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 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. 

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 07/24/2025