圣地亚哥加州大学的文学系在概念和结构上都是独一无二的，因为它将所有文学研究整合到一个系中，使学生能够专注于单一语言或国家文学，同时促进学生参与跨文学的对话和语言。该系还提供有关创意写作技巧和理论的本科生和研究生课程。该系汇集了几种不同语言和文学的作家，教师，学者和学生，并根据他们所从事研究的性质将他们团结在一起。这为本科生和研究生课程提供了比较性的方面，从而获得了文学学士学位，美术硕士，哲学候选人和哲学博士学位。所有文学专业的学生都需要第二语言的知识。这些课程不仅提供文学本身的课程，还提供文学理论方面的课
The Department of Literature at UC San Diego is unique both conceptually and structurally in that it combines all literary study in a single department, enabling students to concentrate on single-language or national literatures, while at the same time facilitating student engagement in dialogue across literatures and languages. The department also houses undergraduate and graduate study in the craft and theory of creative writing. The department brings together writers, teachers, scholars, and students of several different languages and literatures, uniting them by the nature of the studies they pursue. This lends a comparative aspect to both undergraduate and graduate programs, which lead to the bachelor of arts, master of fine arts, the candidate in philosophy, and doctor of philosophy degrees. All literature students require knowledge of a second language. Courses are offered not only in the literatures themselves but also in the theoretical aspects of literature andoften in cooperation with other departmentsin the relationship of literary study to other disciplines such as philosophy, visual arts, music, sociology, history, psychology, linguistics, and communication. With special permission, undergraduates may take graduate courses for credit, and graduate students may also take undergraduate courses for credit.