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A student satisfies the writing requirement by taking at least one course from the list of departmental courses below, or by taking an off-campus course that assigns at least 5,000 words (or at least eighteen pages) of formal graded writing, excluding exams, short response papers, email or online discussion contributions, and in-class writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The writing requirement may not be satisfied with a course taken CR\/NC or P\/F. Only individually-authored writing counts toward the writing requirement.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To count an off-campus course toward the writing requirement, complete the Request to Satisfy the Writing Requirement With an Off-Campus Course (PDF)<\/a> form. Bring the completed form to your HSA advisor for approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course Number<\/th>Title<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
AMST 179B<\/td>Race, Gender, and Class in the Long Great Recession<\/td><\/tr>
ARCT 179B<\/td>Architecture on Display<\/td><\/tr>
ART 179M<\/td>Art and Research<\/td><\/tr>
ART 179<\/td>Art as an Experiment in Living<\/td><\/tr>
ART 179P<\/td>Making Magazines<\/td><\/tr>
ART 179W<\/td>Art x Science x LA<\/td><\/tr>
GEOG 125<\/td>Geographies or Disease and Health Justice<\/td><\/tr>
GEOG 165<\/td>Geographies of Education (beginning Fall 2022)<\/td><\/tr>
GEOG 175<\/td>Geographies of Labor <\/td><\/tr>
GEOG 179A<\/td>Imagining Citizenship Otherwise \/ Special Topics in Geography<\/td><\/tr>
GEOG 179D<\/td>Critical Geographies of Community \/ Special Topics in Geography<\/td><\/tr>
GEOG 179H<\/td>Critical Geographies of Silicon Valley (beginning Spring 2025)<\/td><\/tr>
GEOG 179J<\/td>The Future<\/td><\/tr>
HIST 150<\/td>Technology and Medicine<\/td><\/tr>
HIST 151<\/td>Science in Fiction<\/td><\/tr>
HIST 179<\/td>Genetics and Race<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 035<\/td>Fiction Writing Workshop<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 107<\/td>Fourteen Poems: An Introduction to Poetry \/ Special Topics in Literature<\/td><\/tr>
Lit 141<\/td>Monsters in Literature (Beginning Spring 2024)<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 145<\/td>Third World Women Writers<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 147<\/td>Writers from Africa and the Caribbean<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 155<\/td>Post-Apartheid Narratives<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 156<\/td>Translation, or The Foreignness of Language<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 158<\/td>Zora Neale Hurston (beginning Fall 2022)<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 179<\/td>Jacobean Shakespeare<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 179B<\/td>Renaissance Literature and Culture<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 179AC<\/td>Sci-Fi, Horror and Other Tales \/ Special Topics in Literature<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 179AD<\/td>Latinx Literature (Summer 2021)<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 179AH<\/td>From Utopia to Diaspora: The Cuban Revolution Through Film<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 179AI<\/td>Latin American Short Stories<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 179AL<\/td>Climate Fiction Workshop<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 179D<\/td>Medieval\/Renaissance Romance \/ Special Topics in Literature<\/td><\/tr>
LIT 179V<\/td>Forking Paths Fiction Workshop \/ Special Topics in Literature<\/td><\/tr>
PHIL 122<\/td>Ethics: Ancient and Modern<\/td><\/tr>
PHIL 125<\/td>Ethical Issues in Science and Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
PHIL 179H<\/td>What Are Moral Judgments?<\/td><\/tr>
PSYC 139<\/td>Racism and Social Movements<\/td><\/tr>
PSYC 179K<\/td>Racism, Social Mvmnts, & Soc Psyc<\/td><\/tr>
POST 188<\/td>Political Innovation<\/td><\/tr>
RLST 112<\/td>Engaging Religion<\/td><\/tr>
RLST 113<\/td>God, Darwin, and Design<\/td><\/tr>
RLST 114<\/td>2038 Prophecy, Apocalypse<\/td><\/tr>
RLST 147<\/td>World and Transnational Religions<\/td><\/tr>
RLST 179G<\/td>Religious Views of Ecology and Climate Change<\/td><\/tr>
RLST 183<\/td>Ghosts and the Machines<\/td><\/tr>
RLST 184<\/td>Science and Religion<\/td><\/tr>
SOC 179E<\/td>Introduction to Sociology<\/td><\/tr>
STS 114<\/td>Social and Political Issues in Clinic<\/td><\/tr>
STS 179<\/td>Data and Society<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Departmental Courses With Significant Writing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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