NES at Cornell University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. NES 1103Elementary Modern Hebrew III
  2. NES 2100Intermediate Modern Hebrew
• 1. NES 1203Intermediate Arabic I
  2. NES 2200Intermediate Arabic II
• 1. NES 1410Akkadian Language I: Code of Hammurabi
  2. NES 1411Elementary Akkadian II: Historical and Literary Texts

A suggested order for the 49 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate NES coursework.

• NES 2100Intermediate Modern Hebrewopens 5 courses (1 directly)
• NES 1411Elementary Akkadian II: Historical and Literary Textsopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• NES 3101Advanced Modern Hebrew Iopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• NES 2200Intermediate Arabic IIopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• NES 3102Advanced Modern Hebrew IIopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• URDU 1125Introduction to Urdu Scriptopens 3 courses (2 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate NES work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 49 NES and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 347 more NES courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in NES. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at NES 3104

  1. NES 1103Elementary Modern Hebrew III
  2. NES 2100Intermediate Modern Hebrew
  3. NES 3101Advanced Modern Hebrew I
  4. NES 3102Advanced Modern Hebrew II
  5. NES 3104Advanced Hebrew Through Media and Literature

• 5 courses deep, ending at NES 4200

  1. NES 1203Intermediate Arabic I
  2. NES 2200Intermediate Arabic II
  3. NES 3201Advanced Arabic I

• 4 courses deep, ending at NES 2202

  1. HINDI 1101Elementary Hindi I
  2. URDU 1125Introduction to Urdu Script
  3. URDU 2225Intermediate Urdu Reading and Writing I

• 4 courses deep, ending at NES 2343

  1. NES 1340Elementary Modern Greek I
  2. NES 1341Elementary Modern Greek II
  3. NES 1342Intermediate Modern Greek I

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on NES sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Alexandra Blackman
• Caitlin Barrett
• Christine Leuenberger
• Cynthia Robinson
• Deborah Starr
• Jake Silver
• Jason Mokhtarian
• Jonathan Boyarin
• Jonny Lawrence
• Jordan Miller
• Kim Haines-Eitzen
• Lauren Monroe
• Lori Khatchadourian
• Mostafa Minawi
• Rhona Burns
• Ross Brann
• Seema Golestaneh
• Sharif Hozoori
• Ziad Fahmy

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under NES yet.

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Department events

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