printer friendly pagePWR 2KDC: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Stories We Tell: Restorying Possible Futures
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course takes as it theme ancient world myths and questions what they have to tell us about our current world. What do these stories say about AI, Genetic Engineering, Climate Change, and Social Justice? How does the difference of old perspectives offer us fresh takes on the new? A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2kdc For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
DiPirro, K. (PI)
PWR 2KR: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Propaganda and Rhetoric
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course takes as its theme the relation between propaganda and truth. We'll study and practice the effective, ethical delivery of argument - including the role of propaganda in argument - as a vital rhetorical skill. A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2kr 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:
Moore, K. (PI)
PWR 2KSB: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Design Thinking: Bringing d.thinking to Research, Writing & Presentation
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course takes as its theme design thinking and design studies There is no area of contemporary life where design is not a significant factor in shaping human experience. We will read works about play and creativity, the process of design thinking, and the ethics of design. A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2ksb For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Savelson, K. (PI)
PWR 2MAA: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Generative AI
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. Is ChatGPT and other LLMs the most revolutionary technology since personal computers? Will the social, political and economic impacts of generative AI be as transformative as the industrial revolution? In this course we will ponder these and other questions. For full course description and video see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2maa. 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:
Anwar, M. (PI)
PWR 2MFC: Writing & Rhetoric 2: March for Science? Social Justice and the Rhetoric of Science
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course will examine moments when science and social justice have been bound together. How might considering the social and political dimensions of knowledge strengthen the role of science in our society? A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2mfc For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Formato, M. (PI)
PWR 2MGD: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Silicon Valley and the Future of Work: Rhetoric of Labor and Tech
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course takes as its theme Silicon Valley, an engine that promises/threatens to disrupt the way that national and global economies are organized. Does this point to a coming utopia? To a dystopia? Works from technologists, sociologists, economists, anthropologists, historians, activists and more will help answer these questions. A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2mgd For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Gardiner, M. (PI)
PWR 2NC: Writing & Rhetoric 2: California Dreaming: The Golden State's Rhetorical Appeals
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. In this class, we will consider the stories immigrants, artists, journalists, ad men, and scientists have told about the land we now call California--analyzing the ways their rhetoric shapes our understanding of the state and its residents. Together, we will read about the Santa Ana Winds, Silicon Valley's promises of disruption, and Golden Age Hollywood. For a full course description see
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2nc. For all PWR courses see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Cannon, N. (PI)
PWR 2NF: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Language Gone Viral: Investigating the Rhet. of Social Media and Digital Comm.
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. In this course, we will investigate changes in digital language use. This course also examines the extent to which our daily lives have become deeply dependent on our usage of personal electronic devices for online communication. Is our attachment to technology truly limiting the quality of our conversations? Or could such interactions provide a means for introverts to better interact with others? For video and full description visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2nf For all PWR2s see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2 Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Fahim, N. (PI)
PWR 2RL: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of the Natural
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course will consider, through a rhetorical lens, how "natural" is understood and/or modified: how it interfaces with social norms and other notions like safety and authenticity, and how the varying rhetorical strategies and situations at hand animate different negotiations of power. A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2rl For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Lee, R. (PI)
PWR 2RW: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Not Part but Whole: Writing Mixed Race Identity
PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course explores public debates about mixed race identity and asks what it means to be mixed race and how how do words, stories and discourses construct this identity? For a full course description see
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2rw. For all PWR courses see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Wolfson, R. (PI)
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