希伯来语和犹太研究的斯基伯部提供了一个希伯来语言和文学的综合课程，并提供有关犹太历史，哲学和艺术的全方位服务。在这个不断发展的领域中，该系汇集了纽约大学的大量资源。课程由不同的教授课程，其学科包括圣经研究，后圣经和塔木德文学，现代希伯来文学，中世纪和现代时期的犹太人历史，犹太哲学，犹太神秘主义以及历史，政治，社会以及现代以色列国的文化。希伯来语和犹太语专业的学习要求至少完成9个4分制课程（36分），且成绩为C或更高。在四个按时间顺序划分的课程中，每个课程至少必须完成一门课程：圣经，古代/阿拉伯语，中世纪和
The Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies offers one of the most comprehensive Jewish studies programs in North America for undergraduate students. Courses are taught in Hebrew language and literature as well as in Jewish history and culture from the ancient world to the present. The department’s internationally-renowned faculty includes specialists in Biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies, Second Temple Judaism (including Dead Sea Scrolls), Talmud and rabbinics, medieval and modern Jewish history, medieval and modern Jewish philosophy and thought, Jewish mysticism, modern Hebrew and Yiddish literatures, and the history, politics, and society of modern Israel.The department offers a major and minor in Hebrew and Judaic studies. Highly motivated students are encouraged to participate in the department’s honors program, which includes taking graduate courses or honors seminars and, in the senior year, writing an honors thesis under the supervision of a faculty member. Students are also encouraged to study at the NYU Global Academic Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, which offers a variety of courses on Israel and Jewish studies.