PWR 1CNA: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Against the Machine? Exploring Anti-tech Rhetoric
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. In this course we will draw from thinkers, writers, activists, and movements that span many disciplines and regions, including the original 19th century textile workers who claimed the name Luddites as they organized resistance to automated systems in the factories where they worked. A full course description can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1cna For the
PWR 1 course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Nagler, C. (PI)
PWR 1HO: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Rhetorics of Money and Happiness
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. In this course, we will explore the connection between money and happiness by reading a variety of sources from academic articles to online musings and exploring how culture shapes the way we think about money and contrasting definitions of happiness. A course description can be found here
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1ho For the
PWR 1 course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Hong, A. (PI)
PWR 1IYB: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Oceans of Rhetoric
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1iyb For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Yamboliev, I. (PI)
PWR 1JI: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Let's Get Radical: Rewriting Our Shared Systems
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. In this course we'll look at all sorts of systems and ask who decides how systems are structured, which values drive systemic goals and who benefits the most (or least) from these systems. For a full course description see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1ji. For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Schepmann, J. (PI)
PWR 1JJA: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Language on the Move: Linguistic Diversity and Language Change
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. In this course we will explore what language varieties, dialects, accents shape our social identities and inclusion and exclusion to groups and access to opportunitites. For full course description visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1jja. For all
PWR 1 courses go to
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1 Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Johnson, J. (PI)
PWR 1JPA: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Learning toward the Future: Education in Changing Times
Is higher education primarily a pathway to a career, or is it designed for you to learn about yourself and how you can contribute to the world? Is it possible for higher education to achieve both of these goals?
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. In this course we will consider the concept of liberal arts education and address how college should prepare students for adult life. By working with education theorists as wide-ranging as Diane Ravitch, Ken Robinson, William Deresiewicz, and Stanley Fish, we will frame the debate and set the stage for your own investigation. For course video and full description, see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1jpa. For all
PWR 1 courses visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1 Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Peterson, J. (PI)
PWR 1KAA: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Forward Momentum: Writing About Movement(s)
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. Humans are constantly evolving our physical world and ourselves. But how far can we go? And what stops us from going further? In this class, we will study the rhetoric of movement--and write and research about movement across contexts. A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1kaa For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Rothschild, K. (PI)
PWR 1KR: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Trust, Rhetoric, and Writing
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This class takes as its theme trust as an ancient and persistent rhetorical problem, which impacts how we experience, interpret, and compose information. In our own age of instantaneous global communication and an internet that never forgets, these concerns proliferate. Trust becomes an essential consideration for writers and researchers working to build knowledge at the university and beyond, not to mention a valuable commodity. For course video and full description, see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1kr. For
PWR 1 course catalog see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Moore, K. (PI)
PWR 1LS: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Beyond the Achievement Gap: Writing about Education
Rhetorical analysis of readings, research, and argument. Focus is on development of a substantive research-based argument using multiple sources. Individual conferences with instructor. For more information about
PWR 1, see
https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/pwr/courses/pwr-1. For course videos and full descriptions, see
https://vcapwr-catalog.stanford.edu. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Swan, L. (PI)
PWR 1NC: Writing & Rhetoric 1: From Green Cards to Gaming Avatars: Forms of Identity
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. In this class you will use research and writing to explore a site where an individual is identified (such as a passport, a magazine profile, an Instagram page, or an avatar in the Metaverse), and consider how these forms' restrictions are embraced or challenged by individuals. A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1nc For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Cannon, N. (PI)
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