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.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
PWR 1GMC: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Dancing about Architecture: Or Finding Words for the Wordless
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 full course descriptions, see
https://vcapwr-catalog.stanford.edu. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Last offered: Spring 2017
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
PWR 1GMD: Writing & Rhetoric 1: A History of Innocence: Stories We Tell About America
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 several stories in American history, examining how and why and what these stories put forward for evidence. Texts will span a range of genres and topics including: essays and documentaries on race in America, journalism on ¿leftist paranoia,¿ and feminist perspectives on genius and power. Forfull course description see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1gmd. For all
PWR 1 course videos and descriptions, visit the
PWR 1 catalog
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
PWR 1HF: Writing & Rhetoric 1: From Ghost Bikes to the Googleplex: Digital Rhetoric and Social Action
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 what makes social change 'work' in networked environments (that is, pretty much everywhere). For course videos and full descriptions, see
https://vcapwr-catalog.stanford.edu. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Last offered: Autumn 2020
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
PWR 1HK: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Food Values: The Rhetoric of What and How We Eat
PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This course takes as its theme how food and food practices are tied to our social identities, including gender, race, class, and cultural backgrounds. For a full description visit
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1hk. For the
PWR 1 catalog see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1 Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Kantor, H. (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 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: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
Instructors:
Jernigan, H. (PI)
PWR 1HZ: Introduction to College Writing
What are the strategies and practices that can help you become a successful writer, no matter what your area of study? In this class, students will develop critical reading, writing, and research skills, with a special attention to college application practices, strong argumentation, rhetorical awareness, and introductory research skills. The sections are small, encouraging extensive interaction between students and instructors. Class activities will primarily be in the form of discussions, peer work, and small group activities; in addition, students will have periodic one-to-one meetings with instructors for individualized learning. This class does not meet the Stanford first-year writing requirement.
Last offered: Summer 2019
PWR 1IY: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Rhetorics of Travel and Tourism
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
https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/pwr/courses/pwr-1.
Last offered: Winter 2020
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
PWR 1IYA: Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Art and Science of Gender and its Bending
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, you will explore the ways thinkers from both the arts and the sciences have expressed, conceptualized, and argued for what gender is (and can be). You¿ll learn how to recognize the choices and stakes embodied in writings by geneticists and psychologists, stories about real-life gender benders, and Nature documentaries that trace gender-bending in the non-human world. For full course description and video see, see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1iy. For the
PWR 1 catalog see
https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Last offered: Winter 2022
| UG Reqs: Writing 1
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