Writing & Rhetoric 1: Prowling Toward Certainty: Exploration as Argument

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Course Description

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 ambivalence and how it often seems like a personal shortcoming that must be remedied with certainty. But what advantages can be found in the deep, risky waters of uncertainty? Can ambivalent texts move and persuade us? A full course description and video can be found here: pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1ee For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.

Grading Basis

RLT - Letter (ABCD/NP)

Min

4

Max

4

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

No

Course Component

Seminar

Enrollment Optional?

No

Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?

No