diff --git a/core/deck.core.js b/core/deck.core.js
index 35f8d46a..4c415581 100644
--- a/core/deck.core.js
+++ b/core/deck.core.js
@@ -482,6 +482,44 @@ that use the API provided by core.
       return slides;
     },
 
+    /*
+    jQuery.deck('getTopLevelSlides')
+
+    Returns all slides that are not subslides.
+    */
+    getTopLevelSlides: function() {
+      var topLevelSlides = [];
+      var slideSelector = options.selectors.slides;
+      var subSelector = [slideSelector, slideSelector].join(' ');
+      $.each(slides, function(i, $slide) {
+        if (!$slide.is(subSelector)) {
+          topLevelSlides.push($slide);
+        }
+      });
+      return topLevelSlides;
+    },
+
+    /*
+    jQuery.deck('getNestedSlides', index)
+
+    index: integer, optional
+
+    Returns all the nested slides of the current slide. If index is
+    specified it returns the nested slides of the slide at that index.
+    If there are no nested slides this will return an empty array.
+    */
+    getNestedSlides: function(index) {
+      debugger;
+      var targetIndex = index == null ? currentIndex : index;
+      var $targetSlide = $.deck('getSlide', targetIndex);
+      var $nesteds = $targetSlide.find(options.selectors.slides);
+      var nesteds = $nesteds.get();
+      return $.map(nesteds, function(slide, i) {
+        return $(slide);
+      });
+    },
+
+
     /*
     jQuery.deck('getContainer')
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/nesteds.html b/test/fixtures/nesteds.html
index 564a7ca9..cb0e2e5a 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/nesteds.html
+++ b/test/fixtures/nesteds.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <div class="deck-container">
-  <div class="slide">
+  <div class="slide toplevel">
   </div>
 
-  <div class="slide">
+  <div class="slide toplevel">
   </div>
 
-  <div class="slide root">
+  <div class="slide root toplevel">
     <div class="slide"></div>
     <div class="slide"></div>
     <div class="slide"></div>
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 
-  <div class="slide" id="after">
+  <div class="slide toplevel" id="after">
   </div>
 
-  <div class="slide">
+  <div class="slide toplevel">
   </div>
 
   <p class="deck-status">
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@
     <input type="number" name="slidenum" id="goto-slide" value="">
     <input type="submit" value="Go">
   </form>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 333122ea..f8454e83 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
   <script type="text/javascript" src="spec.menu.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="spec.goto.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="spec.navigation.js"></script>
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="spec.hash.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="spec.status.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="spec.scale.js"></script>
 </head>
diff --git a/test/spec.core.js b/test/spec.core.js
index 7da35bad..5b3e5bf1 100755
--- a/test/spec.core.js
+++ b/test/spec.core.js
@@ -146,6 +146,33 @@ describe('Deck JS', function() {
           expect($.deck('getOptions')).toEqual(defaults);
         });
       });
+
+      describe('getTopLevelSlides()', function() {
+        it('should return only root slides', function() {
+          loadFixtures('nesteds.html');
+          $.deck();
+          var expectation = [];
+          var topLevelSlides = $.deck('getTopLevelSlides');
+          $('.toplevel').each(function() {
+            expectation.push($(this));
+          });
+          expect(topLevelSlides).toEqual(expectation);
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('getNestedSlides()', function() {
+        it('should return nested slides for current slide', function() {
+          loadFixtures('nesteds.html');
+          $.deck();
+          $.deck('go', 2);
+          var expectation = [];
+          var nestedSlides = $.deck('getNestedSlides');
+          $.deck('getSlide').find('.slide').each(function() {
+            expectation.push($(this));
+          });
+          expect(nestedSlides).toEqual(expectation);
+        });
+      });
     });
 
     describe('container states', function() {