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Students may also meet the requirement by earning a grade of "C" or better in a UC-transferable English composition course from an accredited college or university, prior to enrollment at UC San Diego.
If you plan to enroll a course in the summer months, you must make sure that the term listed on the final transcript is a summer term. Some colleges are on the semester system; you CANNOT take a fall semester course that starts in August to fulfill the ELWR.
To find ELWR-fulfilling courses at your local community colleges, please visit ASSIST. Once you are on the homepage, go to "Search below for transferable courses" on the right, select a community college, and click UC Transfer Admission Eligibility Courses → View Transferability Lists → UC Transfer Eligibility Area → UC-E English Composition.
Contact the Analytical Writing Program at awp@ucsd.edu with the following information. We will let you know whether it is a qualifying English composition course.
For example:
None of the college composition courses taken outside of the U.S. can be used to fulfill the ELWR.
Updated 07/24/2025