Courses
- Course Offerings
- UCSD Course Catalog
- Schedule of Classes
- UCSD Course Websites
- Final Exam Schedule
Annual Course Offerings
Please keep in mind that these are tentative plans, and the only official listing of quarterly course offerings is the Schedule of Classes.
Many Literature courses are approved to fulfill the DEI requirement! See the Approved DEI Courses list for details.
Courses for Literature Undergraduate Students
Below are the course offerings for Literature undergraduate major requirements, as well as pre-approved alternative options that may be petitioned for credit. Students should contact advising via the VAC if they have any questions.
2025-2026
Summer 2025
Courses for Literature Major Requirements
Detailed Course Descriptions:
2024-2025
Courses for Literature Major Requirements
Detailed Course Descriptions:
Summer 2024
Courses for Literature Major Requirements
Detailed Course Descriptions:
2023-2024
Courses for Literature Major Requirements
Note: For 2023-2024, the listings below only referenced major requirements that had unique list of courses that applied (and that sometimes varied quarter-to-quarter.
Detailed Course Descriptions:
Archived Years
For information about courses offered more than five years ago, please contact our advisors via the VAC (or litug@ucsd.edu for students no longer enrolled at UCSD).
Courses for Literature Major Requirements (AY)
Note: For these archived years, the listings below only referenced major requirements that had unique list of courses that applied (and that sometimes varied quarter-to-quarter.
Courses for Literature Major Requirements (SU)
Note: For these archived years, the listings below only referenced major requirements that had unique list of courses that applied (and that sometimes varied quarter-to-quarter.
Detailed Course Descriptions (AY):
Detailed Course Descriptions (SU)
Courses for Literature Graduate Students
Below are the course offerings for Literature PhD & MFA requirements, as well as pre-approved alternative options that may be petitioned for credit. Students should contact advising (litgrad@ucsd.edu or mfawriting@ucsd.edu) if they have any questions.
2025-2026
2024-2025
Graduate Courses for Literature PhD & MFA Programs
Detailed Course Descriptions
2023-2024
Graduate Courses for Literature PhD & MFA Programs
Detailed Course Descriptions
Archived Years
Graduate Courses for Literature PhD & MFA Programs
Note: Prior to 2022-2023, we did not have listings of pre-approved courses to apply to various requirements, so courses only applied to requirements based on their subject code (unless petitioned on a case-by-case basis).
Detailed Course Descriptions (PhD Program):
Detailed Course Descriptions (MFA Program):
General Course Offerings by Course Number
Below are the full course offerings, for students and faculty to explore. Many of our courses are approved to apply to undergraduate GE requirement and various major/minor requirements in other departments. Students should check with their college and/or home department for approved course numbers.