The College requires all students to complete the Upper-Level component of the LS&A Writing Requirement. Students must have completed introductory composition before they are eligible to complete this requirement. Students must enroll in an approved course or writing program, preferably in the student's field of concentration or specific academic interest. Students must modify the course by means of the normal registration procedures. The course instructor must certify that the student has met the requirement at the end of the term.
Each term the Sweetland Writing Center provides a list of such approved courses. A course approved to meet the Upper-Level part of the Writing Requirement one term is not necessarily approved in a subsequent term. The courses approved by the Sweetland Writing Center for this term are listed below.
This list is subject to change without notice.
Sections meeting the requirement are Section 001, unless otherwise indicated.
Politics, Economics, and Development
Section 001.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl).
Section 001 Students must attend Film Screenings T or Th 7-9 pm. Sections 002-004 meet the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing. (4). (HU). Laboratory fee required.
Section 002 Michigan In the Era of Industrialization. (4 credit). Meets with History 396.001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3-4). (Excl). Laboratory fee required. May be repeated for credit with permission of concentration advisor.
Archaeology
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Sophomore standing. (3). (SS).
Archaeology
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Sophomore standing. (4). (SS).
Section 001 Modern Korea. Meets with Korean 473.001
Instructor(s): Henry Em
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior or senior standing and concentration in Asian Studies. (3). (Excl).
Section 002 History and Culture of Burma. Meets with Buddhist Studies 480.001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior or senior standing and concentration in Asian Studies. (3). (Excl).
Section 001 Open to Prospective Concentrators Who Have Completed the Prerequisites and to Those Who Have Formally Entered One of the Concentration Programs In Biological Sciences.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Biol. 162 (or 152-154) or 195, and completion of the introductory composition requirement. (3). (Excl). (BS).
Section 100.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Chem. 461. (2). (Excl). Meets the ECB Junior/Senior Writing requirement.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Upperclass standing. (3). (HU).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).
Section 001 The Nile in Myth and History
Prerequisites & Distribution: Class. Civ. 101 or 102, and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Section 002 meets the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Prerequisites & Distribution: Comm. Studies 101 or 102 strongly recommended. (4). (SS).
Section 002 meets the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Comm. Studies 101 or 102 strongly recommended. (4). (SS).
Section 002 meets the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Prerequisites & Distribution: Comm. Studies 101 or 102 strongly recommended. (4). (SS).
Section 002 meets the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Prerequisites & Distribution: Comm. Studies 101 or 102 strongly recommended. (4). (SS).
Section 001 Natural, Supernatural, Cultural: New Sciences of the Material and the Metaphysical in the Nineteenth Century
Instructor(s): Tomoko Masuzawa
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Other Topics in Economics
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Economics 101 and 102. (3). (Excl).
Labor Economics
Section 001.
Instructor(s): Frank Thompson (fthom@umich.edu)
Prerequisites & Distribution: Econ. 101 and 102. (3). (SS).
Honors Program, Internships, Seminars, and Independent Research
Section 001 Applied Microeconomic Modeling
Prerequisites & Distribution: Econ. 401, 402, and 404 or 405; and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Honors Program, Internships, Seminars, and Independent Research
Section 002 The Economics of Education
Prerequisites & Distribution: Econ. 401, 402, and 404 or 405; and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Section 002 Gothic Myth in Literature and Film
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Laboratory fee ($35) required. May be repeated for credit with department permission.
Section 003 Victorian Genders and the Novel: Masculinities
Instructor(s): Pamela Gilbert
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Laboratory fee ($35) required. May be repeated for credit with department permission.
Section 004 Women, Autobiography, and the Medical Body. Meets with Womens Studies 483.003. This course satisfies the New Traditions requirement for English concentrators.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Laboratory fee ($35) required. May be repeated for credit with department permission.
Section 001 Poetry
Prerequisites & Distribution: English 223 and junior standing. (3). (CE). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Section 002 Fiction
Instructor(s): Brenda Marshall
Prerequisites & Distribution: English 223 and junior standing. (3). (CE). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Section 004 Fiction
Prerequisites & Distribution: English 223 and junior standing. (3). (CE). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Section 005, 006 Fiction.
Prerequisites & Distribution: English 223 and junior standing. (3). (CE). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Section 007 Creative Writing and the Other Arts
Prerequisites & Distribution: English 223 and junior standing. (3). (CE). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Section 001 The Mask
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl).
Section 002 Ripening Memories: The Making of Meaning
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl).
Section 004 Living the Writing Life
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl).
Section 005.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl).
Section 006, 007.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Engl. 227. (3). (Excl).
Section 002 The Culture of Romanticism (Honors). This course satisfies the Pre-1830 Literature requirement for English concentrators
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl). May be repeated for credit with department permission.
Section 002 Experimental Modernism
Instructor(s): John Young
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl). May be repeated for credit with department permission.
Section 002 Native American Literature. This course satisfies the New Traditions and American Literature requirements for English concentrators
Prerequisites & Distribution: Senior concentrator in English. May not be repeated for credit. (4). (Excl).
Section 005 Whitman and Dickinson. This course satisfies the American Literature requirement for English concentrators.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Senior concentrator in English. May not be repeated for credit. (4). (Excl).
Section 006 The Environmental Imagination in America. This course satisfies the American Literature requirement for English concentrators
Prerequisites & Distribution: Senior concentrator in English. May not be repeated for credit. (4). (Excl).
Section 007 American Authors: Journeys. This course satisfies the American Literature and New Traditions requirements for English concentrators
Prerequisites & Distribution: Senior concentrator in English. May not be repeated for credit. (4). (Excl).
Section 008 Introduction to Cultural Studies
Prerequisites & Distribution: Senior concentrator in English. May not be repeated for credit. (4). (Excl).
Section 010 19th-Century American Literature. This course satisfies the American Literature requirement for English concentrators
Prerequisites & Distribution: Senior concentrator in English. May not be repeated for credit. (4). (Excl).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Open to seniors and graduate students; written permission of the instructor is required. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit.
Section 002.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Open to seniors and graduate students; written permission of the instructor is required. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Open only to seniors and graduate students. (3). (Excl).
Section 002.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Open only to seniors and graduate students. (3). (Excl).
Section 003.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Open only to seniors and graduate students. (3). (Excl).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: English 223, 323, and 423/429. (3). (Excl).
Section 002.
Prerequisites & Distribution: English 223, 323, and 423/429. (3). (Excl).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Written permission of instructor is required. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit.
Section 002 James Joyce
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit with department permission.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: English 492, admission to the English Honors Program, and permission of instructor. (1). (Excl).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($35) required.
Section 001 Students must attend Film Screenings T or Th 7-9 pm. Sections 002-004 meet the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing. (4). (HU). Laboratory fee required.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: One year beyond 232. (3). (Excl).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).
Section 001 Michigan In the Era of Industrialization. Meets with American Culture 496.002
Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (4). (SS). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.
Section 002 History, Memory, and Identity
Instructor(s): Stephanie Platz (splatz@umich.edu)
Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (4). (SS). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.
Section 003 Tolerance and Persecution: Medieval Minorities, Heretics, and Outcasts
Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (4). (SS). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.
Section 004 Origins of the Idea of the West
Prerequisites & Distribution: History concentrators are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (4). (SS). May be repeated for a total of twelve credits.
Section 001 Topic?
Instructor(s): Gabrielle Hecht (hechtg@umich.edu)
Prerequisites & Distribution: Honors students and junior standing. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (4). (Excl).
Section 002 Topic?
Prerequisites & Distribution: Honors students and junior standing. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (4). (Excl).
Section 001.
Instructor(s): Rudi Lindner (rpl@umich.edu)
Prerequisites & Distribution: Honors student, Hist. 398, and senior standing. Only 12 credits of History 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration plan in history. (1-6). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Section 001.
Instructor(s): Alison Cornish (acorn@umich.edu)
Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Italian is not required. (3). (HU).
Section 001 Models of Jewish Renewal.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of nine credits.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing. (3). (Excl).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).
Arabic Literature and Culture in English
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).
Jewish Literature and Culture in English
Section 001 Models of Jewish Renewal.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
Sections 003 and 004 meet the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Instructor(s): Glenn Hartz
Prerequisites & Distribution: One philosophy introduction. (4). (HU).
Section 001.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Open to junior and senior physics concentrators. (2). (Excl). (BS). Meets the Junior-Senior writing requirement.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of departmental concentration advisor. (2-3). (Excl). (BS). (INDEPENDENT).
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of departmental concentration advisor. (2-3). (Excl). (BS). (INDEPENDENT).
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of departmental concentration advisor. (2-3). (Excl). (BS). (INDEPENDENT).
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of physics concentration advisor. (2-3). (Excl). (BS). (INDEPENDENT).
Section 001 Resistance, Civility, and Politics.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Pol. Sci. 101 or 400 or 401. (3). (Excl).
Section 001.
Instructor(s): Dow
Prerequisites & Distribution: Two courses in political science. (3). (Excl). May be repeated twice, for a total of six credits.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing. (3). (Excl).
Section 001.
Instructor(s): Frank Thompson (fthom@umich.edu)
Prerequisites & Distribution: Econ. 101 and 102. (3). (SS).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Two courses in political science. (3). (Excl).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Two courses in political science. (3). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($30) required.
Section Contemporary Political Thought: Modernity, Science, and Political Judgment
Prerequisites & Distribution: Open only to senior honors concentrators. (4). (Excl). No more than four honors credits may be elected as part of a concentration plan in Political Science. (INDEPENDENT).
Section 001 ONLY satisfies the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Prerequisites & Distribution: Psych. 330. (4). (Excl). (BS). Satisfies a Psychology research-based laboratory requirement.
Section 001, 002, 003 This course satisfies one of the advanced laboratory requirements for Psychology and Biopsychology and Cognitive Science concentrators. Sections 001, 002, and 003 satisfy the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Psych. 330 or 345. (4). (NS). (BS). Satisfies a Psychology research-based laboratory requirement.
Sections 002-004 ONLY meet the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Prerequisites & Distribution: Stat. 402 and Psych. 350. (3). (Excl). Satisfies a Psychology research-based laboratory requirement.
Section 001.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Psych. 360. (4). (Excl). Satisfies a Psychology research-based laboratory requirement.
Section 002.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Psych. 360. (4). (Excl). Satisfies a Psychology research-based laboratory requirement.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Psych. 370. A basic statistics course (e.g., Stat 402) is recommended although not required. (3). (Excl). Satisfies a Psychology research-based laboratory requirement.
Section 001, 002.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Stat. 402 and Psych. 380. (3). (Excl). Satisfies a Psychology research-based laboratory requirement.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Psych. 380. (3). (Excl). (BS). Satisfies a Psychology research-based laboratory requirement.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Introductory psychology. (3). (NS). (BS).
Section 001.
Instructor(s): George Rosenwald (gcro@umich.edu)
Prerequisites & Distribution: Psych. 370 or 390, and junior standing. (3). (Excl).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).
Section 001 Models of Jewish Renewal.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of nine credits.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).
Arts and Ideas
Section 001 Race, Ethnicity and Gender Issues
Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Russian is not required. (3). (HU). Laboratory fee ($50) required.
Creative Writing
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Hums. 222 and permission of instructor. (4). (CE).
Creative Writing
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Hums. 220, 221, 222 and permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 002.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Hums. 220, 221, 222 and permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 003.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Hums. 220, 221, 222 and permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 004.
Instructor(s): Keith Taylor
Prerequisites & Distribution: Hums. 220, 221, 222 and permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 005.
Instructor(s): Laura Thomas
Prerequisites & Distribution: Hums. 220, 221, 222 and permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Hums. 325 and permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 002.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Hums. 325 and permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 003.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Hums. 325 and permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 004.
Instructor(s): Keith Taylor
Prerequisites & Distribution: Hums. 325 and permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 005.
Instructor(s): Laura Thomas
Prerequisites & Distribution: Hums. 325 and permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Arts and Ideas
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl).
Drama
Section 001 Modern Irish Drama
Prerequisites & Distribution: Hums. 280. (4). (Excl). May be repeated for credit.
Comparative Literature
Section 001 Fathers and Sons.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). May be repeated for credit.
Creative Writing
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 002.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 003.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 004.
Instructor(s): Keith Taylor
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 005.
Instructor(s): Laura Thomas
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 002.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 003.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 004.
Instructor(s): Keith Taylor
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Creative Writing
Section 005.
Instructor(s): Laura Thomas
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (4). (Excl).
Section 001 Nature and Sources of the Creative Process
Instructor(s): Evans
Prerequisites & Distribution: Upperclass standing. (4). (Excl). May be repeated for credit.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl). (R&E).
Courses Taught in English Translation (without language prerequisites)
Section 001.
Instructor(s): Alison Cornish (acorn@umich.edu)
Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Italian is not required. (3). (HU).
Section 001 Race, Ethnicity and Gender Issues
Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Russian is not required. (3). (HU). Laboratory fee ($50) required.
Sections 002-005 meet the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Prerequisites & Distribution: One introductory course in sociology; or completion of one social science course in economics, anthropology, political science, psychology or other sociology course. Sociology Honors students should elect this course concurrently with Soc. 397. (4). (Excl). (BS). (QR/1).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Psych. 380. (3). (Excl). (BS).
Section 001, 002.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Stat. 402 and Psych. 380. (3). (Excl).
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Theatre 227. (3). (Excl).
Section 001 This course satisfies the interdisciplinary requirement for Womens Studies concentrators
Prerequisites & Distribution: WS 220. (3). (Excl).
Section 001 Satisfies the theory requirement for the Women's Studies concentration
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing. (3). (Excl).
Section 003 Women, Autobiography, and the Medical Body. Meets With English 317.004. This course meets the interdisciplinary requirement for Womens Studies concentration.
Prerequisites & Distribution: WS 240. (3). (Excl). Degree credit is granted for a combined total of seven credits elected through WS 481, 482, 483, and 484.
Inteflex Program
ONLY students in the Inteflex Program or Biomedical Science concentrators may use this course to satisfy the Upper-Level Writing Requirement.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: No prerequisites; one philosophy introduction is recommended. (4). (HU).
Courses in Other Units **
**While these courses may be used to satisfy the Upper-Level Writing requirement, the course credits count as non-LS&A. credits unless elected under an LS&A division and course number.
Engineering, College of
ONLY students in the LS&A/Engineering Joint Degree Program or Computer Science concentrators may use these courses to satisfy the Upper-Level Writing Requirement. While these courses may be used to satisfy the R&E requirement, the course credits count as non-LS&A credits.
Technical Communication (Division 291)
Tech. Comm. 450. Web Page Design. (non-LS&A).
Section 001 and 002.
Tech. Comm. 498. Technical and Professional Writing. (non-LS&A).
Sections 032, 040, 041, 048, 050, 080, and 100 ONLY.
Natural Resources and Environment, School of
While these courses may be used to satisfy the R&E requirement, the course credits count as non-LS&A credits.
Section 001.
Section 001.

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