Barbara Eckroad recently submitted her PLA Portfolio for the maximum number of credits allowed — 45! For Barbara, all of that life experience has added up — big time!
Congrats Barbara!
Barbara is an Interdisciplinary Studies major with concentrations in English, Literature & Writing, Media Studies, and Religious Studies. The topics she wrote for were:
- LIT 223: Introduction to Literary Genre
- WR 367: Writing Workshop I: Poetry
- WR 368 & 468: Writing Workshop I & II: Short Fiction
- LIT 329: The Novel
- WR 312: Writing the Novel
- SSC 210: Introduction to Hebrew Bible
- SSC 211: Introduction to Christian Bible
- SSC 422: Gospels
- SPP 330: Spiritual Discernment through Writing
- SPH 357: Existentialism
- CCM 321: Small Group Communication
- HST 353: History of the 1960′s
- SPH 300: Ethics and Social Issues
- CCM 333: Intercultural Communications
Barbara shares her experiences of the PLA program — including her experience as a distance learner — in this video, in addition to lots of helpful hints for current PLA students. Enjoy!
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Great job Barbara! You should be proud of all this.
-Kirsten (Internship Coordinator)
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