{
  "college": "uc-irvine",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "code": "LIT JRN",
  "name": "Literary Journalism",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalogue.uci.edu/allcourses/lit_jrn/",
  "courses": [
    {
      "code": "LIT JRN 20",
      "subject": "LIT JRN",
      "number": "20",
      "title": "Introduction to Literary Journalism",
      "units": "4",
      "prerequisite": "Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Reading of selected texts to explore the ways in which literary journalism and related nonfiction modes formulate experience. Students complete a range of writing projects.",
      "notes": [
        "Restrictions: Literary Journalism majors have the first consideration for enrollment",
        "(IV)"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 2,
          "open": 0,
          "url": "/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lit-jrn/#lit-jrn-20"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "LIT JRN 21",
      "subject": "LIT JRN",
      "number": "21",
      "title": "Reporting for Literary Journalism",
      "units": "4",
      "prerequisite": "Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Instruction and hands-on training in how to interview, report, research, and collect the types of information needed to write literary journalism.",
      "notes": [
        "Restrictions: Literary Journalism majors have the first consideration for enrollment"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 2,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lit-jrn/#lit-jrn-21"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "LIT JRN 100",
      "subject": "LIT JRN",
      "number": "100",
      "title": "Advanced Reporting",
      "units": "4",
      "prerequisite": "LIT JRN 21",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Practical engagement with advanced reporting techniques of Literary Journalism, emphasizing the importance of thorough and effective research in the production of high-quality journalistic writing. Prepares students to make good decisions about where and how to publish their writing.",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "LIT JRN 101A",
      "subject": "LIT JRN",
      "number": "101A",
      "title": "Studies in the History, Theory, and Ethics of Literary Journalism",
      "units": "4",
      "prerequisite": "LIT JRN 21 and LIT JRN 20 and (COM LIT 60A or COM LIT 60C or ENGLISH 8 or ENGLISH 9 or ENGLISH 10 or ENGLISH 11 or ENGLISH 12 or ENGLISH 15 or ENGLISH 16 or ENGLISH 17)",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Lectures and discussion on topics that explore the historical and theoretical dimensions of literary journalism, with particular emphasis on the evolution of ethics in the field.",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "LIT JRN 101BW",
      "subject": "LIT JRN",
      "number": "101BW",
      "title": "Literary Journalism Core Writing Workshop",
      "units": "4",
      "prerequisite": "LIT JRN 101A. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Writing workshops in announced specialized genres that students will both study and practice. Examples include \"The Memoir,\" \"Review Writing,\" \"The Editorial,\" \"Writing Biography,\" \"The Profile,\" and \"Political Writing.\"",
      "notes": [
        "Repeatability: May be taken 3 times as topics vary",
        "Restrictions: Students may enroll in one LITJ 101BW course per quarter",
        "(Ib)"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 3,
          "open": 2,
          "url": "/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lit-jrn/#lit-jrn-101bw"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "LIT JRN 103",
      "subject": "LIT JRN",
      "number": "103",
      "title": "Lectures on Topics in Literary Journalism",
      "units": "4",
      "prerequisite": "Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "A series of lectures on, and discussions of, announced topics in literary journalism and the literature of fact. Examples include \"Travel Literary Journalism\"; \"Literature of True Crime\"; \"Narratives in the Digital Age\"; \"Journalism on the Edge\".",
      "notes": [
        "Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary",
        "Restrictions: Recommended: Upper-division students only"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 5,
          "open": 5,
          "url": "/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lit-jrn/#lit-jrn-103"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "LIT JRN 198",
      "subject": "LIT JRN",
      "number": "198",
      "title": "Special Topics",
      "units": "4",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Directed group study of selected topics.",
      "notes": [
        "Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lit-jrn/#lit-jrn-198"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "LIT JRN 199",
      "subject": "LIT JRN",
      "number": "199",
      "title": "Reading and Conference",
      "units": "1-4",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "To be taken only when the materials to be studied lie outside the normal run of departmental offerings.",
      "notes": [
        "Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 6,
          "open": 6,
          "url": "/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lit-jrn/#lit-jrn-199"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}