Course Offerings in the Department of Near Eastern Studies For the current semester, the course titles, instructors, schedule and location can be found on the Registrar's on-line schedule, at http://schedule.berkeley.edu/. After choosing the semester, click on the line "Search Schedule of Classes." For the "Department Name," select one of the following: Near Eastern Studies, Arabic, Cuneiform, Egyptian, Hebrew, Iranian, Persian, Semitics, Turkish. Click on "begin search," for an updated list of courses being offered in that term. Schedule updates are also posted at the office of the Near Eastern Studies Department, 250 Barrows Hall. Courses are listed as Near Eastern Studies (NES) if taught in English. (Exception: NES 190 or 192 courses may be taught in the language listed for the special topic; when this is the case it is noted on the online schedule.) Courses listed under language headings are language courses and assume an appropriate level of knowledge of that language. Short course descriptions of the entire course offerings of the Department can be found through the Registrar's on-line "General Catalog, Courses/Curricula by Dept," at http://sis.berkeley.edu/gc/curricula.html. Courses that meet requirements for NES Majors Courses offered this Fall that meet NES major requirements are listed here: majorcoursesFall.html. Courses offered this Spring that meet NES major requirements are listed here: majorcoursesSpring.html. The list of NES major programs and course requirements is now available online at:http://neareastern.berkeley.edu/docs/NESmajorsJuly06.pdf.       NES Courses offered in Spring 2007 that meet L&S Breadth Requirements Number Course Instructor NES 190I Special Topics - Iranian/Persian "Film and Fiction in Iran" - Readings and lectures in English; all films will have English subtitles. Jaleh Pirnazar NES Courses offered in Spring 2007 that meet L&S Breadth Requirements Number Course Requirement NES R2B Arabic Literature in Translation Reading and Composition Course NES 15 Introduction to Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Arts & Literature Historical Studies Social & Behavioral Sciences NES 102B Archaeology of Ancient Egypt Arts & Literature Historical Studies Philosophy & Values Social & Behavioral Sciences NES 126 Silk Road Art & Archaeology Arts & Literature Historical Studies NES C121B Topics in Islamic Art Arts & Literature NES 142 Shiite Islam Philosophy & Values NES 155 Wonder and the Fantastic: 1001 Nights in World Literary Imagination Arts & Literature NES 160 Religions of Ancient Iran Historical Studies Philosophy & Values NES 162B History of Persian Literature Arts & Literature Arabic 20B Intermediate Arabic International Studies Hebrew 20B Intermediate Hebrew International Studies Hebrew 104B Modern Hebrew Literature & Culture Arts & Literature Persian 100B Intermediate Modern Persian International Studies Persian 101B Selected Readings in Persian Literature Arts & Literature Persian 102B Readings in Classical Persian Prose Arts & Literature Turkish 100B Intermediate Modern Turkish International Studies Turkish 101B Readings in Modern Turkish Arts & Literature Summer Courses Every summer, UC Berkeley offers courses open to regular Berkeley students and to visitors from the surrounding community, other UC campuses, and colleges around the nation and the world. Qualified high school students may also attend. For more information, please see http://www.summer.berkeley.edu/. Summer courses offered in Near Eastern Studies are listed here: http://neareastern.berkeley.edu/docs/summer.html. Fall and Spring Semester Courses Courses offered during the regular fall and spring semesters may be open to students from other colleges and people in the community, if space is available after UC Berkeley registered students have enrolled. To find out more about concurrent enrollment, please see http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/info/concur.php. Students at California community colleges and Bay Area high schools should check with their school counselor to find out about programs that may allow them to enroll in courses at UC Berkeley. General Info. || Faculty || Programs || Courses   University of California, Berkeley || Letters & Science || NES Home   Last modified December 12, 2006