Embodied Learning IV 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 312 Buddhist Classics VI 3 Huali Yuan
 S120 Wed 8:45am 10:45am
S120 Fri 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 321 Western Classics III 4 Nancy Chu
 S125 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S125 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 373 Natural Science II 4 Yang Liu
Peter Moore
 S223 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S223 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 391 Poetry 2 Sean Kerr
 S230 Tue 2:30pm 4:30pm
LIBA 382 Embodied Learning VI 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 412 Buddhist Classics VIII 3 Yi-huan Shih
 S128 Tue 8:00am 10:30am
S128 Thu 8:00am 10:30am
LIBA 421 Western Classics IV 4 Wayne Chen
 S128 Mon 8:00am 10:30am
S128 Wed 8:00am 10:30am
LIBA 442 Rhetoric and Writing IV 3 Shari Epstein
 S128 Tue 2:15pm 3:15pm
LIBA 492 Capstone II 4 Stacy Chen
 S128 Mon 1:00pm 2:00pm
S128 Wed 2:10pm 4:10pm
S128 Fri 12:30pm 2:30pm
LIBA 482.1 Embodied Learning IV 2 Wayne Chen
Shari Epstein
Kristine Go
Yi-huan Shih
 Sudhana Center Mon 6:00pm 8:00pm
Classes begin February 9, 2026.

BMP Required Courses
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 182.1 Embodied Learning II 2 Wayne Chen
Shari Epstein
Kristine Go
Yi-huan Shih
 Sudhana Center Mon 6:00pm 8:00pm
LIBA 312 Buddhist Classics VI 3 Huali Yuan
 S120 Wed 8:45am 10:45am
S120 Fri 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 321 Western Classics III 4 Nancy Chu
 S125 Tue 8:45am 10:45am
S125 Thu 8:45am 10:45am
LIBA 391 Poetry 2 Sean Kerr
 S230 Tue 2:30pm 4:30pm
LIBA 492 Capstone II 4 Stacy Chen
 S128 Mon 1:00pm 2:00pm
S128 Wed 2:10pm 4:10pm
S128 Fri 12:30pm 2:30pm
LIBA 492 Capstone II begins February 9, 2026.

BA Language Electives
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
LIBA 152 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese II 4 Yi-huan Shih
 S120 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 162 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit II 4 Sean Kerr
 S225 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S225 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S225 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 252 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese IV 4 Sarah Babcock
 S125 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S125 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
LIBA 262 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit IV 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 513 Śāstra Texts I 3 Sean Kerr
 S225 Thu 2:00pm 5:00pm
BUCL 522 Comparative Hermeneutics II 3 Douglas Powers
Peter Moore
 S225 Tue 2:00pm 5:00pm
BUCL 531 Buddhist Hermeneutics I 3 Sarah Babcock
Martin Verhoeven
 S230 Mon 8:45am 10:45am
S230 Tue 8:45am 10:45am

MA2 Required Courses
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
BUCL 613 Lotus Sūtra 3 Yang Liu
Douglas Powers
 S225 Wed 8:00am 11:00am
BUCL 614 Avataṃsaka Sūtra 3 Lauren Bausch
 S230 Thu 2:00pm 5:00pm
BUCL 632 Buddhist Hermeneutics III 3 Bhikshuni Jin Jr
 S225 Tue 8:00am 11:00am

MA Language Electives
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
BUCL 542 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese II 3 Yi-huan Shih
 S120 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S120 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
BUCL 552 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit II 3 Sean Kerr
 S225 Mon 2:00pm 4:00pm
S225 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S225 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
BUCL 642 Language Tutorial: Classical Chinese IV 3 Sarah Babcock
 S125 Wed 2:00pm 4:00pm
S125 Fri 2:00pm 4:00pm
BUCL 652 Language Tutorial: Sanskrit IV 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 12 Translating the Dharma: Theories, Ethics, and Skills II 2 Bhikshuni Jin-Xiang
Yang Liu
 CH Mon 8:30am 9:00am
CH Mon 2:00pm 2:30pm
S126 Tue 9:00am 11:00am
TRNC 22 Reading Seminar II 3 Sarah Babcock
 S126 Thu 8:00am 11:00am
TRNC 42 Translation Workshop II 2 Fedde de Vries
Nancy Chu
 S126 Mon 9:00am 10:30am
S126 Wed 9:00am 10:30am
S230 Wed 2:00pm 5:00pm
TRNC 53 Canonical Languages II 2 Bhikshuni Jin-Xiang
 S126 Mon 2:30pm 4:30pm
TRNC 12, Translating the Dharma II, Meditation: Monday, 8:30–9:00 am (Yang Liu); Tuesday, 2:00–2:30 pm (Bhikshuni Jin-Xiang). TRNC 42, Translation Workshop II, Monday/Wednesday 9:00–10:30 am (Nancy Chu); Wednesday 2:00–5:00 pm (Fedde de Vries).

Certificate in Shojin Culinary Arts

Required Courses
Course Code Course Title Units Professors & Instructor Room Day Start Time End Time
CULN 22 Nutrition and Wellness: East Meets West 1 Squire Davidson
 Sudhana Center Tue 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Wed 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Thu 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sudhana Center Fri 1:00pm 6:00pm
CULN 32 Culinary Science and Sensory Analysis 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 42 Introduction to Baking and Pastry 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 52 Shojin Cooking Techniques III 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 62 The Essential Vegan Desserts 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 72 Advanced Culinary Techniques 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 82 Culinary Laboratory II 3 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
The dates for each course are as follows: CULN 22: January 20-23rd; CULN 32: January 26-29; CULN 42: February 02-25; CULN 52: February 26-March 24; CULN 62: March 25-April 27; CULN 72: April 28-May 22; CULN 82: Starts January 23rd Ends May 22nd Hours by Arrangement.