LiteratureLIT

92 LIT courses at UC Santa Cruz, from every term currently in the catalog.

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• LIT 1Literary Interpretation5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2027, Spring 2026, Winter 2026
• LIT 60BIntroduction to Anime Studies5 cr · GE CC · Summer 2026
• LIT 60XKamasutra, Tantra, and Sex in Ancient India5 cr · GE CC · Spring 2026
• LIT 61HReading the Movies5 cr · GE IM · Winter 2026
• LIT 61JIntroduction to Jewish Literature and Culture5 cr · GE ER · Fall 2025
• LIT 61KIntroduction to the Fairy Tale5 cr · GE TA · Summer 2026
• LIT 80HThe Politics of Fashion5 cr · GE ER · Fall 2026
• LIT 80TPractical Magic5 cr · GE CC · Fall 2025
• LIT 80YHarry Potter5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• LIT 81AHomer's Odyssey5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2027
• LIT 81EThe Influencers: How Social Media Shape Us5 cr · GE PE-T · Spring 2026
• LIT 81LThe Lord of the Rings5 cr · GE TA · Spring 2026
• LIT 87HWhat Can I Do with My Degree? Humanities-Powered Jobs2 cr · GE PR-E · Winter 2027, Spring 2026
• LIT 90Introduction to Creative Writing5 cr · GE PR-C · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 91AIntermediate Fiction/Prose Writing5 cr · GE PR-C · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 91BIntermediate Poetry Writing5 cr · GE PR-C · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 92AEscritura de ficción, prosa intermedia / Intermediate Fiction, Prose Writing5 cr · GE PR-C · Spring 2026
• LIT 92BEscritura de poesía intermedia / Intermediate Poetry Writing5 cr · GE PR-C · Spring 2026
• LIT 101Theory and Interpretation5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 102Translation Theory5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2027, Summer 2026, Winter 2026
• LIT 108ALiterature Internships5 cr · GE PR-S · Winter 2027, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 108BLiterature Internships 22 cr · GE PR-S · Winter 2027, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 111CJohn Milton5 cr · GE TA · Summer 2026
• LIT 111DWilliam Shakespeare5 cr · GE TA · Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026
• LIT 112AJane Austen5 cr · Spring 2026
• LIT 112CCharles Dickens5 cr · GE TA · Summer 2026
• LIT 112QThe Deep Read: Special Topics5 cr · GE TA · Spring 2026
• LIT 114CDante's Divine Comedy5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2026
• LIT 116GVictorian Monsters5 cr · GE TA · Summer 2026
• LIT 116JReligions of India5 cr · GE CC · Spring 2026
• LIT 120FTopics in Modern Poetry5 cr · GE TA · Fall 2025
• LIT 120JContemporary American Poetry5 cr · GE TA · Summer 2026
• LIT 124BThe Contemporary Latin American Short Story5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2027
• LIT 125JFrench Science Fiction5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 126TTime Travel Narratives5 cr · GE ER · Spring 2026
• LIT 127JHow to Write Like a Journalist5 cr · GE PR-C · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 130AAncient Literature in Cross-Cultural Perspective5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 130ENature and Myth5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2026
• LIT 130MWitchcraft & Magic5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2026
• LIT 133GThe Nuclear Pacific5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2026
• LIT 133LWomen Behaving Badly in East Asian Fiction5 cr · GE CC · Summer 2026
• LIT 134ACaribbean Literature5 cr · GE CC · Spring 2026
• LIT 137AGlobal Cities5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2026
• LIT 139CDiasporic Literature and Film of California5 cr · GE CC · Summer 2026
• LIT 148IToni Morrison's Americas5 cr · GE ER · Spring 2026
• LIT 149ABehind the Berlin Wall5 cr · GE IM · Spring 2026
• LIT 149FContemporary Mexican Narrative5 cr · Winter 2026
• LIT 149KLiterature and Social Movements: Writing on Rioting5 cr · GE ER · Winter 2026
• LIT 151MGerman Drama5 cr · GE TA · Spring 2026
• LIT 155PGangsters and Destiny: French Film Noir5 cr · GE IM · Winter 2026
• LIT 159MThe Curse of the Mummy5 cr · GE TA · Fall 2026
• LIT 160ERace and Comics5 cr · GE ER · Winter 2027
• LIT 160KRace, Labor, and Migration5 cr · GE ER · Fall 2025
• LIT 160PWTF is going on?: Media literacy in the age of disinformation5 cr · GE PE-H · Winter 2027, Spring 2026
• LIT 164JJewish Writers and the American City5 cr · GE ER · Spring 2026
• LIT 167NLooking for Life in Space, from 1000 BCE to the Present5 cr · GE TA · Spring 2026
• LIT 167PLiterature and Social Movements for Health Justice5 cr · GE ER · Summer 2026
• LIT 179AAdvanced Writing: Fiction5 cr · GE PR-C · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 179BAdvanced Writing: Poetry5 cr · Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 179CMethods and Materials5 cr · GE PR-C · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• LIT 179EWriting for Transformation5 cr · GE PR-C · Winter 2027
• LIT 182LScience-Fiction Française5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 183HDas deutsche Drama5 cr · Spring 2026
• LIT 184AIntroduction to Greek Literature5 cr · Spring 2026
• LIT 184BGreek Drama5 cr · Fall 2026, Winter 2026
• LIT 185QDante: "Divina Commedia"5 cr · Winter 2026
• LIT 186AIntroduction to Latin Literature5 cr · GE TA · Spring 2026
• LIT 186BRoman Poetry5 cr · Fall 2026
• LIT 186CProse Authors5 cr · Spring 2026
• LIT 188ETeatro del Siglo de Oro español5 cr · GE CC · Fall 2025
• LIT 188GLiteraturay vida en Don Quijote y otros textos cervantinos5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2026
• LIT 189ADe la conquista a Sor Juana5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• LIT 189CIntroducción a Spanish Studies5 cr · GE ER · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 189OEl Cuento Hispanoamericano: Variedades esteticas de la literatura breve en America Latina5 cr · Winter 2027
• LIT 190AAThe Afterlife: Visions, Prophecies, and Fiction5 cr · Spring 2026
• LIT 190IIndividual Authors5 cr · Winter 2026
• LIT 190UTopics in Theory5 cr · GE TA · Fall 2026
• LIT 190VFiction Senior Seminar5 cr · Spring 2026
• LIT 190WPoetry Senior Seminar5 cr · Spring 2026
• LIT 190XTemas de la literatura y cultura espanolas y latinoamericanas5 cr · GE CC · Spring 2026
• LIT 190YTopics in Jewish Literature and Culture5 cr · Spring 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 200Proseminar5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 201The Pedagogy of Literature2 cr · Fall 2025
• LIT 202Translation and Translingual Practice5 cr · Spring 2026
• LIT 206Critical Writing Practicum5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• LIT 230ATopics in Theory5 cr · Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• LIT 231AStudies in Literary and Cultural History5 cr · Fall 2026, Winter 2026
• LIT 232DAn Introduction to Digital Humanities5 cr · Winter 2026
• LIT 233EReading Plants5 cr · Spring 2026
• LIT 246Individual Authors5 cr · Spring 2026
• LIT 279AMethods and Materials5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• LIT 279BWriting Studio5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025