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Curriculum

Writing Major Requirements

Workshop: Literary Forms (200 level)
6 units
Literature: Historical Topics (200 level)
3 units
Literature: Modern Topics (200 level)
3 units
Media History: Literary Theory
3 units
Media History: Ways of Reading
3 units
Literature (300 level)
9 units
Interdisciplinary: Text and Image
3 units
Writing Majors Workshop
3 units
Workshop: Critical Essay
3 units
Writing & Literature Practicum
3 units
Senior Project: Thesis
6 units

45 total units

Studio Requirements

Core Studio

Drawing 1 OR First Year Writers' Studio
3 units
2D Visual Dynamics
3 units
3D Visual Dynamics OR Writing Workshop (200 level)
3 units
4D Visual Dynamics
3 units

Additional Studio Requirements

Interdisciplinary Studio
3 units
Diversity Studies Studio
3 units
Studio Electives
6 units
Open Electives
12 units

36 total units

Humanities & Sciences Requirements

English 1: Language Dynamics
3 units
English 2: Literature and Writing
3 units
Introduction to the Arts: Antiquity to Early Modern OR World Literature Survey
3 units
Introduction to the Modern Arts
3 units
Science
3 units
Mathematics
3 units
Philosophy/Social Science
3 units
Foundation in Critical Studies
3 units
Cultural History
3 units
Methods of Knowledge Seminar
3 units
Diversity Studies Seminar
3 units
Visual Studies Seminar (300 level)
3 units
H & S Seminars (300 level)
3 units
Humanities & Science Electives (cannot be fulfilled by courses in Writing and Literature)
6 units

45 total units

These are degree requirements for students matriculated in fall 2008 and spring 2009.

Current Courses

See the Course Schedule for current courses and descriptions.


Suggested Course Map

Use the Writing and Literature Program's Requirements Sequence Chart for a suggested sequence of courses that applies to students matriculating in fall 2008 and spring 2009.