Summer 2019
ASIA211 Sex, Sexual Ethics, and Asian Religions Sections
Sex and sexual ethics in the scriptures, monastic rules, rituals, and narratives of Asian religions, such as Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.
Summer 2019ASIA250 Introduction to Buddhism Sections
Origins, basic teachings, development of Theravada, Mahayana, and Tantric traditions, historical spread first through Asia and later the world, and Buddhism in contemporary societies.
Summer 2019ASIA370 The Sanskrit Cosmopolis: India and the World, 200-1500 CE Sections
Languages, religions, art forms, and political structures of Asian societies shaped by creative encounters with Sanskrit.
Summer 2019ASIA561A Problems of Modernization in Eastern and Southern Asia - MODERN S&E ASIA Sections
GEOG352 Urbanization in the Global South Sections
Urbanization in the developing countries of Latin America, Africa, and Asia; the role of cities in the development process and the features and problems of rapid urbanization.
HIST390A Topics in History - TOPICS IN HIST Sections
Small-group instruction in a seminar format on a variety of historical topics. Check with the department for course offerings. This course does not satisfy the History Majors Research Seminar (490) requirement.
ASTU204E Topics in Interdisciplinary Arts Studies - NEPALI Sections
Selected interdisciplinary topics in Arts studies. For upcoming offerings including course descriptions and possible enrolment restrictions, please see section information in the UBC course schedule.
Summer 2019ASTU204F Topics in Interdisciplinary Arts Studies - TIBETAN Sections
Selected interdisciplinary topics in Arts studies. For upcoming offerings including course descriptions and possible enrolment restrictions, please see section information in the UBC course schedule.
Summer 2019PUNJ102 Introductory Punjabi Sections
Spoken and written Punjabi. As of 2011W, credit will be granted for only one of PUNJ 100/101 or PUNJ 102. Students who have taken Punjabi 11 in high school cannot take PUNJ 102 for credit.
*If you are teaching a course with content related to South Asia please write to us at cisar.iar@ubc.ca to submit your course to this list.