PWR 2SBA: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Human Enhancement
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. What does better really mean? In this class we will analyze academic and popular genres with a focus on enhancement technology. We will consider arguments about where we are headed, where we are, who we are, and what we value. A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2sba For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Brawn, S. (PI)
PWR 2SNA: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Bodies
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course will consider how rhetoric shapes our physical, embodied realities. What significance does the physical, material body have in a world of virtual reality and genetic cloning? How does communication about bodies forge cultural consensus about what types of bodies are normative? How are bodies politicized? A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2sna For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Hervey, S. (PI)
PWR 2SO: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Imperfection
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. In this course we will discuss ideals of perfection and consider how someone or something being less perfectly anything is not necessarily negative or a loss. For full course description see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2so. For the
PWR 2 course catalog visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Sokei, L. (PI)
PWR 2SPB: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Hope, Health, and Healing: The Rhetoric of Medicine
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. Illness and healing are complex matters of language, mind, body, soul, and community. In this course, we will investigate how and why medicine is a communication as well as a scientific challenge. For full course description and video, see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2spb. For
PWR 2 course catalog visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Pittock, S. (PI)
PWR 2STA: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Ethics and AI
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course explores the so-called killer machines of our era that, thanks to the growth of machine learning, are both amazing and remarkably mundane. For full course description and video, see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2sta. For
PWR 2 course catalog visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Starkman, R. (PI)
PWR 2TD: Writing and Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Global Health
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. For full course description see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2td. For the
PWR 2 course catalog visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Diener, T. (PI)
PWR 2VKA: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Rhetoric of Public Monuments and Memorials
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course asks how do public monuments ¿speak¿ or stand for a version of the past? Who speaks in public monuments, and how do monuments help states discursively maintain power? Whose bodies, voices, and values are unspoken in public monuments? For video and course description visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2vka. For
PWR 2 catalog see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Kinsey, V. (PI)
PWR 5: Independent Writing
Individual writing project under the guidance of a PWR instructor. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
PWR 6LSP: PWR 6 Leland Scholars Program: Exploring Your Voice in Academic Writing
Our work together in this course is focused on providing an introduction to critical reading, rhetorical thinking, academic writing, college-level research, crafting and presenting well-reasoned arguments and designing an ePortfolio. Through class discussions, readings, writing assignments, and collaborative research project, we will consider: What does it mean to write effectively? How can we best persuade others in the different situations that we encounter each day? How can we argue convincingly about ideas that truly matter to us, whether in the classroom, with friends, or in broader social contexts?
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Formato, M. (PI)
;
Swan, L. (PI)
PWR 91CW: Intermediate Writing: Seeing is Believing: The Power of Persuasive Data Stories
In this course, students will study and practice principles of data visualization informed by fields like rhetorical theory, statistics, and cognitive science, using these principles to critically read, redesign, and create charts, maps, and other datastories more effectively. For full course description and video visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr91cw
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Wright, C. (PI)
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