Transfer students interested in majoring in literature are strongly encouraged to complete courses equivalent to LIT 1 and LIT 60-61/80-81 and the equivalent of one year of college-level study of a language other than English at their previous institutions prior to entering UCSC.
If you are considering beginning language courses at UCSC, 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.
Students who completed the equivalents to LIT 1 and LIT 60-61/80-81 at their previous institutions should take one or two upper-division literature courses (numbered 100-199).
Students who did not complete the equivalent to LIT 60-61/80-81 should take one lower-division course in their first quarter.
Students who need to complete the language proficiency requirement through coursework should enroll in an appropriate language course in their first quarter at UCSC. Students who enroll in a LIT 60-61/80-81 course may choose to also take an upper-division literature course. However, no student should enroll in more than two literature courses in the first quarter.
If you haven’t completed the equivalent to LIT 1 prior to enrolling at UCSC, plan to take LIT 1 during winter quarter.
If you are interested in the Creative Writing concentration, you should take a lower-division creative writing course by your second quarter at UCSC.
If you are unable to enroll in your desired literature course, please get in touch with the Literature Department staff (litdept@ucsc.edu) for assistance.
Literature Undergraduate Advising
(831) 459-4778 or litdept@ucsc.edu
Humanities 1, room 303