Interested in learning more about the Himalaya region? Take a look at these Himalaya-focused courses offered at UBC in Winter Term 2018/2019
Choose from a selection of undergraduate and graduate-level courses with content relevant to the Himalayan region, taught by UBC Himalaya Program faculty.
TIBT 100: Introduction to Tibetan I
Concepts, grammar, syntax of spoken and written Tibetan for beginners. Also covers aspects of Tibetan worldview.
Instructor: Sonam Chusang
TIBT 101: Introduction to Tibetan II
Concepts, grammar, syntax of spoken and written Tibetan for beginners. Also covers aspects of Tibetan worldview.
Instructor: Sonam Chusang
ASIA 311: Tibetan Buddhism
Religious terrain of the Tibetan cultural realm, looking at the history and development of Tibetan Buddhism and key ideas of the four main Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
Instructors: Tsering Shakya; Dagmar Schwerk
ASIA 313: Tibetan and Himalayan Culture and Society
History and culture of the Himalayan regions, including India, China, Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan.
Instructors: Tsering Shakya; Dagmar Schwerk
GPP 565: Nationalism, Religion & Ethnic Conflicts in Asia (Graduate Seminar)
Ethnic and religious conflict in Asia related to historical and dialectic development of different forms of nationalism; the confluence between religion, ethnicity, and nationalist ideologies in the escalation of conflicts in different Asian societies
Instructor: Tsering Shakya