Summer 2026 Courses for Literature Major Requirements
Literature undergraduate majors:
- Check your degree audit to see what major requirements you have left unfulfilled.
- Identify any priorities, such as requirements with fewer course options (more specificity) than others.
- Find the matching requirements under your major below to find the applicable offerings for the year.
- If you have multiple options to choose from, check out the course description links below to see more course details and decide on your preferences.
- Book appropriate courses during your booking windows and have back-up courses ready (in case your first choice fills before you can secure a seat).
If you want any help with course planning, reach out to our advisors via the VAC. You may message us your questions or request an advising appointment.
Only the courses below will fulfill these requirements for this Summer Session. Petitions for alternate course options will typically only be considered if there are clearly defined and unavoidable schedule conflicts with an offering (and no additional offerings prior to your planned quarter of graduation). No petitions are guaranteed to be approved, so it is your responsibility to plan your courses accordingly.
If any of the courses below do not automatically apply to these requirements on your degree audit, please send us a message in the VAC. We will manually correct your degree audit. There is no need to submit a petition.
Course Descriptions:
LIT-BA-008: LITERATURES IN SPANISH
Lower Division Requirements
Secondary Language and Literature
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literatures in Spanish majors (LIT-BA-008) may also choose to take any upper division LTEN courses (LTEN-100 through LTEN-190) to fulfill the Secondary Language and Literature requirement. Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved. Any upper division LTEN courses that are applied to the Secondary Language and Literature requirement will not also apply to upper division major requirements.
Upper Division Requirements
Advanced Spanish Reading and Writing
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-1900 Spanish Literature
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Spanish Literature
Summer Session 1
LTSP-123GS: Topics in Modern Spanish Culture *
LTSP-174GS: Topics in Culture and Politics *
Summer Session 2
None
* Courses ending in "GS" are Global Seminars. Students must apply and be accepting into the Global Seminars Program to enroll in these courses.
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literatures in Spanish majors (LIT-BA-008) may also apply one 4-unit LTSP-199 (independent study) to this requirement, if a faculty member agrees to supervise such a course. Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
Petitions for additional LTSP-199 courses to apply to the major requirements are not pre-approved. They will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and they will typically only be approved when there are insufficient upper division LTSP course offerings within the student's projected graduation timeline.
Literature Electives
Summer Session 1
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTCH, LTCS, LTEA, LTEN, LTEU, LTFR, LTGK, LTGM, LTIT, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, LTSP, LTTH, LTWL, or LTWR
Summer Session 2
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTCH, LTCS, LTEA, LTEN, LTEU, LTFR, LTGK, LTGM, LTIT, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, LTSP, LTTH, LTWL, or LTWR
LIT-BA-011: LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
Lower Division Requirements
Secondary Language and Literature
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Survey of British Literature
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Survey of U.S. Literature
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literatures in English majors (LIT-BA-011) admitted as transfer students may also choose to take specific upper division courses in place of LTEN-025 and/or LTEN-026 (if not yet completed through transfer coursework). Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved. Any upper division LTEN courses that are applied to the lower division Survey of U.S. Literature requirement will not also apply to upper division major requirements.
The pre-approved upper division substitutions for transfer students are:
- Summer Session 1:
- For LTEN-026: LTEN-149, LTEN-180
- Summer Session 2:
- For LTEN-026: LTEN-169, LTEN-178
Multiethnic U.S. Literature
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literatures in English majors (LIT-BA-011) admitted as transfer students may also choose to take specific upper division courses in place of LTEN-027, LTEN-028 and/or LTEN-029 (if not yet completed through transfer coursework). Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved. Any upper division LTEN courses that are applied to the lower division Multiethnic U.S. Literature requirement will not also apply to upper division major requirements.
The pre-approved upper division substitutions for transfer students are:
- Summer Session 1:
- For LTEN-029: LTEN-180
- Summer Session 2:
- For LTEN-027: LTEN-178
- For LTEN-028: LTEN-178
- For LTEN-029: LTEN-178
Upper Division Requirements
British Literature before 1660 (a)
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
British Literature after 1660 (b)
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
U.S.Literature before 1860 (c)
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
U.S.Literature after 1860 (d)
Summer Session 1
LTEN-149: Topics: English-Language Literature
LTEN-180: Chicano Literature in English
Summer Session 2
LTEN-169: Topics in Latino/a Literature
LTEN-178: Comparative Ethnic Literature
Literary Theory
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
English Literature
Summer Session 1
LTEN-149: Topics: English-Language Literature
LTEN-180: Chicano Literature in English
Summer Session 2
LTEN-169: Topics in Latino/a Literature
LTEN-178: Comparative Ethnic Literature
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literatures in English majors (LIT-BA-011) who pursue the Literature Department Honors Program may also apply LTEN-196 (Honors Thesis) to this requirement.
Literatures in English majors (LIT-BA-011) may also apply one 4-unit LTEN-199 (independent study) to this requirement, if a faculty member agrees to supervise such a course.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but these petitions will be automatically approved.
Petitions for additional LTEN-199 courses to apply to the major requirements are not pre-approved. They will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and they will typically only be approved when there are insufficient upper division LTEN course offerings within the student's projected graduation timeline.
World Literature Breadth - Latin America
Summer Session 1
LTAM-110: Latin American Literature in Translation
Summer Session 2
LTAM-110GS: Latin American Literature in Translation *
* Courses ending in "GS" are Global Seminars. Students must apply and be accepting into the Global Seminars Program to enroll in these courses.
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literatures in English majors (LIT-BA-011) who pursue the Intensive Language Track in Spanish (for the Secondary Language & Literature requirement) may also apply one of their upper division LTSP courses towards the World Literature Breadth - Latin America requirement.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
World Literature Breadth - Europe
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literatures in English majors (LIT-BA-011) who pursue the Intensive Language Track in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, or Russian (for the Secondary Language & Literature requirement) may also apply one of their upper division LTFR, LTGM, LTGK, LTIT, LTLA, or LTRU courses towards the World Literature Breadth - Europe requirement.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
World Literature Breadth - Elective
Summer Session 1
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTEA, LTEU, or LTWL
Summer Session 2
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTEA, LTEU, or LTWL
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literatures in English majors (LIT-BA-011) who pursue the Intensive Language Track in Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Latin, Russian, or Spanish (for the Secondary Language & Literature requirement) may also apply one of their upper division LTCH, LTFR, LTGM, LTGK, LTIT, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, or LTSP courses towards the World Literature Breadth - Elective requirement.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
LIT-BA-016: WORLD LITERATURE & CULTURE
Lower Division Requirements
Secondary Language and Literature
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Lower Division Literature Sequence
Summer Session 1
Any of the following Sixth College courses being offered: CAT-001, CAT-002, CAT-003
Any of the following Marshall College courses being offered: DOC-001, DOC-002, DOC-003
Any of the following Revelle College courses being offered: HUM-001, HUM-002, HUM-003, HUM-004, HUM-005
Any of the following Roosevelt College courses being offered: MMW-011, MMW-012, MMW-013, MMW-014, MMW-015
Summer Session 2
LTSP-002AR: Intermediate Spanish I
Any of the following Sixth College courses being offered: CAT-001, CAT-002, CAT-003
Any of the following Marshall College courses being offered: DOC-001, DOC-002, DOC-003
Any of the following Revelle College courses being offered: HUM-001, HUM-002, HUM-003, HUM-004, HUM-005
Any of the following Roosevelt College courses being offered: MMW-011, MMW-012, MMW-013, MMW-014, MMW-015
Reminder
World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) must take three courses from any one of the following sequences:
- CAT-001, CAT-002, CAT-003
- DOC-001, DOC-002, DOC-003
- HUM-001, HUM-002, HUM-003, HUM-004, HUM-005
- MMW-011, MMW-012, MMW-013, MMW-014, MMW-015
- LTEN-021, LTEN-022, LTEN-023
- LTEN-025, LTEN-026, LTEN-027, LTEN-028, LTEN-029
- LTFR-002A, LTFR-002B, LTFR-002C
- LTGM-002A, LTGM-002B, LTGM-002C
- LTGK-001, LTGK-002, LTGK-003
- LTIT-002A, LTIT-002B, LTIT-050
- LTKO-002A, LTKO-002B, LTKO-002C
- LTLA-001, LTLA-002, LTLA-003
- LTRU-002A, LTRU-002B,LTRU-104A
- LTSP-002A, LTSP-002B, LTSP-002C, LTSP-001F, LTSP-002F, LTSP-003F
- LTWL-004A, LTWL-004C, LTWL-004D, LTWL-004F, LTWL-004M
- LTWL-019A, LTWL-019B, LTWL-019C
Most students will be able to complete this sequence through completion of other requirements (Secondary Language & Literature requirement and/or their college GE requirements), and the applicable courses will count towards both requirements.
Pre-Approved Petition Options
World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) admitted as transfer students may also choose to take specific upper division courses in place of specific lower division LTEN/LTWL courses (if needed). Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved. Any upper division courses that are applied to Lower Division Literature Sequence requirement will not also apply to upper division major requirements. Students cannot take multiple upper division courses that are approved to substitute for the same lower division course; it must be three different lower division courses being substituted.
The pre-approved upper division substitutions for transfer students are:
- Summer Session 1:
- For LTEN-026: LTEN-149, LTEN-180
- For LTEN-029: LTEN-180
- For LTWL-019A: LTWL-100
- For LTWL-019B: LTWL-100
- For LTWL-019C: LTWL-100
- Summer Session 2:
- For LTEN-026: LTEN-169, LTEN-178
Upper Division Requirements
World Literature Breadth - Latin America
Summer Session 1
LTAM-110: Latin American Literature in Translation
Summer Session 2
LTAM-110GS: Latin American Literature in Translation *
* Courses ending in "GS" are Global Seminars. Students must apply and be accepting into the Global Seminars Program to enroll in these courses.
Pre-Approved Petition Options
World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) who pursue the Intensive Language Track in Spanish (for the Secondary Language & Literature requirement) may also apply one of their upper division LTSP courses towards the World Literature Breadth - Latin America requirement.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
World Literature Breadth - Europe
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-Approved Petition Options
World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) who pursue the Intensive Language Track in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, or Russian (for the Secondary Language & Literature requirement) may also apply one of their upper division LTFR, LTGM, LTGK, LTIT, LTLA, or LTRU courses towards the World Literature Breadth - Europe requirement.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
World Literature Breadth - Elective
Summer Session 1
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTEA, LTEU, or LTWL
Summer Session 2
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTEA, LTEU, or LTWL
Pre-Approved Petition Options
World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) who pursue the Intensive Language Track in Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Latin, Russian, or Spanish (for the Secondary Language & Literature requirement) may also apply one of their upper division LTCH, LTFR, LTGM, LTGK, LTIT, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, or LTSP courses towards the World Literature Breadth - Elective requirement.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
Upper Division Concentration - Language
Summer Session 1
Chinese: LTEA-120A
French: None
German: None
Greek: None
Italian: None
Korean: None
Latin: None
Russian: None
Spanish: LTSP-123GS *, LTSP-174GS *
Summer Session 2
Chinese: None
French: None
German: None
Greek: None
Italian: None
Korean: None
Latin: None
Russian: None
Spanish: None
* Courses ending in "GS" are Global Seminars. Students must apply and be accepting into the Global Seminars Program to enroll in these courses.
Pre-Approved Petition Options
World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) who choose the Language Concentration in Chinese, Greek, Korean, Latin, Russian, or Spanish have the following pre-approved options for fulfilling the upper division concentration requirement:
- For LTEA-120A: If students work out a plan with the instructor to do the readings and assignments in Chinese, then World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) may apply the course to upper division Chinese Language concentration requirement. As long as the instructor confirms that the students did the coursework in Chinese, this will be approved.
- World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) may also apply one 4-unit LT**-199 (independent study) to the upper division concentration requirement, if a faculty member agrees to supervise such a course:
- For Chinese: LTCH-199
- For Greek: LTGK-199
- For Korean: LTKO-199
- For Latin: LTLA-199
- For Russian: LTRU-199
- For Spanish: LTSP-199
- Petitions for additional LT**-199 courses to apply to major requirements are not pre-approved. They will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and they will typically only be approved when there are insufficient upper division (LTCH, LTGK, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, or LTSP) course offerings being offered within the student's projected graduation timeline.
World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) who choose the Language Concentration in French, German, or Italian have the following pre-approved options for fulfilling the upper division concentration requirement:
- If there are European Literature course offerings (LTEU-100 through LTEU-190) that focus on French topics and the course instructor agrees to have the student do the readings and assignments in French, then World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) may apply the course to upper division concentration requirement. As long as the instructor confirms that the students did the coursework in French, this will be approved.
- If there are European Literature course offerings (LTEU-100 through LTEU-190) that focus on German topics and the course instructor agrees to have the student do the readings and assignments in German, then World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) may apply the course to upper division concentration requirement. As long as the instructor confirms that the students did the coursework in German, this will be approved.
- If there are European Literature course offerings (LTEU-100 through LTEU-190) that focus on Italian topics and the course instructor agrees to have the student do the readings and assignments in Italian, then World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) may apply the course to upper division concentration requirement. As long as the instructor confirms that the students did the coursework in Italian, this will be approved.
- World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) may also apply one 4-unit LT**-199 (independent study) to the upper division concentration requirement, if a faculty member agrees to supervise such a course:
- For French: LTFR-199
- For German: LTGM-199
- For Italian: LTIT-199
- Petitions for additional LT**-199 courses to apply to major requirements are not pre-approved. They will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and they will typically only be approved when there are insufficient upper division (LTFR, LTGM, or LTIT) course offerings being offered within the student's projected graduation timeline.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
Upper Division Concentration - Historical
Summer Session 1
LTWL-100: Mythology
LTWL-123: Vampires in Literature
Summer Session 2
None
Upper Division Concentration - Media
Summer Session 1
LTAF-120GS: Literature and Film of Modern Africa *
LTCS-119: Asian American Film, Video, & New Media: The Politics of Pleasure
LTCS-172GS: Special Topics in Screening Race/Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality *
LTEA-120A: Chinese Films
LTEA-138: Japanese Films
LTWL-123: Vampires in Literature
Summer Session 2
None
* Courses ending in "GS" are Global Seminars. Students must apply and be accepting into the Global Seminars Program to enroll in these courses.
Upper Division Concentration - Region
Summer Session 1
Africa: LTAF-120GS *
Americas: LTAM-110, LTEN-149, LTEN-180
Asia: LTEA-120A, LTEA-138
Mediterranean: LTSP-123GS *
Europe: LTSP-123GS *
Summer Session 2
Africa: None
Americas: LTAM-110GS *, LTEN-169
Asia: LTEA-132
Mediterranean: None
Europe: None
* Courses ending in "GS" are Global Seminars. Students must apply and be accepting into the Global Seminars Program to enroll in these courses.
Literature Electives
Summer Session 1
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTCH, LTCS, LTEA, LTEN, LTEU, LTFR, LTGK, LTGM, LTIT, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, LTSP, LTTH, LTWL, or LTWR
Summer Session 2
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTCH, LTCS, LTEA, LTEN, LTEU, LTFR, LTGK, LTGM, LTIT, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, LTSP, LTTH, LTWL, or LTWR
LIT-BA-017: LITERARY ARTS
Lower Division Requirements
Secondary Language and Literature
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Writing
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
U.S. Literature
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literary Arts majors (LIT-BA-017) admitted as transfer students may also choose to take specific upper division LTEN courses in place of specific lower division LTEN requirements (not yet completed through transfer coursework). Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved. Any upper division LTEN courses that are applied to lower division major requirements will not also apply to upper division major requirements.
The pre-approved upper division substitutions for transfer students are:
- Summer Session 1:
- For LTEN-026: LTEN-149, LTEN-180
- Summer Session 2:
- For LTEN-026: LTEN-169, LTEN-178
Literature
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literary Arts majors (LIT-BA-017) admitted as transfer students may also choose to take specific upper division courses in place of specific lower division LTEN/GSS requirements (not yet completed through transfer coursework). Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved. Any upper division courses that are applied to lower division LTEN/GSS requirement will not also apply to upper division major requirements. Students cannot take two upper division courses that are approved to substitute for the same lower division course; it must be two different lower division courses being substituted.
The pre-approved upper division substitutions for transfer students are:
- Summer Session 1:
- For LTEN-029: LTEN-180
- For GSS-021: LTAF-120GS
- For GSS-022: LTAM-110
- Summer Session 2:
- For GSS-022: LTAM-110GS
Upper Division Requirements
Craft and Reading
Summer Session 1
LTWR-100C: Short Fiction Craft
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literary Arts majors (LIT-BA-017) who pursue the Literature Department Honors Program may also apply LTWR-194 (Capstone Course for Writing Majors) to the Craft and Reading requirement.
Literary Arts majors (LIT-BA-017) may also choose to apply up to two instances of the Theatre & Dance department's playwriting courses (TDPW-101, TDPW-102 or TDPW-104) to the Craft and Reading requirement.
For all these options, students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
Workshops
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
LTWR-100W: Short Fiction Workshop
LTWR-126W: Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Writing Theory
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
World Literature Breadth - Latin America
Summer Session 1
LTAM-110: Latin American Literature in Translation
Summer Session 2
LTAM-110GS: Latin American Literature in Translation *
* Courses ending in "GS" are Global Seminars. Students must apply and be accepting into the Global Seminars Program to enroll in these courses.
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literary Arts majors (LIT-BA-017) who pursue the Intensive Language Track in Spanish (for the Secondary Language & Literature requirement) may also apply one of their upper division LTSP courses towards the World Literature Breadth - Latin America requirement.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
World Literature Breadth - Europe
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literary Arts majors (LIT-BA-017) who pursue the Intensive Language Track in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, or Russian (for the Secondary Language & Literature requirement) may also apply one of their upper division LTFR, LTGM, LTGK, LTIT, LTLA, or LTRU courses towards the World Literature Breadth - Europe requirement.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
World Literature Breadth - Elective
Summer Session 1
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTEA, LTEU, or LTWL
Summer Session 2
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTEA, LTEU, or LTWL
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literary Arts majors (LIT-BA-017) who pursue the Intensive Language Track in Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Latin, Russian, or Spanish (for the Secondary Language & Literature requirement) may also apply one of their upper division LTCH, LTFR, LTGM, LTGK, LTIT, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, or LTSP courses towards the World Literature Breadth - Elective requirement.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
Literature Electives
Summer Session 1
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTCH, LTCS, LTEA, LTEN, LTEU, LTFR, LTGK, LTGM, LTIT, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, LTSP, LTTH, or LTWL
Summer Session 2
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTCH, LTCS, LTEA, LTEN, LTEU, LTFR, LTGK, LTGM, LTIT, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, LTSP, LTTH, or LTWL
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literary Arts majors (LIT-BA-017) who pursue the Literature Department Honors Program may also apply LTWR-196 (Honors Thesis) to the Literature Electives requirement.
For all these options, students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
LIT-BA-009: LITERATURE/WRITING (FA24 & Prior Only)
Lower Division Requirements
This major is being discontinued and replaced by the LIT-BA-017 (Literary Arts) major. We strongly encourage remaining LIT-BA-009 students to consider switching to the new major, if it would be beneficial for you. If you have questions, please consult with our advisors.
Secondary Language and Literature
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Writing
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
U.S. Literature 1865-Present
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literature/Writing majors (LIT-BA-009) admitted as transfer students may also choose to take specific upper division LTEN courses in place of specific lower division LTEN requirements (not yet completed through transfer coursework). Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved. Any upper division LTEN courses that are applied to lower division major requirements will not also apply to upper division major requirements.
The pre-approved upper division substitutions for transfer students are:
- Summer Session 1:
- For LTEN-026: LTEN-149, LTEN-180
- Summer Session 2:
- For LTEN-026: LTEN-169, LTEN-178
Literature
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literature/Writing majors (LIT-BA-009) admitted as transfer students may also choose to take specific upper division courses in place of specific lower division LTEN/GSS requirements (not yet completed through transfer coursework). Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved. Any upper division courses that are applied to lower division LTEN/GSS requirement will not also apply to upper division major requirements. Students cannot take two upper division courses that are approved to substitute for the same lower division course; it must be two different lower division courses being substituted.
The pre-approved upper division substitutions for transfer students are:
- Summer Session 1:
- For LTEN-029: LTEN-180
- For GSS-021: LTAF-120GS
- For GSS-022: LTAM-110
- Summer Session 2:
- For GSS-022: LTAM-110GS
Upper Division Requirements
Writing Workshops
Summer Session 1
LTWR-100C: Short Fiction Craft
Summer Session 2
LTWR-100W: Short Fiction Workshop
LTWR-126W: Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literature/Writing majors (LIT-BA-009) who pursue the Literature Department Honors Program may also apply LTWR-194 (Capstone Course for Writing Majors) and/or LTWR-196 (Honors Thesis) to the Writing Workshops requirement.
Literature/Writing majors (LIT-BA-009) may also choose to apply up to three instances of the Theatre & Dance department's playwriting courses (TDPW-101, TDPW-102 or TDPW-104) to the Writing Workshops requirement.
Literature/Writing majors (LIT-BA-009) may also apply one 4-unit LTWR-199 (independent study) to this requirement, if a faculty member agrees to supervise such a course.
For all these options, students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
Petitions for additional LTWR-199 courses to apply to the major requirements are not pre-approved. They will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and they will typically only be approved when there are insufficient upper division LTWR course offerings within the student's projected graduation timeline.
Writing Theory
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
World Literature Breadth - Latin America
Summer Session 1
LTAM-110: Latin American Literature in Translation
Summer Session 2
LTAM-110GS: Latin American Literature in Translation *
* Courses ending in "GS" are Global Seminars. Students must apply and be accepting into the Global Seminars Program to enroll in these courses.
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literature/Writing majors (LIT-BA-009) who pursue the Intensive Language Track in Spanish (for the Secondary Language & Literature requirement) may also apply one of their upper division LTSP courses towards the World Literature Breadth - Latin America requirement.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
World Literature Breadth - Europe
Summer Session 1
None
Summer Session 2
None
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literature/Writing majors (LIT-BA-009) who pursue the Intensive Language Track in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, or Russian (for the Secondary Language & Literature requirement) may also apply one of their upper division LTFR, LTGM, LTGK, LTIT, LTLA, or LTRU courses towards the World Literature Breadth - Europe requirement.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
World Literature Breadth - Elective
Summer Session 1
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTEA, LTEU, or LTWL
Summer Session 2
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTEA, LTEU, or LTWL
Pre-Approved Petition Options
Literature/Writing majors (LIT-BA-009) who pursue the Intensive Language Track in Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Latin, Russian, or Spanish (for the Secondary Language & Literature requirement) may also apply one of their upper division LTCH, LTFR, LTGM, LTGK, LTIT, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, or LTSP courses towards the World Literature Breadth - Elective requirement.
Students must still complete and send an Undergraduate Petition to litug@ucsd.edu for processing, but the petition will be automatically approved.
Literature Electives
Summer Session 1
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTCH, LTCS, LTEA, LTEN, LTEU, LTFR, LTGK, LTGM, LTIT, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, LTSP, LTTH, or LTWL
Summer Session 2
Any upper division (100-190) course in the following Literature subject codes:
LTAF, LTAM, LTCH, LTCS, LTEA, LTEN, LTEU, LTFR, LTGK, LTGM, LTIT, LTKO, LTLA, LTRU, LTSP, LTTH, or LTWL