The University of California at Berkeley offers unparalleled training in Hebrew studies. For specific details on each course, please consult the online UC Berkeley course catalog. Language sequences normally begin in the Fall semester.
Elementary Hebrew — Hebrew 1A&B [5 units] Five hours of recitation and one hour of laboratory per week.
Intermediate Hebrew — Hebrew 20A&B [5 units] Five hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 1A&B.
Advanced Hebrew — Hebrew 100A&B [3 units] Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 20A&B or equivalent.
Description: Advanced Hebrew, especially designed for those going on to the study of modern Hebrew literature. Vocabulary building, grammar review, and literary analysis of a sampling of modern texts.
Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture — Hebrew 104A&B [3 units] Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 100A&B or equivalent. Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and consent of instructor.
Description: A close reading of selected works of modern Hebrew fiction, poetry, and drama in their cultural and historical contexts. Topics vary from year to year and include literature and politics, eros and gender, memory and nationalism, Middle-Eastern and European aspects of Israeli literature and culture.
Biblical Hebrew Texts — Hebrew 107&BB [3 units] Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 20A&B. Formerly 101A&B Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit.
Description: The tools and procedure of biblical exegesis applied to simple narrative texts.
Hebrew link: http://ivrit.berkeley.edu/
