PWR 2GM: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Unpredictable Dialogue: The Art of the Interview
Prerequisite:
PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Study of the rhetorical craft of the interview, exploring structure, language, timing, and development in a range of forums, including documentaries, radio, transcription, campus conversations, and television. Research of a Stanford professor's work, including interview. Presentation of findings from research and interview to the class. See
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/AP_univ_req_PWR_Courses.html.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Moyer, G. (PI)
PWR 2HR: Writing & Rhetoric 2: What's So Funny? Humor, Race, Class and Gender
Prerequisite:
PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Analysis of cartoons and jokes about and by feminists, LGBTs, ethnic minorities, and rednecks. Discussion of how jokes reflect important moral values about race, sex, gender, and religion. Exploration of how satire works as social criticism. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Req.html.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Rytkonen, H. (PI)
PWR 2JB: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Ethical Research
Prerequisite:
PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Study of the rhetoric of ethical discourse, including the ethical standards guiding research at Stanford and examples of ethical misconduct. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Bleakney, J. (PI)
PWR 2JH: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Cred: Rhetoric and Credibility in Research, Politics, and Everyday Life
Prerequisite:
PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Work on making students more effective researchers and communicators in their areas of interest, with a focus on gaining and projecting credibility. Exploration of how speakers and writers gain and lose credibility, how people evaluate the credibility of others, and how the rules of credibility are different in politics, in scholarship, and in popular culture. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Req.html.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Hunt, J. (PI)
PWR 2JL: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Doomsday Rhetoric
Prerequisite:
PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Investigation of how the doomsday epic expresses real concerns emerging from fields like technology, environmental studies, pathobiology, and politics. Consideration of apocalypticism as a mode of argument. Examination of how belief in the imminent destruction of the present world order influences our political decisions and personal behavior. Topics in religious eschatology and apocalypticism illuminate the genre¿s origins. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Req.html.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Lee, J. (PI)
PWR 2JLA: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Speaking About Art: Narrating the Collections of the Cantor Art Center
Prerequisite:
PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Exploration and theory of successful strategies of oral communication, considering how words and images (in this case works of art) work together to create meaning, culminating in creation of an audio guide for the Cantor Arts Center. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Lee, J. (PI)
PWR 2JP: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Marketing Imagination: The Rhetoric of Creativity and Commerce
Prerequisite:
PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Examination of unspoken rules regarding the separation of creativity and commerce and arguments about how consumer culture influences the work of the artist. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Peterson, J. (PI)
PWR 2KD: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Performing Writing: Drama and the New Media
Prerequisite:
PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Exploration of how the application of performance techniques makes academic or professional presentations more compelling. Scripting and delivering of group research projects. Research in new forms of media, analysis of how the conventions of a particular medium affect the content of the message. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Req.html.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
DiPirro, K. (PI)
PWR 2KE: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Olympic Rhetoric: Studying the Spirit of the Games
Prerequisite:
PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Analysis of Olympic media, looking specifically at race and gender in Olympic coverage; technological innovation and ethics in the Games; and Olympic history. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Myers, K. (PI)
PWR 2KEA: Writing & Rhetoric 2:Competitive Women: Opportunity, Exposure, and Resistance in the World of Sports
Prerequisite:
PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Examination of women in sports, looking specifically at issues of opportunity, exposure, and resistance; arguments made by, for, and against women playing sports; and the fight for equality in sports. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Myers, K. (PI)
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