Lower-Division

WRIT 1 Introduction to Composition

Provides declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge about writing, with a special focus on genre, rhetorical situation, revision, editing, and making connections between texts and one's own perspective.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): College 1 and WRIT 26; or College 1 and AWPE score of 2-6 or AWPE for Multilingual Students (AWPE-MLS) score of 6; or College 1 and course selection via Directed Self-Placement.

Quarter offered

Summer

WRIT 1E Introduction to Composition

Provides declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge about writing, with a special focus on genre, rhetorical situation, revision, editing, and making connections between texts and one's own perspective. Designed to support multilingual learners.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): College 1 and WRIT 26; or College 1 and AWPE score of 2-6 or AWPE for Multilingual Students (AWPE-MLS) score of 6; or College 1 and course selection via Directed Self-Placement.

WRIT 2 Rhetoric and Inquiry

Provides declarative knowledge about writing, with a special focus on writing from research, composing in multiple genres, and transferring knowledge about writing to new contexts.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): College 1 and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing; or College 80A, 80D, or 80F and satisfaction of the C1 requirement. Enrollment is restricted to frosh, sophomore and junior students.

General Education Code

C

Quarter offered

Summer

WRIT 2GS WRIT 2GS Rhetoric & Inquiry, Global Seminar

Provides declarative knowledge about writing, with a special focus on writing from research, composing in multiple genres, and transferring knowledge about writing to new contexts. Taught as a Global Seminar in Ireland.  

Credits

6

Instructor

Steve Coulter

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): College 1 and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing; or College 80A, 80D, or 80F and satisfaction of the C1 requirement. Enrollment is restricted to frosh, sophomore and junior students.

General Education Code

C

WRIT 2H Rhetoric and Inquiry, Honors

Provides declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge about writing, with a special focus on writing from research, composing in multiple genres, and transferring knowledge about writing to new contexts. Designed for advanced students.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): College 1 and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing Requirement. Enrollment is restricted to College Scholars or by instructor permission.

General Education Code

C

WRIT 11A Adjunct Tutorial in Writing (2 credits per quarter)

A tutorial designed to provide follow-up assistance in writing for students who have passed the Entry Level Writing Requirement, but wish to continue to work on various aspects of their writing. Counts only for academic standing and financial aid purposes, but does not apply toward degree requirements (i.e., counts as workload credit only). Prerequisite(s): approval of the Writing Program; satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing Requirement.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

WRIT 11B Adjunct Tutorial in Writing (2 credits per quarter)

A tutorial designed to provide follow-up assistance in writing for students who have passed the Entry Level Writing Requirement, but wish to continue to work on various aspects of their writing. Counts only for academic standing and financial aid purposes, but does not apply toward degree requirements (i.e., counts as workload credit only). Prerequisite(s): approval of the Writing Program; satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing Requirement.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

WRIT 11C Adjunct Tutorial in Writing (2 credits per quarter)

A tutorial designed to provide follow-up assistance in writing for students who have passed the Entry Level Writing Requirement, but wish to continue to work on various aspects of their writing. Counts only for academic standing and financial aid purposes, but does not apply toward degree requirements (i.e., counts as workload credit only). Prerequisite(s): approval of the Writing Program; satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing Requirement.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

WRIT 23 Grammar and Rhetoric: Language for Writing

Builds on writing skills gained in previous writing courses; focuses on effective language use in academic writing. Students reinforce their written English proficiency by reading, studying, practicing, and writing structures and patterns of written English.

Credits

5

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to fourth-quarter students who have not passed the Entry Level Writing Requirement. Open to others by permission of instructor.

WRIT 25 Writing About Place

Students explore the UCSC discourse community including classroom culture, then widen their lens to include the larger Santa Cruz community. Writing moves beyond the paragraph level to include oral communication and presentation skills.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): AWPE-MLS score of 2 or 3; or course selection via Directed Self-Placement.

WRIT 26 Writing About Language

Students explore language acquisition and how to best optimize their own language learning by engaging in a primary research project. Through the research project, students learn to use academic discourse conventions in their own writing.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): WRIT 25, AWPE-MLS score of 4 or 5, or course selection via Directed Self-Placement.

WRIT 30 Genre Study: STEM

Engages students in an examination of the textual practices and products (genres) through which knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields is created, documented, and disseminated. Enrollment is by interview only and restricted to Summer Academy, first-year participants.

Credits

2

General Education Code

PR-E

WRIT 64 Newswriting Workshop

Introduction to the basic techniques of newswriting, including practice in leads, formats, and different kinds of news reporting. Emphasis on developing skills in research, interviewing, and shaping stories. Includes an examination of the contemporary media. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements, instructor determination at first class meeting.

Credits

5

WRIT 70 Communication and Rhetoric: An Introduction

This course introduces the field of contemporary communication studies, locating its roots in rhetoric and showing how key concepts play out in mass media and other settings as well as in everyday life.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing requirement.

WRIT 93 Field Study

For lower-division students: supervised study within commuting distance of campus. May include internships at magazines, newspapers, publishing houses, or newsletters of corporations, and civic or service organizations. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing requirement; certification of adequate preparation; approval of Writing Program.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

WRIT 93F Field Study

For lower-division students: supervised study within commuting distance of campus. May include internships at magazines, newspapers, publishing houses, or newsletters of corporations, and civic or service organizations. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

WRIT 99 Tutorial

Individual, directed study for lower-division students in expository writing, editing, or journalism. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

WRIT 99F Tutorial

Individual, directed study for lower-division students in expository writing, editing, or journalism. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes