Academic Resources & Policies

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• Basic Needs Hub / Triton Food Pantry
• Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)
• Campus Advocacy, Resources, & Education at the Sexual Assault Resource Center (CARE at SARC)
• Center for Ethics & Spirituality
• Office for Students with Disabilities
• Recreation
• Student Health Services
• Student Affairs Case Management Services
• Triton CORE: Compassionate Response
• The Zone

In order to maintain the overall academic integrity within our courses, class/exam accommodations may only be provided to students who have received a formal Authorization for Accommodation (AFA) letter from the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD). If/when students receive and accept their approved accommodations, their AFA letter will be sent to the course instruction and department's OSD Academic Liaison. We will follow-up with students to provide the next steps in the administration of their accommodations.

If you are not yet able to enroll in a course - due to missing a pre-requisite or not meeting a course restriction (such as upper division standing) - you may submit a course pre-authorization request via the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy). If the course instructor approves the request, department advisors can enter applicable authorization codes. You will then be able to enroll via WebReg, assuming there are seats open in the course and you are within your eligible enrollment time windows.

Students admitted to UCSD as freshmen must have completed a portion of their College Writing Program coursework prior to enrolling in LTWR 8A, 8B, or 8C. The specific pre-requisites for each college are:

• Revelle: HUM 1 & HUM 2
• Warren: WCWP 10A & WCWP 10B
• Marshall: DOC 2 & DOC 3
• Sixth: CAT 2 & CAT 3
• Roosevelt: MMW 12 & MMW 13
• Muir: MCWP 40 & MCWP 50
• Seventh: SYN 1 & SYN 2

Transfer students who are not required to take these courses (due to IGETC certification) can submit a pre-authorization request through EASy for approval to register without the pre-requisites. These requests will be automatically approved.

Students enrolled in LTWR 8A and/or 8B are required to attend three readings in the New Writing Series (represented as "LAB" on the schedule of classes). See the New Writing Series schedule for specific times and dates.

LTWR 100-129 are writing workshops, and LTWR 140-149 are writing theory courses. Declared Literature/Writing (LT34) majors and minors have priority enrollment for these courses during the "1st pass" of registration. It is strongly recommended that declared Literature/Writing majors and minors enroll in no more than 2 writing workshops per quarter.

Students who are not declared Literature/Writing majors or minors may put in an authorization request via EASy. Requests for authorization will be processed during the "2nd pass" of registration. Requests are only processed M-F 8am-4:30pm, so please plan accordingly.

There are three types of undergraduate independent study courses possible in Literature:

• LT** 196 (Honors Thesis): See the Honors Program details for more information
• LT** 198 (Directed Group Study): Directed group research, under the guidance of a member of the faculty, in an area not covered in courses currently offered by the department.
• LT** 199 (Special Studies): Individual reading in an area not covered in courses currently offered by the department.

For 198 and 199 courses, students need to inquire directly with specific Literature faculty to confirm their willingness to supervise the independent study. Only our department's faculty are permitted to serve as instructors for Literature independent study course numbers.

If a faculty member agrees, the student and faculty need to work out the plan for the course content. Then, the student will need to fill out and submit a special studies request via EASy, including the course plan details. If that request is ultimately approved, the Registrar will enroll the student in the course. 198/199 courses may only be taken for P/NP grading.