Review the General Catalog, especially the sample academic plans and major qualification policy.
If you are considering beginning language courses in your first year, review information on the Language and Applied Linguistics website to determine whether you need language placement.
The Literature Department offers language proficiency exams in many languages for students who have obtained proficiency in a language other than English through other means (i.e. heritage speakers, high school seal of biliteracy). All students who would like to take a language proficiency test are encouraged to do so. Please contact the Literature Department at litdept@ucsc.edu for more information.
One Literature 60/61-series or 80/81-series course
Optional: Language course if appropriate
Additional considerations when developing your first quarter enrollment plan can be found in the First Quarter Enrollment Advising Guide 2025-26.
Literature Undergraduate Advising
(831) 459-4778 or litdept@ucsc.edu
Literature Department Humanities 1, room 303