Writing, Arts & Media Career Pathway

The Writing, Arts & Media Pathways helps students prepare for careers as writers, journalists, filmmakers, visual artists, performing artists, digital content developers, marketing executives, public relations directors, researchers, and more. By studying works that span the development of theater, art, music, rhetoric, politics, and writing, Johnnies have foundations of knowledge that most lack and sharply developed critical eyes that position them for excellence in arts and media.

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Professional Pathways

Every student at St. John’s is guaranteed a college-funded internship or research fellowship if they work with our career offices. Discover institutions at which we often place our students and where our alumni are currently employed.

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Meow Wolf

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Google Gemini

Museum of International Folk Art

American Shakespeare Center

The New York Times

dnca architects

National Geographic Magazine

Theater Project - Baltimore

Ki Smith Gallery

The Exodus Ensemble

Dow Jones News Fund

Georgia Okeefe Museum

The Santa Fe Opera

New York Public Library

The Business Journals

The Wall Street Journal

SITE Santa Fe

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

NYU Press

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra

Princeton University Press

Meow Wolf

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Google Gemini

Museum of International Folk Art

American Shakespeare Center

The New York Times

dnca architects

National Geographic Magazine

Theater Project - Baltimore

Ki Smith Gallery

The Exodus Ensemble

Dow Jones News Fund

Georgia Okeefe Museum

The Santa Fe Opera

New York Public Library

The Business Journals

The Wall Street Journal

SITE Santa Fe

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

NYU Press

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra

Princeton University Press

Writing, Arts & Media Studies

Curricular Pathways

At St. John's, you will study over 30 arts-related texts from across 3000 years that span the development of theater, music, art, rhetoric, writing and more. Explore a sampling here.

More Writing, Arts & Media Texts
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Four Plays by Aristophanes

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Othello

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Tristan and Isolde

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A Room of One's Own

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The Divine Comedy

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Don Quixote

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Fire Next Time

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Inventions

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Essays of Montaigne

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Essays of Marcel Duchamp

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Middlemarch

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Song of Solomon

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Operas

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The Art of Manet

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Paradise Lost

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Sophocles

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Poems

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Pride and Prejudice

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Quartets

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Selected Poems

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Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Sonnets

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St. Matthew's Passion

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Stomping the Blues

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Ficciones

Leverage Our Graduate Partnerships

Graduate Pathways

Our graduate school partnerships connect Johnnies to multiple career pathways. Discover special fast-track admissions opportunities, discounted tuition, expedited degrees, and more for Johnnies only.

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Maryland Institute College of Art

Includes MFA and MA degrees in filmmaking, graphic design, illustration, curatorial practice, community arts, and social design.

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John Hopkins University

Includes graduate degrees for Johnnies in marketing.

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Maryland Institute College of Art

Includes MFA and MA degrees in filmmaking, graphic design, illustration, curatorial practice, community arts, and social design.

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John Hopkins University

Includes graduate degrees for Johnnies in marketing.

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Study Abroad & Gain Cross-Cultural Skills

Global Pathways

St. John’s funds and facilitates study abroad experiences at institutions including Rome Institute for the Liberal Arts, Marchutz School of Art in France, Incheon National University in South Korea, and Boya College of Sun Yat Sen University in China.

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  • Aix-En-Provence France

    France

    Marchutz School of Art

    The Marchutz School of Art in France strengthens students’ ability to see and to be more aware of the relationship between perception and artistic expression. The Marchutz program welcomes people at all levels of art experience who want to look deeply into nature, the art tradition, and into themselves.

  • Rome Italy

    Italy

    Rome Institute of Liberal Arts

    The Rome Institute of Liberal Arts offers a rare opportunity explore the art and architecture of Rome in order to articulate fundamental questions across disciplines. Discussion-based classes on philosophy, literature, and history are designed together with excursions led by art historians and classicists throughout Italy’s artistic heritage.

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    South Korea

    Incheon National University

    St. John’s special relationship with South Korea offers multiple opportunities for study and research in South Korea. Incheon National University is foremost among them, with its Great Books Center providing study programs, internships, and exchange opportunities between our colleges. Opportunities also exist at Kangwon National University, Hallym University and Yonsei University.

Aix-En-Provence France

France

Marchutz School of Art

The Marchutz School of Art in France strengthens students’ ability to see and to be more aware of the relationship between perception and artistic expression. The Marchutz program welcomes people at all levels of art experience who want to look deeply into nature, the art tradition, and into themselves.

Rome Italy

Italy

Rome Institute of Liberal Arts

The Rome Institute of Liberal Arts offers a rare opportunity explore the art and architecture of Rome in order to articulate fundamental questions across disciplines. Discussion-based classes on philosophy, literature, and history are designed together with excursions led by art historians and classicists throughout Italy’s artistic heritage.

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South Korea

Incheon National University

St. John’s special relationship with South Korea offers multiple opportunities for study and research in South Korea. Incheon National University is foremost among them, with its Great Books Center providing study programs, internships, and exchange opportunities between our colleges. Opportunities also exist at Kangwon National University, Hallym University and Yonsei University.

Alumni in the Writing, Arts & Media Field

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Polgreen Lydia

Lydia Polgreen

Opinion Columnist, New York Times

“I realized I wanted to look at and question the world just like I did at St. John’s. And to continue my inquiry because the world is open to interpretation. I had to go places and see things for myself.”

Scibona Salvatore

Salvatore Scibona

National Book Award Finalist, Guggenheim Fellow

“I am always asking myself if the work I'm doing matters, and if it’s true. Those are Johnnie questions, I find.”

Cass Caitlin

Caitlin Cass

Cartoonist, The New Yorker; Art Teacher, Buffalo Seminary

“St. John’s helped me enter a conversation with ideas that I’m still engaged in with every comic I make and every class I teach. St. John’s gave me something to make art about.”

Contractor Devendra

Devandra Contractor

Founder + Principal, DNCA Architects

“I always tell people that St. John’s is the best education for architects … I firmly believe every architect should have a liberal arts undergraduate degree.”

Earn Career-Enhancing Credentials

Credentialing Pathways

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eCornell offers Johnnie discounts and is our preferred credentialing partner.

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