History
Dimensions of Culture Program HISTORY
Although DOC courses have evolved over the years, completion of the lower-division sequence has always satisfied the University of California's Writing Requirement. Students must have satisfied the University’s Entry Level Writing Requirement (formerly "Subject A") before enrolling in DOC 2 or DOC 3. UC San Diego does not have an English Department or Freshman Composition courses per se, but each of our undergraduate colleges houses its own writing program. The Dimensions of Culture Program (DOC) is the writing program at Thurgood Marshall College.
Click here to access DOC syllabi from previous years.
Although each of UCSD’s six colleges houses its own unique writing program, they share common goals. Among these are the following Learning Outcomes, as reported to the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) for UCSD's accreditation reaffirmation:
DOC students are expected to:
- Develop and refine critical thinking skills
- Develop an ability to read, understand, and critique texts in diverse genres including, when appropriate, multi-media texts
- Revise written work on a rhetorical level (in respect to thesis or claim, argument, evidence, and analysis) and on a sentence level (in respect to grammar, tone, syntax, style)
- Develop arguments in a logical and effective way
- Learn and follow a proper citation format
To read about DOC's connection to the origins of Third (now Marshall) College, click here.
2008 Curriculum Review Committee Report 
pdf on the Dimensions of Culture Program
2008 "Academic Council of Excellence" Student Review pdf of Dimensions of Culture Program
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