Independent Study Courses (Proposed) [Unofficial Ad Hoc Website, Posted on My Own Initiative, as a Public Service] Quick Index Go to Jerome Bauer's Independent Study Courses Go to Independent Courses Taught by Other Faculty Go to Bottom of Page   Jerome Bauer's Independent Study Courses (Note: Please check with your advisor and the dean to make sure these suggested independent study projects will fulfill your major's requirements before undertaking them, to avoid any misunderstanding. Syllabus and course level to be arranged in consultation withthe instructor. Group study to be negotiated. These are all topics in which I have a keen interest, and if I do not have time for an independent study course in a given semester, I will try to help you find someone who does). See the Arts and Sciences Independent Study Procedure Page. Please consult also the School of Arts and Sciences AB/AM Page, and Degree Programs Page, and the University College's Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) Program. For official information about the Religious Studies Program, please contact Professor Ahmet Karamustafa, akaramus@artsci.wustl.edu.   BA Honors Theses and Independent Study Prolects Supervised: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamikakarika (Autumn 2000) Christian Missionaries and Colonialism in India (Spring 2001) South Asians and South Asian Religions in America (Spring 2001) Hindu and Jaina Busniess Ethics (Autumn 2001) Independent Study in Pentecostal Christianity [Spring 2002] Marvelous Birth Stories (Spring 2002) Food and Religious Therapeutics: Gastropolitics and Global Cuisine [Summer 2003] STA 395 "Independent Study: Cooperative Living and Utopian Study" [Taught Autumn 2003; to be taught alternate years by Prof. Satadru Sen] Nagarjuna and the Problem of Two Truths [Autumn 2003]   Master's Theses Supervised or Advised: Influence of Indian Classical Music on Anglo-American Popular Music (Spring 2002) Hindu Nationalism and Communal Violence in India (Spring 2003)   Proposed: Theories of Religion Part II Hindu Reformations [formerly taught by Prof. Diane Mines] Religious Conflict in South Asia [formerly taught by Prof. Diane Mines] Religion and Practical Reason Fairy Tales and Animal Fables New Thought and Mind Cure in American Religion Ideology and Utopia: An Introduction to the Soclology of Knowledge Independent Study in Utopian Traditions Independent Study in Comparative Civilization Civilization, Utopia and Religion (Reclaiming the Canon) Independent Study in the Social Anthropology of Civilization Independent Study in Max Weber and Weberian Social Thought Independent Study in the Sociology of Religion India and Europe: Xenology According to Wilhelm Halbfass and Paul Hacker Independent Study in Structuralism Independent Study in H. G. Wells Independent Study in the Inklings Independent Study in Jainism Independent Study in Cooperative Living   Languages: Introduction to Pali [a Buddhist canonical language] Religious Literature in Pali [e.g. Jataka Tales, pre-birth stories of the Buddha] Introduction to Ardhamagadhi Prakrit [canonical language of the Svetambara Jainas] Religious Literature in Ardhamagadhi Prakrit   Go to Special Majors Page   Independent Study Courses Taught by Other Faculty (Non-Exhaustive List) (Note: Please check with your advisor and the dean to make sure these suggested independent study projects will fulfill your major's requirements before undertaking them, to avoid any misunderstanding. Syllabus and course level to be arranged in consultation withthe instructor. Group study to be negotiated). For official information about the Religious Studies Program, please contact Professor Ahmet Karamustafa, akaramus@artsci.wustl.edu.   Independent or Group Study in Indian Philosophy [Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina] (Hindi 229 Undergraduate Independent Study) Independent or Group Study in Sanskrit Language and Literature [Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina] (Hindi 299 Undergraduate Independent Study) Introduction to Pali [a Buddhist canonical language] [Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina] Religious Literature in Pali [Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina]   Proposed: Vedic Traditions, Religion, Rituals, and Mysticism [Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina] Indian Buddhism [Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina] Religion and Experience: Indian Realism vs. Indian Idealism [Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina] Indian Philosophy [Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina] Indian Linguistics [Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina]   Go to Special Majors Page Return to Top of Page Return to Independent Study Quick Index Return to Homepage Index Return to Religious Studies Homepage Return to South Asian Studies Return to Sophia Homepage