Spring 2027

A Survey of Tibetan Buddhism

Survey of distinctively Tibetan Buddhism examining theory/practice, meditation, mind training, politics of world making, and identity/experience.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Jampa Khedup

The workload was generally light, with few assignments and readings often unnecessary because topics were repeated in lectures. Exams were reportedly easy, sometimes open-note, and the instructor avoided making things difficult for students.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify the core practical and theoretical aspects of Tibetan Buddhism and Buddhism in general.

  • Apply multiple variations of meditation for personal use and demonstrate for others.

  • Summarize and explain Buddhist perspectives of true mode of existence of internal and external phenomena, the environment and its habitants, mental factors and external physical matter.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
ASIAN/RELIGST 307

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JAMPA KHEDUP is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Jampa Khedup

Students described the course as engaging and interesting, noting that the instructor fostered discussion and provided supportive feedback. The content was often highlighted as intellectually stimulating and compassionate.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.91 GPA, 97.8% A/AB (n=91 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=84 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Jampa Khedup

The workload was generally light, with few assignments and readings often unnecessary because topics were repeated in lectures. Exams were reportedly easy, sometimes open-note, and the instructor avoided making things difficult for students.

Past student reviews · Jampa Khedup

Students noted that the class involved meditating every session, which was a specific part of the course structure led by a former monk.

Topics

  • Relationship between theory and practice
  • Ancient meditation and mind training
  • Politics of world making
  • Connection between identity and experience
  • Buddhist perspectives on existence of phenomena, environment, mental factors, and matter

Skills

  • Identify core practical and theoretical aspects of Tibetan and general Buddhism
  • Apply and demonstrate variations of meditation
  • Explain Buddhist perspectives on the existence of phenomena, environments, and matter

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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