printer friendly pagePWR 1CK: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Investigating the News: Journalism, Technology & the Future
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 the debate about how newspapers matter in our daily lives, shape our communities, encourage public accountability, and respond to technological change. For course video and full description, see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1ck. For all PWR 1s see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1 Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Kamrath, C. (PI)
PWR 1CN: Writing & Rhetoric 1: You Have My Undivided Attention...: The Rhetoric of Attention
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This course explores the rhetoric of attention, focus, distraction, perceptual overwhelm and burnout. For full course description visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1cn. 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:
Nagler, C. (PI)
PWR 1EH: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Rhetoric of Resistance
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This course focuses on resistance, and we'll look at texts and movements. We'll ask, what narratives, knowledges, or ideologies do you resist and why? A full course description can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1eh For the PWR course catalog with descriptions and videos please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Hille, E. (PI)
PWR 1ES: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Writing to Change Our Worlds (and Ourselves)
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This course will look at examples of young people who use critical digital literacy tools as writers, technologists, engineers, and activists to create change. Practices from these change-makers will be distilled and applied to our own efforts and lives. Visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1es for a full course description. 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:
Southerton, E. (PI)
PWR 1HT: Writing & Rhetoric 1: What Are You, Anyway? The Rhetorics of Ethnic and Racial Identity
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 ideas about identity and how that centers to a great degree on ethnicity and race. These concepts, often considered equal, are tied to social narratives that influence all our lives. A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1ht For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Jernigan, H. (PI)
PWR 1JEA: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Call and Response: The Rhetoric of Critical Engagement
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This course looks at call-and-response which embodies a direct expression of the way we engage with communities and societies across the world. We'll use call-and-response, derived from traditions of African music, as a framework for thinking about how we produce and make meaning in response to societal phenomena. For full course description visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1jea. For
PWR 1 catalog visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Edwards, J. (PI)
PWR 1JI: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Let's Get Radical: Rewriting the Rhetoric of 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 such as supply chains, the electoral college, apps, education, health care, etc. 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: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Schepmann, J. (PI)
PWR 1JU: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Our House: Rhetoric of Community
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This course focuses on the concept of community. What is community? Who belongs? Why? How do the communities we belong to inform our thinking, guide our behavior, and define our identities? A full course description can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1ju For the PWR course catalog with descriptions and videos please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Schulte, J. (PI)
PWR 1KA: Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Innovation: Transformations and Missed Opportunities
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 invention, transformations and missed opportunities through the lens of social, financial, and political pressures. Who has the capability to bring a new idea to the public? Who has been silenced? A full course description and video can be found here:
pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1ka For the PWR course catalog please visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Rothschild, K. (PI)
PWR 1KSB: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Health Matters: Health Innovation and Communication
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 engage with the dynamic health sector in all its complexity. We will explore health matters in many contexts, as we read academic and popular writing in several media. Beginning with the premise that 'health' needs to be defined and studied in context - health is not a universal concept, and it means different things to different people - we will enter the conversation, as students, critics, and scholars. For video and full description visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1ksb. For
PWR 1 catalog visit Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Savelson, K. (PI)
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