PWR 1AH: Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of American Multicultural Experience
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 multicultural experience and cultural assimilation, focusing on the theme of social acceptance. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Heredia, A. (PI)
PWR 1AT: Writing & Rhetoric 1: A Mountain for Itself: The Rhetoric of nWilderness
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. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Todhunter, A. (PI)
PWR 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, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Alfano, C. (PI)
PWR 1CR: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Writing Nature: Discourses in Ecology, Culture, and Technology
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. Inquiry into human relationships with nature and how these influence ethical choices and social justice. Service Learning Course (certified by Haas Center). See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Ross, C. (PI)
PWR 1D: Writing Well: An Introduction to College Writing
Offered only to participants in the Summer College for High School Students. 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. Discussions of readings, peer work, and individual conferences with instructors. Each section has a thematic emphasis developed by the instructor; students choose sections based on their individual interests. Does not meet the Stanford first-year writing requirement.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
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 1DW: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Gangsters, Glamour Girls & Gold-diggers: Dialectic of Am. Culture & Hollywoo
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. Analysis of the rhetoric of American film and its conversation with American culture. See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Walter, D. (PI)
PWR 1GAJ: Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Eating
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. ¿ See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Bitar, A. (PI)
PWR 1GAT: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Size Matters: The Writing and Rhetoric of Short Stories
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. ¿ See
http://ual.stanford.edu/AP/univ_req/PWR/Courses.html.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Tevel, A. (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)
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