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Literature News
March 24, 2025Six UC Santa Cruz professors awarded 2025 NEH Grants for groundbreaking research on AI, colonial violence, and social justice
October 28, 2024A popular Humanities course is unwrapping the strange and fraught history and cultural afterlife of Egyptian mummies. 
October 16, 2024Dickens Project gets prestigious $200,000 NEH grant to host institute for high school teachers
Literature Advising
Advising Appointments are available Monday through Friday via zoom, with an option for in-person advising appointments Tuesday and Thursday. Advising appointments may be made through the Navigate app, or online at Navigate Slug Success.
Are you having challenges registering for an appointment? Please email litdept@ucsc.edu for assistance.
For Students
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- Independent Study Form
- Literature Major
- Advising
- Declaring the Literature Major or Minor
- 2025-26 Undergraduate Curriculum (pdf)
- 2024-25 Undergraduate Curriculum (pdf)
- 2023-24 Undergraduate Curriculum (pdf)
- Creative Writing Concentration
- Literature Internship Program - Pilot 2025
- Education MA/Credential Pathway
- Literature Department Awards Info 2024-2025
- Literature Undergraduate Colloquium 2025
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