Bachelor's in Literature, Media and Writing (formerly English)

Literature, Media and Writing (formerly English) is a Bachelor program taught at Spelman College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years) options.

Literature, Media and Writing (formerly English) is a major at Spelman College that provides training in English-language literary, visual, and rhetorical traditions. The curriculum centers Black women’s contributions to global histories of cultural expression, with an emphasis on the intersections of gender and race.

Students complete foundational courses and then choose focus area electives across three areas: Eras & Movements, Genre, Form, & Craft, and Theory, Culture, & Society. The major includes at least eleven 4-credit courses and three 1-credit workshops, with SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, SENIOR WORKSHOPS offered in fall semester only. At least three electives must be on historical periods before The Harlem Renaissance, and at least two must be 400-level seminars.

The program also highlights how students apply their training through original research in Spelman’s archives and work in areas including advertising, journalism, law, or tech through internships.

Modules

• LMW 280 – Reading as a Revolutionary Act (formerly: Intro to Literary Studies)
• LMW 285 – Theory as Liberatory Practice (formerly: Intro to Critical Studies in English)
• LMW 290 – Writing as the Measure of Our Lives (formerly: Art of Writing)
• LMW 375 – Rootedness: The Ancestor as Foundation (formerly: Seminal Writers in the African American Tradition)
• SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, SENIOR WORKSHOPS: 1 credit each, fall semester only
• Focus Area 1: Eras & Movements
• Focus Area 2: Genre, Form, & Craft
• Focus Area 3: Theory, Culture, & Society

The minimum requirements for admission in Literature, Media and Writing (formerly English) at Spelman College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Spelman College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Spelman College as pre-requiste for admission in Literature, Media and Writing (formerly English).

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.spelman.edu/academics/literature-media-and-writing/index.html

• Arts administration
• Communications
• Politics
• Journalism
• Public health
• Medicine
• Technology
• Business
• Law
• Education
• Advertising (internships)
• Law (internships)
• Tech (internships)

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.