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BA Writing

4 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

University of California Santa Cruz

Program Overview

The Literature Department and the Writing Program at UC Santa Cruz offer courses in creative writing and in composition and rhetoric. The creative writing concentration within the literature major supports students in developing their craft alongside their peers and with the guidance of a faculty adviser. The courses offered through the Writing Program assist students in improving research and writing skills.

Program Key Stats

$48500 (Annual cost)



58 %

Eligibility Criteria

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Additional Information & Requirements

Typical SAT scores: Math (550-670), Critical reading (520-640), Writing (520-640), ACT Composite (23-29), Average GPA 3.51, TOEFL: IBT- 80, PBT- 550, IELTS-6.5

Career Options

  • Writing majors can seek careers in new media
  • publishing
  • law
  • journalism
  • technical and corporate writing
  • and secondary education
  • Majors can also enter graduate programs in law
  • business
  • divinity
  • public administration
  • or rhetoric and composition

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