Fall 2007 Course Offerings NES 10 and NES 18 are offered in Fall 2007. The courses listed below will fulfill upper-division requirements for the major emphases (or minors) listed below. This is not a complete listing of courses that may fulfill the requirements, just the upper-division courses offered in Fall 2007 in the Department of Near Eastern Studies. (This list does not include all the major emphases or minors offered by the Department.) Major in Near Eastern Civilizations Emphasis in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Minor in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations NES 106A Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt NES 109 Mesopotamian History NES 110 Art and Archaeoloy of Ancient Egypt in the First Millennium NES 122A Iranian Archaeology NES 135 Jewish Civilization I: The Biblical Period NES 192A Special Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Studies - topic to be announced Cuneif 100A Elementary Akkadian Cuneif 103A Selected Readings in Sumerian Egyptian 100A Elementary Egyptian Hebrew 107A Biblical Hebrew Texts Semitics 100A Aramaic Major in Near Eastern Civilizations Emphasis in Islamic Civilizations NES 140 Topics in Islamic Thought and Institutions NES 142 Shi'ite Islam NES 162A History of Persian Literature Arabic 100A Advanced Arabic Arabic 104B Classical Arabic Prose Arabic 108 Islamic Religious and Philosophical Texts in Arabic Arabic 111A Survey of Arabic Literature Iranian 110A Middle Persian Persian 100A Intermediate Modern Persian Persian 101A Selected Readings in Persian Literature Persian 102A Readings in Classical Persian Prose Turkish 100A Intermediate Modern Turkish Turkish 101A Readings in Modern Turkish   Major or Minor in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures Emphasis in Arabic Upper-division Language Courses Arabic 100A Advanced Arabic Arabic 104B Classical Arabic Prose Arabic 108 Islamic Religious and Philoosophicl Texts in Arabic Arabic 111A Survey of Arabic Literature Upper-division History/Culture Courses NES 140 Topics in Islamic Thought and Institutions NES 142 Shi'ite Islam   Major or Minor in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures Emphasis in Persian Upper-division Language Courses Persian 100A Intermediate Modern Persian Persian 101A Selected Readings in Persian Literature Persian 102A Readings in Classical Persian Prose Upper-division History/Culture Courses NES 140 Topics in Islamic Thought and Institutions NES 142 Shi'ite Islam NES 162A History of Persian Litrature Iranian 110A Middle Persian   Major in Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Emphasis in Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology NES 109 Mesopotamian History NES 122A Iranian Archaeology NES 135 Jewish Civilization I: The Biblical Period NES 192A Special Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Studies - topic to be announced Cuneif 100A Elementary Akkadian Cuneif 103A Selected Readings in SumerianSumerian Hebrew 107A Biblical Hebrew Texts Semitics 100A Aramaic   Major in Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Emphasis in Egyptian Art and Archaeology NES 106A Archaeology of Ancient Egypt NES 110 Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt in the First Millennium Egyptian 100A Elementary Egyptian General Info. || Faculty || Programs || Courses   University of California, Berkeley || Letters & Science || NES Home   Last modified April 13, 2007