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Resources
UC Undergraduate Experience Survey
Take the UC Undergraduate Experience Survey at this link. Students who complete the survey will be entered into prize drawings for more than one hundred giftcards.
Helpful information:
Link for Writing Requirement FAQs
Students were NOT auto enrolled in a spring 24 writing course if they were over their repeat limit, over their units, had an enrollment hold, or a time conflict.
Spring Qtr 2024
Important Dates
April 19 Deadline to drop writing course for spring quarter
April 20 Drop for “W “ (withdrawal) grade begins
May 10 Deadline to withdraw (W) from a class, Link for Withdrawal FAQs
May 31 Grading option change deadline
Summer Session 2024
Summer Session enrollment starts May 1
Link for summer session writing courses
WRIT 1
Summer options for WRIT 1: summer session or ELWR equivalent course at California community college. Here is the database of articulated courses.
WRIT 2
Summer options for WRIT 2: summer session or C Required equivalent course at California community college. Here is the database of articulated courses.
Fall Qtr 2024
Fewer WRIT 2 courses will be offered in fall 2024 then in previous fall quarters.
Students should plan accordingly and are strongly encouraged to take WRIT 2 in summer session (24 sections will be offered) or a C Required equivalent course at a CA community college this summer. Here is the database of articulated courses.
Directed Self Placement (DSP): Course placements through DSP are set and cannot be changed. For more information about Directed Self-Placement, head to the FAQs on the placement website.
AP Scores: Check your AP credit here. If you need to send or resend AP scores to Undergraduate Admissions, here is the website. The UCSC school code is 4860.
Community College Courses: Go to the database for California community college courses that satisfy the ELWR and Composition (C) Requirement.
Composition (C) Requirement: CA Community College Pathways to Satisfy Writing 2 at UCSC
Students Entering 2020 and After
- UCSC Vice Provost Dean of Undergraduate Education Letter: Pathways to Satisfy Writing and Course Outcomes of the C Requirement
Students Enrolled in 2018-2019
Students Enrolled in 2006-2017