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ENGL 4WCritical Reading and Writing

English · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Introduction to literary analysis, with close reading and carefully written exposition of selections from principal modes of literature: poetry, prose fiction, and drama. Minimum of 15 to 20 pages of revised writing. Satisfies Writing II requirement.

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Requisites

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Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36.

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one of
  • ENGCOMP 3
  • ENGCOMP 3H
  • ESL 36
  • · "ENGCOMP 3H" is not in this catalog version
  • · "ESL 36" is not in this catalog version

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ENGL 4W

  • ENGCOMP 3English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language
    • ENGCOMP 2Approaches to University Writing
    • ENGCOMP 2IApproaches to University Writing for Multilingual Students
      • ENGCOMP 1BHigh-Intermediate Composition for Multilingual Students1 more beneath

1 direct requisite. Showing 4 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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ENGL 4W1 more beyond

  • ENGL 10ALiteratures in English to 170049 more beyond
    • ENGL 10BLiteratures in English, 1700 to 1850another path to it
    • ENGL 10CLiteratures in English, 1850 to Presentanother path to it
    • ENGL 110TWriting in English Major: Transfer Studentsanother path to it
    • ENGL 124Theories of Religion
    • ENGL 128Postcolonial and Transnational Theory
    • ENGL 140AChaucer: Canterbury Tales
    • ENGL 141AEarly Medieval Literature
    • ENGL 141REarly Medieval Literature: Research Component
  • ENGL 10BLiteratures in English, 1700 to 185049 more beyond
    • ENGL 10CLiteratures in English, 1850 to Presentanother path to it
    • ENGL 110TWriting in English Major: Transfer Studentsanother path to it
    • ENGL 120History of Aesthetics and Critical Theory
    • ENGL 121Modern and Contemporary Aesthetics and Critical Theoryanother path to it
    • ENGL 129Topics in Genre Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Critical Theory
    • ENGL 140BChaucer: Troilus and Criseyde and Selected Minor Works
    • ENGL 141BIntroduction to Old English Language and Literature
      • ENGL 141CTopics in Old English
    • ENGL 142Later Medieval Literature
  • ENGL 10CLiteratures in English, 1850 to Present12 more beyond
    • ENGL 110TWriting in English Major: Transfer Studentsanother path to it
    • ENGL 122Keywords in Theory
    • ENGL 123Theories of History and Historicism
    • ENGL 124Theories of Religionanother path to it
    • ENGL 127Performance, Media, and Cultural Theoryanother path to it
    • ENGL 180Topics in Literature and Language
    • ENGL 180RJunior Research Seminar
    • ENGL 181ATopics in Genre Studies
  • ENGL 11Introduction to American Cultures4 more beyond
    • ENGL 87Topics in American Culturesanother path to it
    • ENGL 121Modern and Contemporary Aesthetics and Critical Theoryanother path to it
    • ENGL 122Keywords in Theoryanother path to it
    • ENGL 127Performance, Media, and Cultural Theory
    • ENGL 166AColonial Beginnings of American Literature
    • ENGL 166CAmerican Literature, 1832 to 1865
    • ENGL 167BAmerican Fiction to 1900
    • ENGL 169Topics in Literature, circa 1700 to 1850
  • ENGL 87Topics in American Cultures4 more beyond
    • ENGL 121Modern and Contemporary Aesthetics and Critical Theory
    • ENGL 122Keywords in Theoryanother path to it
    • ENGL 123Theories of History and Historicismanother path to it
    • ENGL 124Theories of Religionanother path to it
    • ENGL 166BAmerican Literature, 1776 to 1832
    • ENGL 167AAmerican Poetry to 1900
    • ENGL 168Major American Writers
    • ENGL 182FTopics in 20th- and 21st-Century Literature
  • ENGL 97HHonors Research Seminar for Freshmen and Sophomores
  • ENGL 110AWriting in English Major: Analytical
  • ENGL 110CPublic Readers, Public Writers: Writing about Books for 21st-Century Audience
  • ENGL 110EWriting in English Major: Advanced Essay
  • ENGL 110PWriting in English Major: Pre-Professional Portfolio
  • ENGL 110TWriting in English Major: Transfer Students
  • ENGL 110VVariable Topics in Professional Writing
  • ENGL 136ACreative Writing: Intermediate Poetry
  • ENGL 136BCreative Writing: Advanced Poetry
  • ENGL 137ACreative Writing: Intermediate Short Story

16 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 56 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Summer 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.