文学与写作研究系重视文学，阅读和写作之间的紧密关系，并要求专业修读文学和写作专业的课程。初中或经教员同意，可参加三至四百门课程。我们鼓励学生尽快参加LTWR 307和/或LTWR 325，最好在学期开始他们的专业学习。满足必要前提条件的高级本科生和研究生可以选修五百门课程。与加州圣马科斯州立大学的使命宣言的多元文化和跨学科哲学保持一致，LTWR专业为学生提供了全球性的文学经验，这在文化研究的总纲目下可能是最好的描述。从最广泛的意义上讲，该术语意味着文学和其他文化文物是作为对有价值的文化的反映和表达而研究的
The Literature and Writing Studies Program provides instruction in both literature and writing. Students continuing in prior catalogs may contact the Department Chair or the Department Academic Advisor for old and new course equivalencies. The LTWR 300A and LTWR 300B sequence is required, and students are urged to enroll in LTWR 300A and LTWR 300B the first year they begin work on their upper-division coursework. Three- and four-hundred level courses may be taken with junior standing (or with consent of the instructor) and in any order, although higher-numbered courses may presume more background than those with lower numbers. Five-hundred level courses are graduate level but may also be taken by advanced undergraduates.