Contract Option

120 credits

This 15 credit Option is designed by the student and his/her advisor and must be approved by the Department Chair. The 15 credits of the Option must be 3000/4000 level English courses. The student must have 30 credits left to take at Plymouth to declare this Option.

 

Degree Requirements

Credits

 
Courses required for the Option are shown in boldface. 
EN 2500 Studies in English (WRCO) 3
EN 2700 Creative Writing 3
EN 3690 Critical Theory 3
EN 3000/4000 level Contract courses [not ENDI] 15
EN English electives [not ENDI] 6
Introductory Course - complete one of the following: 3
EN 1750 Popular Fiction
EN 2250 Identity and Difference in American Literature (DICO)
EN 2350 Decades in Literature
EN 2410 Shakespeare's (St)age
EN 2450 Prize Winners
EN 2610 Introduction to Film
Currents - complete four of the following, including one each of American, British and Global: 12
EN 3500 Currents in Global Literature
EN 3610 Currents in British Literature I
EN 3620 Currents in British Literature II
EN 3710 Currents in American Literature I (DICO)
EN 3720 Currents in American Literature II (DICO)
Technology in the Discipline Connection - complete one of the following: 3
EN 3090 Technical Communication (TECO) (WRCO)
EN 3670 Journalism (TECO) (WRCO)
LL 2000 Introduction to Language and Linguistics (QRCO) 3
General Education: 
EN 1200 Composition 3
IS 1111 The First Year Seminar: Critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry 3
MA Mathematics Foundations 3
CTDI Creative Thought Directions 6
PPDI Past and Present Directions 6
SIDI Scientific Inquiry Directions 6-8
SSDI Self and Society Directions 6
INCO Integration Connection 3
WECO Wellness Connection 3
Foreign Language (GACO) 8
Electives 22-20
 

The foreign language requirement for all BA degrees calls for 0-8 credits: one year of one language (6-8 credits); or one 3000/4000 level world language course (3 credits); or being a native speaker of a language other than English (zero credit).
 

*All course information is from the 2009-2010 Catalog.