Spring Courses 2012
REL 265: COLQ in East Asian Religions: Chinese Religions
(P. Gregory) TTh 9:00-10:20AM
REL 270: Sites and Sights: A Pilgrim's Guide to Pre-Modern Japanese Buddhism (J. Hubbard) TTh 3:00-4:20PM
EAL 360: Seminar: The Dream of the Red Chamber (S. Wu)
T 3:00-4:50PM
REL 277: South Asian Masculinities (A. Rotman)
MW 1:10-2:30PM
Five College Courses
Amherst College
REL 253/ ASLC 253: Theravada Buddhism (M. Heim)
TTh 8:30-9:50AM
ARHA 266/ ASLC 261: Sacred Images and Space (S. Morse) MWF 10:00-10:50AM
Hampshire College
CSI 220: Buddhism and Environment (S. Darlington)
TTh 9:00-10:20AM
HACU 245: Decoding Zen Buddhism (R. Joo) T 6:00-8:50PM
A sampling of core courses offered at Smith College in the past two years include:
- ARH 224: The Art of Japan
- ARH 226: The Art of India
- PHI 252: Madhyamaka and Yogacara
- PHI 253j: Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy and Hermeneutics
- REL 260: Buddhist Thought
- REL 263: Zen
- REL 264: Buddhist Meditation
- REL 265: Colloquium in East Asian Religions: Chinese Religions
- REL 266: Buddhism in America
- EAS 270: Colloquium in East Asian Studies: Art of Korea
- EAS 270: Colloquium in East Asian Studies: Japanese Buddhist Art
- REL 270: Buddhism in Pre-Modern Japan
- REL 271: Japanese Buddhism in the Contemporary World
- REL 275: Religious History of India: Ancient to Medieval
- REL 276: Religious History of India: Medieval to Modern
- REL 282: Violence and Non-Violence in South Asian Religions
- EAS 279: Colloquium: The Art and Culture of Tibet
- PRS 302: Whose Voice? Whose Tongue? The Indian Renaissance and its Aftermath
- PRS 304: Happiness: Buddhist and Psychological Understandings of Personal Well-Being
- PHI 330: Seminar in the History of Philosophy: Nagarjuna
- REL 360: Problems in Buddhist Thought: The Flowering of Chinese Buddhism
- REL 360: Problems in Buddhist Thought: Enlightenment
There are also many Buddhism-related courses offered at Smith College and throughout the Five Colleges.
You can use the Five College Course Guide to find courses in Buddhism. Search for "Buddhism" in the keyword search.
Graduate Study
Many students from Smith College have continued their study of Buddhism in graduate school. You could be next. See this online guide to graduate programs in Buddhist studies that was compiled by H-Buddhism.
