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Personal Essay II

Expand your knowledge of what makes personal essays strong in this course for those familiar with personal essay basics.

What you can learn.

  • Explore life-changing moments alongside little decisions that set you on a new path
  • Write and revise at least one personal essay about your own life
  • Identify publication opportunities and the best markets for your work

About this course:

WRITING X 422.1 Personal Essay I or comparable workshop experience.

Spring 2024 Schedule

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Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.

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Summer 2024 Schedule

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Propose a Writing II Course

Process for proposing a writing ii course.

Departments interested in submitting a course for Writing II credit should:

  • Read the Writing II Committee’s  Guidelines and Recommendations for Writing II Courses
  • how writing assignments will be used to introduce students to your discipline’s principal concerns, various genres, and modes of discourse;
  • the different kinds of writing assignments to be completed in the course of the quarter (or year if a cluster); their length; and opportunities that students will have to revise their written work;
  • the percentage of the final grade that is linked to the course’s writing assignments.
  • Prepare a  Writing II Course Proposal Information Sheet  and attach this to your course syllabus with a PDF of the Course Inventory Management System (CIMS) submission.
  • Instructors interested in creating a Writing II course or modifying an existing course into a Writing II course should work with Writing Programs to develop their syllabus prior to submitting their proposal. Please contact Maja Manojlovic  for support developing or revising your syllabus.

The Review Process

  • The review process includes collaboration between instructors and the Writing II Committee, so please note that approval of Writing II courses may take up to two quarters .
  • The Writing II Committee review process is separate from the Registrar’s Office Schedule of Classes Production Deadlines. Please consider the varying timeframes when planning the quarter of your course offering.

Submitting a proposal

  • Address your course proposal materials to the Chair of the Writing II Committee. Proposals may be submitted electronically to Jen Hirashiki ( [email protected] ). Once your proposal is received, it will be distributed to the members of the Writing II Committee for review.

Collegium of Undergraduate Teaching Fellowships

  • The Writing II committee recognizes that graduate students may seek experience teaching writing courses. While CUTF courses are eligible for Writing II credit approval, please note two matters of timing. First, the Writing II approval process can take upwards of two to three quarters and is not guaranteed. Second, instructors of Writing II courses must complete English Composition 495E (or English Composition 495M and N in the Clusters training program) prior to teaching the approved course, and then enroll in English Composition 495F simultaneously with the approved course.

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COMMENTS

  1. Writing II courses recommendation? : r/ucla

    iwantsalmon2015 • Mathematics '23 • 3 yr. ago. COMLIT 2CW with Komar is great. Not sure how easy it is compared to other Writing II classes, but the TAs are willing to give pretty helpful feedback on essays if you email them/go to office hours. TAs and Komar are all super nice, and they're also pretty nice about giving extensions on essays.

  2. Easy Writing II Recommendations? : r/ucla

    English 4w, easiest class ever. You only have 3 essays throughout the quarter, and deadlines are always flexible. Another good option is English 20W which is an introduction to creative writing class. I've heard good things and mostly A's according to grade distributions on Bruinwalk.

  3. Writing II Requirement : r/ucla

    Typically your first quarter of college is spent more getting used to the way that college works and balancing free time, and the time required by a writing II could be overwhelming. Most people I know take it sophmore year or spring quarter freshman year at the earliest. 1. r/ucla. 10 votes, 11 comments. true.

  4. What class do you recommend for Writing II? : r/ucla

    Everyone should take an ethics class, at least one, before graduating from college. Any Asian American Writing II class! I've taken 50W, 10W, and 20W and I highly recommend :D If you take it with Welty in the Spring, she asks what grade you think you deserve at the end and REALLY takes what you write into consideration.

  5. Recommendations for writing II classes? : r/ucla

    A community for UCLA students, faculty, alumni, and fans! Go Bruins! ... GE, because it sounds super interesting If you recommend getting started on writing II, drop ur recommendations for writing II courses. I'm looking at Scand 50W right now as a potential option Thanks! ... It usually only has 3 essays and discussion participation.

  6. Easiest writing 2 classes? : r/ucla

    Prob scand50w, havent taken it but it's known for being easy. 9. summerschooltext. • 3 yr. ago. scand 40w was easy too lol. 2. awakened_potatoes. • 3 yr. ago. Taking 4W this quarter and those classes are very dependent on who's teaching it (from what I know they get grad students to teach them).

  7. easy writing II classes? : r/ucla

    A few essays total. I took history 96W and it was easy ( my TA was chill asf but I know the class depends on the TA ) Creative writing is easy I've heard but you have to get permission to take it from the professor if you're not a certain major.

  8. Writing II Requirement

    For the Writing I requirement, students must complete English Composition 3, which is offered every term, with a grade of C or better (C- or a Passed grade is not acceptable). Other ways to satisfy the requirement are. Score of 4 or 5 on one of the College Board Advanced Placement Examinations in English. Completion of IGETC (transfer ...

  9. Undergraduate Writing Requirements

    You can satisfy the Writing II Requirement by taking any UCLA course with a 'W' designation. These courses are offered in many disciplines. Writing Programs offers English Composition 5W (Literature, Culture, and Critical Inquiry), English Composition 6W (Language, Culture, and Discourse), and English Composition 100W/100WD ...

  10. Writing II

    That is, are there sub-writing assignments or exercises that will prepare the students for the larger writing task? There are several ways to build the sub-writing assignments or tasks into your course. The first is to consider assigning informal writing assignments that will aid the student in writing some part of the larger writing assignment.

  11. What essay topics got you into UCLA ? :) : r/ucla

    In my first I talked mostly about how my experience being a Navy SEAL contributed to my NASA astronaut internship, my second was about my experience transitioning from a white male to a self-identifying non-binary pink office appliance and the subsequent feelings of "not fitting in" I had in high school. my third was a poem about a Nobel prize winning physics theory I helped research and ...

  12. Personal Essay II Course

    This course guides you to write and revise one or more personal essays to be submitted for publication and to pinpoint the best markets and outlets for your work. Prerequisites WRITING X 422.1 Personal Essay I or comparable workshop experience.

  13. PDF Guidelines for Writing Ii

    WHY TEACH WRITING II COURSES: Depending on a student's major, the Writing II course may be a student's only writing-intensive experience at UCLA. These courses also allow instructors to do take concrete steps to address the gap that many UCLA faculty observe (and often complain about) in their students' writing skills. Writing

  14. Writing I & II Placement

    Before attending UCLA, ELWR can be satisfied in the following ways: Achieve a score of 30 or better on the ACT, English Language Arts or 63 or better on the ACT, English Plus Reading; or. 680 or higher on the Writing section of the SAT Reasoning Test (taken before March, 2016); or. 3 or higher on either Advanced Placement (AP) exam in English; or.

  15. Undergraduate Education Initiatives

    Writing II courses are offered in multiple formats, such as lecture classes with multiple sections and single-class courses. In these courses, students write fifteen to twenty pages collectively (or approximately 3,750 to 5,000 words), consisting of informal writing, drafts, and revised writing. ... Note to UCLA Students: The UCLA Writing II ...

  16. Undergraduate Courses

    This course encourages students to use writing as a vehicle to explore, as well as demonstrate knowledge of, subject matter. Students who complete this course with a grade of C or better will satisfy the Writing II requirement and earn GE credit under the Literary and Cultural Analysis subset of the Arts and Humanities rubric. (5 units)

  17. Undergraduate Writing Requirements

    Community-Engaged Writing Courses; Writing Summer Institute for High School Students; Get Involved; ... Learn about the UCLA writing requirements that all first-year students must satisfy. ... You may be required to complete an ESL writing requirement at UCLA even if you have already satisfied both Writing I and Writing II before enrolling ...

  18. Schedule of Classes

    Writing II Courses Master List. Below is a master list of all approved Writing II courses. Enter a subject area or select all to see the complete list. Check the Schedule of Classes or MyUCLA to confirm the term in which a class will be offered. For more details and information about College and school writing requirements, see Writing II.

  19. Writing Requirement

    The Writing I requirement must be satisfied within the first three terms of enrollment by completing English Composition 3, 3D, 3DX, 3E, or 3SL with a C or better grade (a C− or Passed grade is not acceptable). The Writing I requirement may also be satisfied by scoring 4 or 5 on one of the College Board Advanced Placement Examinations in ...

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  21. Any good places to take online writing courses? : r/writing

    Writing Mastery Academy has a whole range of courses. They're paid courses ($15/month for access to all courses) but definitely worth the money! I've found quality classes at Jane Friedman. My favorite online / in-person (Seattle,WA) writing classes has been Hugo House.

  22. UCLA

    r/ucla: A community for UCLA students, faculty, alumni, and fans! Go Bruins! ... have a diversity or language requirement. There is an ethics requirement (all engineering ethics classes fulfill the Writing II requirement). You'll also have to take 5 GE (general education) courses; to the disappointment of many freshmen, AP classes can't be ...

  23. Undergraduate Education Initiatives

    The review process includes collaboration between instructors and the Writing II Committee, so please note that approval of Writing II courses may take up to two quarters. The Writing II Committee review process is separate from the Registrar's Office Schedule of Classes Production Deadlines. Please consider the varying timeframes when ...