2024 Summer Session 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.

NOTE:

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:

Summer Session 1

Summer Session 2

LIT-BA-008: LITERATURES IN SPANISH

Lower Division Requirements

Secondary Language and Literature

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

None

Pre-1900 Spanish Literature

None

Spanish Literature

None

LTSP-175: Feminisms, Gender, & Sexuality

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

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

None

Survey of British Literature

None

Survey of U.S. Literature

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-159, LTEN-180
Summer Session 2:
- For LTEN-026: LTEN-178, LTEN-180

Multiethnic U.S. Literature

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-029: LTEN-180

Upper Division Requirements

British Literature before 1660 (a)

None

British Literature after 1660 (b)

None

U.S.Literature before 1860 (c)

None

U.S.Literature after 1860 (d)

LTEN-159: Contemporary American Lit

LTEN-180: Chicano Literature in English

LTEN-178: Contemporary American Lit

LTEN-180: Chicano Literature in English

Literary Theory

None

English Literature

LTEN-148: Genres/English&American Lit

LTEN-159: Contemporary American Lit

LTEN-180: Chicano Literature in English

LTEN-178: Contemporary American Lit

LTEN-180: Chicano Literature in English

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

LTAM-110: Latin American Literature in Translation

None

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

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

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

None

Lower Division Literature Sequence

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

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-159, LTEN-180
- For LTEN-029: LTEN-180
Summer Session 2:
- For LTEN-026: LTEN-178, LTEN-180
- For LTEN-029: LTEN-180
- For LTWL-019A: LTWL-100
- For LTWL-019B: LTWL-100
- For LTWL-019C: LTWL-100

Upper Division Requirements

World Literature Breadth - Latin America

LTAM-110: Latin American Literature in Translation

None

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

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

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

Chinese: None

French: None

German: None

Greek: None

Italian: None

Korean: None

Latin: None

Russian: None

Spanish: None

Chinese: None

French: None

German: None

Greek: None

Italian: None

Korean: None

Latin: None

Russian: None

Spanish: LTSP-175

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:

World Literature & Culture majors (LIT-BA-016) may 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

None

LTWL-100: Mythology

Upper Division Concentration - Media

LTCS-119: Asian American Film and Media

LTEA-120C: Hong Kong Films

LTEA-120A: Chinese Films

LTWL-181: Film Studies&Lit:Film Movement

Upper Division Concentration - Region

Africa: None

Americas: LTAM-110, LTEN-159, LTEN-180

Asia: LTCS-119, LTEA-120C

Mediterranean: None

Europe: None

Africa: None

Americas: LTEN-180

Asia: LTEA-120A, LTEA-132

Mediterranean: None

Europe: None

Literature Electives

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-009: LITERATURE/WRITING (Discontinued)

This major has being discontinued and replaced by the LT42 (Literary Arts) major. Students who declared the LIT-BA-009 major prior to 2024-2025 Winter Quarter, please see below for courses to fulfill the major's requirements.

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.

Lower Division Requirements

Secondary Language and Literature

None

Writing

None

U.S. Literature 1865-Present

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-159, LTEN-180
Summer Session 2:
- For LTEN-026: LTEN-178, LTEN-180

Literature

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-026: LTEN-159, LTEN-180
- For LTEN-029: LTEN-180
- For GSS-022: LTAM-110
Summer Session 2:
- For LTEN-026: LTEN-178, LTEN-180
- For LTEN-029: LTEN-180

Upper Division Requirements

Writing Workshops

LTWR-102: Poetry Workshop

LTWR-106: Sci Fiction,Fantasy,Irrealism

LTWR-100: Short Fiction Workshop

LTWR-106: Sci Fiction,Fantasy,Irrealism

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

None

World Literature Breadth - Latin America

LTAM-110: Latin American Literature in Translation

None

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

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

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

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