Propose a Writing II Course

Process for Proposing a Writing II Course

Academic departments seeking to submit a course proposal for undergraduate Writing II milestone credit must execute the following preliminary requirements:

• Review Faculty Criteria: Read the official
  Writing II Committee Guidelines and Recommendations (PDF).
• Prepare a Compliant Course Syllabus: Delineate the following parameters explicitly within your core syllabus text:
  • How specific writing tasks introduce students to your field’s principal concerns, structural genres, and academic modes of discourse.
  • The structural varieties of writing assignments completed throughout the quarter (or year for Cluster sequences), total expected page/word lengths, and explicit timeline iterations available for drafting and student revision.
  • The precise, definitive percentage of the final cumulative course grade directly tied to these writing assignments.
• Complete and Upload Information Sheets: Download the
  Writing II Course Proposal Information Sheet (PDF)
  and submit the finished file into the online
  UCLA Course and Curriculum Management System (CMS).
  To acquire system technical tutorials, faculty can join the
  BruinLearn CMS Support Training Portal.
• Collaborate on Curricular Design: Instructors introducing a completely new course or modifying an existing regular catalog course into a specialized Writing II section must coordinate with Writing Programs to build their syllabus before submission. Contact Maja Manojlovic via email at
  mmanojlo@ucla.edu for curriculum support.

The Faculty Review & Evaluation Process:

• Because the review pipeline involves rigorous back-and-forth developmental feedback between instructors and faculty board members, formal approval of a Writing II course may take up to two full academic quarters.
• The Writing II Committee review cycle operates completely independently from the Registrar’s Office traditional scheduling deadlines. Faculty should account for this distinct buffer timeframe when consulting the
  UCLA Schedule of Classes Production Deadlines.

Submitting a Proposal:

• Address your compiled curricular packets directly to the Chair of the Writing II Committee via the digital
  Curriculum and Course Management System (CMS). For administrative workflow questions, email Assistant Director Jen Hirashiki at
  jhirashiki@college.ucla.edu.

Collegium of Undergraduate Teaching Fellowships (CUTF):

• Graduate students seeking experience managing advanced composition tracks may submit CUTF courses for Writing II evaluation, but must note two critical logistical constraints: First, review sequences can span two to three quarters and final designation is not guaranteed. Second, prospective graduate instructors must successfully pass English Composition 495E (or 495M/N for the Bruin Clusters cohort) prior to teaching, and concurrently enroll in English Composition 495F during the term their course goes live.

Proposal Submission Deadlines