Humanities 4 years

Inter University Institute of Beijing, PRC

4012 International Student Exchange Center
Beijing Sports University
Old Summer Palace Road
Haidian
NW Beijing

Course Offering

4 year BA program, course titles, credits

Course title	Credits
World Religions / Comparative Religion	3
Comparative Philosophy E-W	3
World Mythology	3
Western Religious Traditions (Religions of the Book)	3
Asian Religious Systems	3
Comparative Mysticism [Monasticism, Kabala, Buddhism, Daoism, Christian Mystics	3
Western Literature	6
Asian Literature	6
Creative Writing and Composition	3
Critical Reading and Editing	3
Screenwriting	3
Asian History	3
World History	3
Political Science/Government	3
Sociology	3
Ethnography/Anthropology	3
Introduction to basic college level science/knowledge Biology	3
Calculus, college math	3
Chemistry	3
Astronomy	3
Physics	3
Contemporary Science (Stephan Hawkins)	3
Asian Models of Science (Joseph Needham)	3
Jungian / Analytical Psychology	3
Psychology of Dreaming	3

*Electives*

Course title	Credits
Tea Culture	2
Calligraphy	2
Martial Arts (Yang/Li Jinshan school)	2

Lectures for Religious Studies majors; co-taught in the seminaries of China:

Course title	Credits
Systematic Theology; text: Ludqwig Ott	3
Old and New Testament studies (Text: New Jerome Bibl. Commentary)	3+3
The Spiritual Quest (Comp.Myst., Asian prayer methods)	3

96 credits in the Social Humanities, plus a minimum of 24 credits in Chinese language, earn 120 credits for the SAIA B.A. degree. All courses are cross-listed with California MOA partner universities, SAIA courses are listed with the US Dept. of Education Distance Education (CHEA, DETC). SAIA is a 501c licensed, not for profit Institute of Higher/ tertiary Education. Courses taught in China are accredited by collaborating SAIA universities, & US colleges sending students to China to study.