printer friendly pagePWR 1CA: Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Gaming
Rhetorical and contextual analysis of readings; research; and argument. Focus is on development of a substantive research-based argument using multiple sources. Individual conferences with instructor. Topics include how gameplay in a variety of genres operates as argument about cultural values and how games function as sites of community building, social networking, and learning. Students produce research-based arguments on these issues and merge practice and production in storyboarding rhetorically persuasive games. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Req.html.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Alfano, C. (PI)
PWR 1D: Writing Well: An Introduction to College Writing
Offered only to participants in the Summer College for High School Students. Writing 1D develops critical reading, writing, and research skills applicable to any area of study. Emphases include close reading, analysis of varied texts, development of strong theses, revision strategies, and introduction to research-based argument. Classes are small, encouraging extensive interaction between students and instructors. Classes feature discussions of readings, peer work, and individual conferences with instructors. Each section of Writing 1D will have a thematic emphasis developed by the instructor; students choose sections based on their individual interests. (Writing 1D does not meet the Stanford first-year writing requirement.)
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
PWR 1DC: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Is This What a Feminist Looks Like? Race/Gender in the Obama Age
Rhetorical and contextual analysis of readings; research; and argument. Focus is on development of a substantive research-based argument using multiple sources. Individual conferences with instructor. Study of the coverage of and activism in a post-racial U.S., including evaluation of the debate over the intersections of racial activism and feminist activism in U.S. politics. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Carluccio, D. (PI)
PWR 1DH: Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Virtue of Vice and the Vice of Virtue: The Rhetoric of Criminality
Rhetorical and contextual analysis of readings; research; and argument. Focus is on development of a substantive research-based argument using multiple sources. Individual conferences with instructor. Students investigate language and images that construct criminals, analyzing how these representations shape personal and cultural beliefs. Analysis of the costs and benefits of retributive, restorative, and transformative justice systems. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Req.html.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Hunter, D. (PI)
PWR 1GAW: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Global Exchange: Rhetoric in a World Context
Rhetorical and contextual analysis of readings; research; and argument. Focus is on development of a substantive research-based argument using multiple sources. Individual conferences with instructor. The American cultural apparatus, its limitations, and development of other world views. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Watters, A. (PI)
PWR 1GAZ: Writing & Rhetoric 1: From Cradle to Grave: The Rhetoric of Age and Aging
Rhetorical and contextual analysis of readings; research; and argument. Focus is on development of a substantive research-based argument using multiple sources. Individual conferences with instructor. Topics include the history of aging in America; developments in reproductive science; the proverbial mid-life crisis; and how people cope with the ultimate horizon of death. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Req.html.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Vander Zee, A. (PI)
PWR 1GCJ: Writing & Rhetoric 1: El Otro Lado / The Other Side: The rhetoric of real and imagined borders
Rhetorical and contextual analysis of readings; research; and argument. Focus is on development of a substantive research-based argument using multiple sources. Individual conferences with instructor. The physical border between the United States and Mexico is the focus of the examination of the artistic, scholarly, and political rhetoric of real and imagined borders. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Jimenez, C. (PI)
PWR 1GCX: Writing & Rhetoric 1: "I Do": The Rhetoric of Consent
Rhetorical and contextual analysis of readings; research; and argument. Focus is on development of a substantive research-based argument using multiple sources. Individual conferences with instructor. Examination of the idea of consent and the underlying principles of free will and autonomy in the fields of law, intellectual property, marriage contracts, political philosophy, medical ethics, and sex. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Willan, C. (PI)
PWR 1GDM: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Whose Streets? Our Streets!: The Rhetoric of Protest
Rhetorical and contextual analysis of readings; research; and argument. Focus is on development of a substantive research-based argument using multiple sources. Individual conferences with instructor. History of protest and analysis of protest as a rhetorical device meant to draw attention to injustice. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Murray, D. (PI)
PWR 1GER: Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Social Media
Rhetorical and contextual analysis of readings; research; and argument. Focus is on development of a substantive research-based argument using multiple sources. Individual conferences with instructor. Exploration of the multifaceted and hypertextual rhetoric of social media, the intersection between rhetoric and social media, and how new types of online media have heightened participation, openness, and a sense of community. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Romanow, E. (PI)
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