Spring 2027 Course Offering
The spring semester 2027 runs from January 18 to April 30, 2027.
Please click here to view the schedule for the Spring Semester.
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UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL COURSES:
Himalayan Languages
All our Nepali, Sanskrit, Classical, and Colloquial Tibetan courses are offered both on-campus (OC) and online (OL).
- CLAN 102: Buddhist Literary Chinese II (Online)
- ELAN 103: Academic English II (On Campus)
- NLAN 101: Nepali I (On Campus)
- NLAN 101: Nepali I (Online)
- NLAN 102: Nepali II (On Campus)
- NLAN 102: Nepali II (Online)
- OL SLAN 101: Sanskrit I (Asynchronous online)
- SLAN 102: Sanskrit II (On Campus)
- SLAN 102: Sanskrit II (Online)
- SLAN 202: Sanskrit IV (On Campus)
- SLAN 202: Sanskrit IV (Online)
- SLAN 302: Sanskrit VI (Online)
- OL TLAN 101: Classical Tibetan I (Asynchronous online)
- OL TLAN 102: Classical Tibetan II (Asynchronous online)
- TLAN 102: Classical Tibetan II (On Campus)
- TLAN 102: Classical Tibetan II (Online)
- TLAN 104: Colloquial Tibetan II (On Campus)
- TLAN 104: Colloquial Tibetan II (Online)
- TLAN 202: Classical Tibetan IV (On Campus)
- TLAN 202: Classical Tibetan IV (Online)
- TLAN 204: Colloquial Tibetan IV (On Campus)
- TLAN 204: Colloquial Tibetan IV (Online)
- TLAN 302: Classical Tibetan Translation Project II (On Campus)
- TLAN 302: Classical Tibetan Translation Project II (Online)
- TLAN 304: Colloquial Tibetan VI (On Campus)
- TLAN 402: Advanced Classical Tibetan Seminar II (On Campus)
- TLAN 402: Advanced Classical Tibetan Seminar II (Online)
Historical and Cultural Studies in Religion
All our Historical and Cultural Studies in Religion courses are offered on-campus only.
- BSTD 102: Buddhist Traditions: History and Culture II
- BSTD 211: Conjunctions: Buddhist Worlds of the Kathmandu Valley
Critical Studies in Buddhist Doctrine
All our Critical Studies in Buddhist Doctrine courses are offered on-campus only.
- BSTD 208: Methodology of Buddhist Studies
- BSTD 409: Independent Research Project
- BSTD 411: Introduction to Abhidharma Principles
- BSTD 416: BA Dissertation
Textual Studies
These courses are taught by monastic Khenpo/Lopon and are offered both on-campus (for-credit) and concurrently online (not-for-credit).
- OL TSTD 101/102: The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra) Part 1 and Part 2 (Asynchronous online)
- OL TSTD 103/203: Root Verses of the Middle Way (Mūlamadhyamakakārikā) Part 1 and Part 2 (Asynchronous online)
- OL TSTD 201/301/ 401: Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature (Dharmadharmatāvibhāga) I, III, V (Asynchronous online)
- TSTD 102: Buddhist Philosophy and Hermeneutics II – Bodhicaryāvatāra (The Way of the Bodhisattva) བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ་ by Śāntideva Part 2 (translated)
- TSTD 202/302/402: Advanced Buddhist Philosophy and Hermeneutics II, IV, VI - Gateway to Knowledge, Mipham Rinpoche, mkhas pa la ‘jug pa ༼མཁས་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ༽ Vol. 2 (translated)
- TSTD 306/406: Buddhist Philosophical Discourse I, III – Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Gampopa, dwags po thar rgyan ༼དྭགས་པོ་ཐར་རྒྱན༽ (untranslated)
- ATSP 504: Advanced Textual Study Primary II – Gateway to Knowledge, Mipham Rinpoche, mkhas pa la ‘jug pa ༼མཁས་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ༽ Vol. 3/4 (untranslated)
- TSTD 702: Buddhist Philosophical Traditions I – Gateway to Knowledge, Mipham Rinpoche, mkhas pa la ‘jug pa ༼མཁས་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ༽ Vol. 3/4 (untranslated)
Spring Semester 2027 Applications for NEW Students: Please select the button below to access the application form.
For RETURNING students: log into the RYI Portal and register for your courses there.
GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES:
MA in Buddhist Studies
- ATSE 502: Advanced Textual Study English II
- ATSP 503: Advanced Textual Study Primary III
- ATSP 504: Advanced Textual Study Primary IV
- BSTD 506: Research Seminar II
- SLAN 502: Sanskrit Language Study II
- TLAN 502: Tibetan Language Study II
- BSTD 610: MA Thesis
MA in Translation, Textual Interpretation, and Philology
















