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List of Approved Courses at the 100- and 200-level
Please note: This is a DRAFT document, and course inclusion is based on drafters’ surface judgements based on course titles. Inclusion may change after consultation with departments and instructors. New courses which are now in the approval process may be added in the future.
AFST_V 250 (3-6) Introduction to African Studies
AMNE_V 151 (3) Greek and Roman Mythology (previously CLST_V 105)
AMNE_V 251 (3) Near Eastern and Biblical Mythology (previously RELG_V 201)
AMNE_V 260 (3) Scriptures of the Near East (previously RELG_V 203)
AMNE_V 265 (3) Eden to Exile: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (previously RELG_V 209)
ANTH_V 206 (3) Witches, Vampires, and Zombies: Anthropology of the Supernatural
ANTH_V 220 (3) Contemporary Indigenous Issues in British Columbia
ASIA_V 100 (3) Introduction to Traditional Asia
ASIA_V 110 (3) Introduction to Religions in Asia
ASIA_V 250 (3) Introduction to Buddhism
ASIA_V 258 (3) Religion in South Asia
CENS_V 201 (3) Contrasts and Conflicts: The Cultures of Central, Eastern and Northern Europe (in English)
HIST_V 101 (6) Global History to 1500 CE
HIST_V 102 (6) World History from 1500 to the Twentieth Century
HIST_V 103 (6) World History Since 1900
HIST_V 107 (3) Global Indigenous Histories
HIST_V 202 (3-6) Gateway to the Middle Ages
HIST_V 220 (3-6) History of Europe
HIST_V 256 (3) History of Africa
HIST_V 271 (3) Japan and Global History, 1550 – 1900
HIST_V 273 (3) History of India
HIST_V 280 (3) Islamic World History
MDVL_V 210 (3) Introduction to Medieval Studies
SOCI_V 220 (3) Sociology of Indigenous Peoples
Language Courses that are Based in Religious Literatures
Please note: This is a DRAFT document. Other 100-200 language courses may be added to this list with the advisor’s approval if they are linked to religious literatures.
ARBC_V 101 (3) Beginning Classic Arabic I
ARBC_V 102 (3) Beginning Classic Arabic II
ARBC_V 201 (3) Intermediate Classical Arabic I
ARBC_V 202 (3) Intermediate Classical Arabic II
GREK_V 101 (3) Beginning Ancient Greek I
GREK_V 102 (3) Beginning Ancient Greek II
GREK_V 201 (3) Intermediate Ancient Greek I
GREK_V 202 (3) Intermediate Ancient Greek II
HEBR_V 101 (3) Beginning Biblical Hebrew Part I
HEBR_V 102 (3) Beginning Biblical Hebrew Part II
HEBR_V 201 (3) Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I
HEBR_V 202 (3) Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II
LATN_V 101 (3) Beginning Latin I
LATN_V 102 (3) Beginning Latin II
LATN_V 201 (3) Intermediate Latin I
LATN_V 202 (3) Intermediate Latin II
List of Approved Courses at the 300- and 400-level
Areas of Study:
Please note: This is a DRAFT document, and course categorization is based on drafters’ surface judgements based on course titles. Categorization may change after consultation with departments and instructors. New courses which are now in the approval process may be added to the categories below in future drafts.
Area A: Religion in the Contemporary World
ARTH_V 342 (3) Latin American Art: Modern and Contemporary
ARTH_V 350 (3) Grounding the Islamic Image
ARTH_V 376 (3) Arts of the Northwest Coast Peoples: The North
ARTH_V 377 (3) Arts of the Northwest Coast Peoples: The South
ASIA_V 301 (3) Buddhism in the Modern Era
ASIA_V 311 (3) Tibetan Buddhism
ASIA_V 328 (3) Modern Islam
ASIA_V 332 (3) Confucianism in China and Beyond: Reinventions of Tradition
ASIA_V 382 (3) Buddhism in China (equiv. to RELG_V 365)
ASIA_V 383 (3) Common Religious Traditions in China
ASIA_V 385 (3) Chan/Zen Buddhism: Doctrine and Practice
ASIA_V 387 (3) Japanese Religions
ASIA_V 388 (3) Classical South Asian Philosophy (equiv. to PHIL_V 388)
ASIA_V 488 (3) Religion, Society and the State in Modern India
CENS_V 303 (3) Representations of the Holocaust: Ghetto
PHIL_V 388 (3) Classical South Asian Philosophy (equiv. to ASIA_V 388)
Area B: Religious Cultures and Expressions
AMNE_V 314 (3) Early Empires of the Ancient Middle East (previously NEST_V 301)
AMNE_V 324 (3) Women in the Bronze Age, Classical Greek and Hellenistic Cultures (previously CLST_V 311)
AMNE_V 325 (3) Women in the Roman World of Republican and Imperial Times (previously CLST_V 312)
AMNE_V 345 (3) Greek Epic (previously CLST_V 313)
AMNE_V 346 (3) Latin Epic (previously CLST_V 314)
AMNE_V 347 (3) Classical Comedy (previously CLST_V 318)
AMNE_V 348 (3) Classical Tragedy (previously CLST_V 317)
AMNE_V 371 (3) Ancient Egypt: The Archaeology of the Land of the Pharaohs (equiv. to ARTH_V 325), previously NEST_V 304
AMNE_V 376 (3) Greek Art and Architecture (equiv. to ARTH_V 331), previously CLST_V 331
AMNE_V 377 (3) Roman Art and Architecture (equiv. to ARTH_V 332), previously CLST_V 332
ANTH_V 329 (3-6) Contemporary Indigenous Issues in a Global Perspective
ANTH_V 332 (3-6) Oral Tradition
ARTH_V 311 (3) Early Medieval Art
ARTH_V 312 (3) Medieval Art in the Age of Monasticism
ARTH_V 321 (3) Public and Private Bodies: Italian Renaissance Art and Culture
ARTH_V 332 (3) Roman Art and Architecture (equiv. to CLST_V 332)
ARTH_V 351 (3) Art and Urban Culture in the Islamic World
ARTH_V 352 (3) Historic India: Images, Temples and the Construction of Indian Art History
ARTH_V 353 (3) Nepal and Tibet: Art, Ritual and Performance
ARTH_V 358 (3) Chinese Art for the Afterlife
ARTH_V 364 (3) Sacred Art of Japan: Prehistory to the Twelfth Century
ARTH_V 370 (3) Arts of Mexico’s Early Peoples
ARTH_V 371 (3) Arts of the Aztec Period in Mexico
ARTH_V 372 (3) Maya Public Ritual Arts
ARTH_V 373 (3) Maya Arts of Everyday Life
ASIA_V 308 (3) Myth, Ritual and Epic in Ancient India
ASIA_V 330 (3) Muslims in Modern South Asia
ASIA_V 331 (3) Islam in South Asia (750-1750)
ASIA_V 336 (3) Sufi and Bhakti Devotional Literatures
ASIA_V 341 (3) Classical Chinese Literature in Translation
ASIA_V 347 (3) Traditional Korean Literature in Translation
ASIA_V 348 (3) Poetic Life in Classical India
ASIA_V 358 (3) Literature of Medieval India in Translation
ASIA_V 376 (3) The Sikhs: Formations, Contexts, and Historical Development
ASIA_V 378 (3) Philosophical Wisdom of Early India
ASIA_V 398 (3) Narrative Literature in Premodern India
CENS_V 303 (3) Representations of the Holocaust: Ghetto
ENGL_V 344 (3-6) Middle English Literature
ENGL_V 346 (3-6) Chaucer
ENGL_V 347 (3-6) Renaissance Literature
LAST_V 303 (3) Indigenous Latin America
MDVL_V 301 (3) European Literature from the 5th to the 14th Century
MDVL_V 302 (3) European Literature from the 14th to the 16th Century
MUSC_V 328 (3-6) World Music Cultures
MUSC_V 330 (3) Music in Vancouver’s Ethnic Communities
MUSC_V 352 (3) History of Medieval Music
MUSC_V 353 (3) History of Renaissance Music
NORD_V 339 (3) Norse Mythology
PHIL_V 313 (3) Medieval Philosophy (equiv. to RELG_V 328)
PHIL_V 314 (3) Philosophy in the 17th Century
PHIL_V 315 (3) Philosophy in the 18th Century
PHIL_V 410 (3) Topics in Ancient Philosophy
PHIL_V 412 (3) Topics in Medieval Philosophy
Area C: Religious Histories
AMNE_V 331 (3) Jewish Law (previously RELG_V 335)
AMNE_V 341 (3) Sex, Lies, and Violence in the Hebrew Bible (previously RELG_V 307)
AMNE_V 351 (3) Religion in Ancient Egypt (previously NEST_V 312)
AMNE_V 355 (3) Greek Religion (previously CLST_V 333)
AMNE_V 356 (3) Roman Religion (previously CLST_V 334)
AMNE_V 361 (3) The Origins of Judaism (previously RELG_V 330)
AMNE_V 362 (3) Topics in Early Judaism (previously RELG_V 407)
AMNE_V 363 (3) Talmud, Midrash, and the Rabbinical Imagination (previously RELG_V 308)
AMNE_V 364 (3) Magic, Prophecy, and Divination in the Biblical World (previously RELG_V 305)
AMNE_V 366 (3) The Origins of Christianity (previously RELG_V 317)
AMNE_V 367 (3) The Origins of Christianity: Literary Contexts (previously RELG_V 316)
AMNE_V 461 (3-6) Seminar in Biblical Studies (previously RELG_V 475)
AMNE_V 463 (3) The Gospels and the Historical Jesus (previously RELG_V 414)
AMNE_V 464 (3) The Life and Thought of Paul of Tarsus (previously RELG_V 415)
ARTH_V 310 (3) Art and the Religious Transformation of the Roman Empire
ASIA_V 302 (3) Theravada Buddhism
ASIA_V 303 (3) Mahayana Buddhism
ASIA_V 306 (3) Esoteric Buddhism
ASIA_V 308 (3) Myth, Ritual and Epic in Ancient India
ASIA_V 371 (3) Foundations of Chinese Thought (equiv. to PHIL_V 371)
ASIA_V 372 (3) Development of Traditional Chinese Thought
ASIA_V 376 (3) The Sikhs: Formations, Contexts, and Historical Development
ASIA_V 377 (3) History of Korean Thought
ASIA_V 381 (3) Daoist (Taoist) Religion and Its Philosophical Background (equiv. to RELG_V 365)
ASIA_V 384 (3) The Zhuangzi (Chuang-Tzu)
ASIA_V 391 (3) Classical Islam (previously RELG_V 207)
ASIA_V 418 (3) Social History of India
ASIA_V 428 (3) Mughal India
ASIA_V 466 (3) The History of Christianity in Asia
CENS_V 307 (3) Witches: Myth and Reality
GMST_V 448 (3) Religion and Germanophone Literature (previously GERM_V 404)
HEBR_V 479 (3-12) Supervised Study in Classical Hebrew
HIST_V 341 (3) Medieval Jewish History
HIST_V 342 (3) Modern Jewish History
HIST_V 366 (3) Europe During the Reformation
HIST_V 441 (3) History of the Holocaust
PHIL_V 364 (3) Darwin, Evolution, and Modern History
Area D: Theory and Method
AMNE_V 331 (3) Jewish Law (previously RELG_V 335)
AMNE_V 373 (3) Archaeology and the Bible (previously RELG_V 306)
AMNE_V 381 (3) Theories of Myth (previously CNRS_V 370)
ANTH_V 415/505 (2-6) Religion and Society
ASIA_V 468 (3) Approaches to the Study of Asian Religions
ASIA_V 470 (3) Comparative Conceptions of the Self (equiv. to PHIL_V 470)
ECON_V 482 (3) The Economic Consequences of Religion
GRSJ_V 410 (3) Religious Feminism
PHIL_V 347 (3) Philosophy of Religion
PSYC_V 404 (3) Psychology of Religion