Note: You must establish a session for Winter Term 2001 on wolverineaccess.umich.edu in order to use the link "Check Times, Location, and Availability". Once your session is established, the links will function. Courses in Buddhist Studies This page was created at 7:09 PM on Mon, Jan 29, 2001. Winter Term, 2001 (January 4 – April 26) Open courses in Buddhist Studies (*Not real-time Information. Review the "Data current as of: " statement at the bottom of hyperlinked page) Wolverine Access Subject listing for BUDDHST Winter Term '01 Time Schedule for Buddhist Studies. Waitlist policy for all courses is 1 – get on the waitlist and go to the first day of class and talk to the instructor. Students wanting to begin language study in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, at a level other than first year, must take a placement exam to be held on Tuesday, January 4, 1-3pm. Test locations will be posted outside of the Department office in 3070 FB. BUDDHST 102. Beginning Modern Tibetan II. Courses in Tibetan Section 001 – Meets with Buddhist Studies 502. Instructor(s): Gareth Sparham (gsparham@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Buddhist Studies 101. (4). (LR). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted. This course is a continuation of Tibetan 101, an introduction to Modern Tibetan. Students continue to learn to speak colloquial Tibetan, as well as to read and write the script. There will be regular speaking and conversation exercises. Students will be expected to attain a beginning proficiency in reading and writing the Tibetan language. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. BUDDHST 202. Intermediate Modern Tibetan II. Courses in Tibetan Section 001 – Meets with Buddhist Studies 512. Instructor(s): Gareth Sparham (gsparham@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Buddhist Studies 201. (4). (LR). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted. This course is an introduction to Modern Tibetan. Designed for undergraduates interested in Buddhist Studies or looking to fulfill their foreign language requirement, students will learn to speak colloquial Tibetan, as well as learn to read and write the script. There will be regular speaking and conversation exercises. Students will be expected to attain an intermediate proficiency in reading and writing the Tibetan language. Four hours per week, recitation. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. BUDDHST 231/Asian Studies 231/Rel. 231. Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. Section 001. Instructor(s): Donald S Lopez Jr (dlopez@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted. This course surveys the development of Buddhism in Tibet, from the eighth century to the present. It begins with an introduction to those doctrines and practices of Indian Buddhism that would come to hold an important place in the Tibetan tradition and goes on to examine the process of transmission of Buddhism from India to Tibet. The course surveys the rise of the major sects of Tibetan Buddhism, noting both continuities with Indian Buddhism as well as uniquely Tibetan developments, such as institution of reincarnate lamas (including the Dalai Lamas). In the twentieth century, the course examines the Tibetan confrontation with colonialism and Chinese invasion of 1950, and concludes with a consideration of the current popularity of Tibetan Buddhism. This course is designed for undergraduates with no background in Buddhist Studies but will also be suitable for students who have taken Buddhist Studies 220 (Introduction to Asian Religions) and Buddhist Studies 230 (Introduction to Buddhism). Textbooks: Patrul Rinpoche, Words of My Perfect Teacher Donald Lopez, Religions of Tibet in Practice Walter Evans-Wentz, Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa Lobsang Gyatso, Memoirs of a Tibetan Lama Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. BUDDHST 452(402). Beginning Classical Tibetan II. Courses in Tibetan Section 001. Instructor(s): Gareth Sparham (gsparham@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Buddhist Studies 451. (3). (LR). Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted. This course is an introduction to the alphabet, grammar, and syntax of Classical Tibetan. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. BUDDHST 456(406) Advanced Classical Tibetan II. Courses in Tibetan Section 001. Instructor(s): Gareth Sparham (gsparham@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Buddhist Studies 455. (3). (Excl). Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted. This course is a continuation of Buddhist Studies 405. Curriculum continues with instruction in the translation of Tibetan Buddhist Literature. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. Graduate Course Listings for BUDDHST. This page was created at 7:09 PM on Mon, Jan 29, 2001. University of Michigan | College of LS&A | Student Academic Affairs | LS&A Bulletin Index This page maintained by LS&A Academic Information and Publications, 1228 Angell Hall Copyright © 2001 The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA +1 734 764-1817 Trademarks of the University of Michigan may not be electronically or otherwise altered or separated from this document or used for any non-University purpose.