The minor in Writing and Literature enables motivated students to pursue their studio practice while engaging in the creative and critical literary arts with a dynamic, supportive faculty.

Completing the minor does not increase the total number of units required to graduate.* So for most students, pursuing the minor will not add to your total number of courses.

However, because the coursework in the minor may require you to choose from a specific menu of options, it is important to meet with an advisor as early as possible to plan the course of study.

*BArch students generally need to take at least one additional course to complete a Minor in Writing and Literature.

For students first matriculating at CCA Fall 2016 and later:

Choose two additional courses from the following:

[3 units] Writing 1 (WRLIT-1010 or WRLIT-1030)
[3 units] Writing 2 (WRLIT-2010 or WRLIT-2030)
[3 units] Literary & Performing Arts Studies 2000-level (LITPA-2000)
[3 units] Workshop (WRLIT-1100/2040/3000) [Studio Elective]
[3 units] MH: Literary Theory (WRLIT 3600) or Spotlight: Authors and Movements (WRLIT 3400) or Ways of Reading seminar (WRLIT 3200)
[6 units] Choose two additional courses from the following list that have not been taken toward fulfillment of other requirements in the minor. At least one course taken from the list must be 3xxx-level.

• Introduction to Writing & Literature (WRLIT 1080)
• First Year Writer’s Studio (WRLIT 1100)
• Literature: Historical Topics (WRLIT 2080)
• Literature: Modern Topics (WRLIT 2100)
• Literature of the Global Majority (WRLIT 2160)
• Workshop: Literary Forms (WRLIT 2040/WRLIT 3000)
• Literary & Performing Arts Studies (LITPA 2000)
• MH: Literary Theory (WRLIT 3600)
• Ways of Reading Seminar (WRLIT 3200)
• Spotlight: Authors and Movements (WRLIT 3400)
• Literary Journal (WRLIT 3080)
• Literary Journal: Online Edition (WRLIT 3081)
• Literary Journal: Print Edition (WRLIT 3082)
• Workshop: Critical Essay (WRLIT 4000)

21 total units

A maximum of 12 units of transfer credit will count towards the minor.

All coursework in the minor must be completed with a grade of C or better to fulfill minor requirements.

In order to satisfy the Writing and Literature minor requirements, students (excluding those enrolled in the BArch program) will use the following:

• Existing 6 units of Writing 1 & Writing 2 requirements
• Existing 3 units of Literary and Performing Arts Studies (LITPA) requirements
• Existing 3 units of Studio Elective: satisfied by a Writer’s Workshop (WRLIT-1100/2040/3000)
• Existing 6 units of 3000-level Humanities and Sciences requirement:
  • 3 units satisfied, for minors-only, by either MH: Literary Theory (WRLIT-3600) or Spotlight: Authors and Movements (WRLIT 3400) or Ways of Reading seminar (WRLIT-3200)
  • 3 units satisfied by one of the WRLIT-3xxx courses from the “choose two” list
• Existing 3 units of Humanities and Sciences elective: satisfied by additional course from the “choose two” list

Students enrolled in the BArch program will use:

• Existing 6 units of Writing 1 & Writing 2 requirements
• Existing 3 units of Literary and Performing Arts Studies (LITPA) requirements
• Existing 3 units of Open Elective: satisfied by a Writer’s Workshop (WRLIT-1100/2040/3000)
• Existing 3 units of Open Elective: satisfied by either MH: Literary Theory (WRLIT-3600) or Ways of Reading seminar (WRLIT-3200)
• Existing 3 units of 3000-level Humanities and Sciences requirement satisfied by one of the WRLIT-3xxx courses from the “choose two” list
• 3 extra units, in addition to those required by the BArch program, in order to satisfy the second required course from the “choose two” list

To discuss the minor option further, please contact any of the following:

• An Academic Advisor (for your major); or
• Faith E. Adiele, Writing and Literature Chair

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