ENGL 60L.A. Women
English · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Focus on women writers and filmmakers who live in and write about Los Angeles. Ranging personal essay, memoir, science fiction, romantic comedy, sitcom, and documentary, writers and filmmakers encountered linger and loiter in L.A.'s neighborhoods and their communities that expand, complicate, and enrich what we think we know about City of Angels. Students become particularly attuned to how race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class inform one's orientation to and mobility within L.A. Study of history of L.A., from its more visible areas like Hollywood or Beverly Hills to its edges and outlying spaces like San Fernando Valley, Inland Empire, and East L.A. Students think critically about how women's accounts of living in, or visiting, L.A. have contributed to and intervened within stories city tells about itself.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
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Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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