ELWR-Fulfilling College Courses

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 in a course in the summer months, you must make sure that it is indeed a summer term course. Many colleges are on the semester system, and their fall semester starts in late August. You CANNOT take a fall semester course that starts in August to fulfill the ELWR. Please double check the academic calendar of the institute you plan to take the course from. 

California students

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. 

Out-of-state students

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. 

• College name (please spell out) and the state it is located in
• Course number and course name
• Letter grade earned

For example: 

• Cascadia Community College, WA 
• ENG 101, English Composition I
• A

International students

None of the college composition courses taken outside of the U.S. can be used to fulfill the ELWR.

Updated 07/29/2025