Department: Program in Writing and Rhetoric

Code Name Description
PWR191 Advanced Writing Open to undergraduates and graduate students. Crafting nonfiction prose in a range of genres. Focus is on the relationship of genre and form; attention to developing stylistic versatility. Individual conferences with instructor. Prerequisite: first t...
PWR192 Projects in Research, Writing, and Rhetoric Advanced work on research projects, early drafts of theses, proposals. Shared work, discussions, and examination of methods, rhetorics, and styles in all disciplines. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requireme...
PWR193 Writing the Honors Thesis For students from all majors in the process of writing an honors thesis. Review of key elements of thesis process, including literature reviews, structure, argumentation, style, and documentation. Group and individual workshops. Prerequisite: first t...
PWR194 Topics in Writing and Rhetoric Understanding rhetoric as readers and interpreters of texts and to develop skills as writers and speakers. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit. For topics, see http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergra...
PWR194AB Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: Freedom's Mixtape: DJing Contemporary African American Rhetorics Black music in all its genres, styles and eras has always been about freedom and transformation. About both Black people and the whole society. About the US Black experience, the African continent and the diaspora. These musical forms and the socia...
PWR194ABA Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: Contemporary Black Rhetorics: Prince This course will examine Prince's music, life and impact and their relationship to both social movements and everyday dialogue and debate to introduce African American Rhetoric as a field of study. Students in the course will trace specific themes in...
PWR194AJ Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: Contemporary Black Rhetorics: Black Twitter and Black Digital Cultures Does not fulfill NSC requirement. This course will examine Black engagements with digital culture as sites for community building, social action and individual and collective identity formation. By studying phenomena like #BlackTwitter, memes, Vine,...
PWR194AV Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: Drawn from Life: The Power of True Stories in Autobio Comics The most impactful, fantastical stories often come not from fiction but from our own richly diverse lives. In this course you will explore autobiographical comics as a form of personal narrative ideally suited for communicating purposeful messages a...
PWR194BR Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: The Rhetoric of Health and Medicine This course will aim to give students a foundation in the rhetoric of health and medicine across major stakeholders researchers, government, institutions, doctors, patients, journalists, and a general public obsessed with health and wellness. For exa...
PWR194CW Brave New Worlds: An Introduction to (De)colonial Rhetorics Since the time of Columbus, colonial agendas and policies have engendered their own rhetorics of justification and explanation. After all, European modernism began with the encounter of the New World, and Europe¿s own identity was forged in the proce...
PWR194DH Topics in Writing and Rhetoric: Empathy, Ethics, and Compassion Meditation Does not fulfill NSC requirement. In this course, we'll extend this discussion by expanding our thinking about rhetoric as a means of persuasion to consider its relation to empathy-as a mode of listening to and understanding audiences and communities...
PWR194EP Introduction to Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Gender and Place This course examines the rhetoric, history and key case studies of environmental justice while encouraging critical and collaborative thinking, reading and researching about diversity in environmental movements within the global community and at Stan...
PWR194KD Topics in Writing and Rhetoric: Technology and Human Values Pining for a job in Google X but a little afraid of what disrupting the next social system will do to humans when all is said and done? Unsure where the real conversation is happening at Stanford about how to think more carefully and thoughtfully abo...
PWR194KT Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: The Last Hopi On Earth: The Rhetoric of Entertainment Inequity While #OscarsSoWhite brought attention to the Academy's overwhelmingly White, male membership, the underbelly of the entertainment industry itself is rife with inequitable hiring of not only on-camera and on-stage performers but also directors, write...
PWR194KTA Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: Racism, Misogyny, and the Law The gutting of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 by the Supreme Court of the United States led to the consequent disenfranchisement of many voters of color. For many citizens who desire a truly representative government, SCOTUS's decision predicted the c...
PWR194MF Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: In the Margins: Race, Gender and the Rhetoric of Science Every day a new headline alerts us to the lack of race and gender diversity in the tech sector in Silicon Valley. At the same time, science and technology are often lauded as objective systems capable of producing color- and gender-blind truths and s...
PWR194NCR Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: Introduction to Cultural Rhetorics All cultures have their own ways of communicating and making meaning through a range of situated rhetorical practices. In this gateway course to the Notation in Cultural Rhetorics, you'll explore the diverse contexts in which these practices are made...
PWR194SB Topics in Writing and Rhetoric: Rhetoric of Science Understanding rhetoric as readers and interpreters of texts and to develop skills as writers and speakers. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit. For topics, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/progra...
PWR194SS Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: Making Rhetoric Matter: Human Rights at Home 'Human rights' often sounds like it needs defending in far-off places: in distant public squares where soldiers menace gatherings of citizens, in dark jails where prisoners are tortured for their politics, in unknown streets where gender inequality h...
PWR195 Writing Center Peer Tutor Seminar For students selected to serve as peer writing tutors in the Hume Center for Writing and Speaking and/or at other campus sites. Readings on and reflection about writing processes, the dynamics of writing and tutoring situations, tutoring techniques,...
PWR1A Introduction to Writing at Stanford: Rhetorics of Consumer Culture What does consumer culture say about the larger culture? PWR 1A uses questions about consumer culture -- music, movies, sports-- for writing and researching. How do video games teach engineering and physics? How do detective and courtroom dramas lead...
PWR1AB Writing & Rhetoric 1: Podcasts to Broadcasts: The Rhetoric of Radio 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...
PWR1ABA Writing & Rhetoric 1: Beyond! The Rhetoric of Space Exploration 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 space exploration and our role in the universe. Despite centuries of turning...
PWR1AG Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Animals 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 our interactions with and feelings about animals which can be influen...
PWR1AH Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of American Multicultural Experience 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 social acceptance, focusing on the exploration of multicultural experi...
PWR1BH Writing & Rhetoric 1: A Seat at the Table-Rhetorics of Belonging 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 symbolism of pulling up a chair to a table to represent a sense of...
PWR1BRA Writing & Rhetoric 1: Growing Up Millennial: The Rhetoric of Coming of Age 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/...
PWR1BRB Writing & Rhetoric 1: In Another's Shoes: The Rhetoric of Empathy PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This class explores how empathy works as a subject of research and as a force that informs the rheto...
PWR1CA Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Gaming 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 the rhetoric that underlies gaming culture and how the games we play...
PWR1CK 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 c...
PWR1CN Writing & Rhetoric 1: Rhetoric of Research PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by t...
PWR1CW Writing & Rhetoric 1: Sporting Rhetoric: How We Talk About Sport and Why It Matters 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 how sport is changing society and will consider how we often fail to critically...
PWR1D Writing Academic Arguments: The Art of the Essay Offered only to participants in the Summer College for High School Students. How can you write college-level essays that hook readers and sustain their interest over the course of a well-researched argument? In this course you'll learn how to craft g...
PWR1DB Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Collective Memory 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 it theme memory and the version of the past presented by speakers, writers, fil...
PWR1EB Writing & Rhetoric 1: Changing the Story 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 the question of who gets to the "the" story. Full course description...
PWR1EE Writing & Rhetoric 1: Prowling Toward Certainty: Exploration as Argument 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 rem...
PWR1EH 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...
PWR1EI Writing & Rhetoric 1: Watch Now: Rhetorics of Film and Television 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 how through the intentional use of stories, images, sound and languag...
PWR1EP Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Global Development and Social Change 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 international development projects which have marked every sector of g...
PWR1ES Writing & Rhetoric 1: Rhetoric of Language PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by t...
PWR1GMC 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...
PWR1GMD 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 stori...
PWR1HF 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, p...
PWR1HK 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, includ...
PWR1HO Writing & Rhetoric 1: Rhetoric of Texts PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by...
PWR1HT 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 ethnici...
PWR1HZ 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 applicatio...
PWR1IY 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/c...
PWR1IYA 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 express...
PWR1JE Writing & Rhetoric 1: Exploring Voices: Race, Language, and Society PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. For course videos and full descriptions, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/pwr/courses Enr...
PWR1JEA Writing & Rhetoric 1: Call and Response: Rhetoric of Transformative Change 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...
PWR1JI Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of JI PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by t...
PWR1JJ Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Language and Thought 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...
PWR1JJA Writing & Rhetoric 1: Languages We Speak: Discourses of Linguistic Diversity and Language Change 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...
PWR1JP Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Consumer Culture 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 explore what consumerism says about the...
PWR1JPA Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Liberal Arts Education Is higher education primarily a pathway to a career, or is it designed for students to learn about themselves and the human experience? Is it possible for higher education to achieve both of these goals? In this course we will consider the concept of...
PWR1JS Writing & Rhetoric 1: Beyond DNA: The Omics Revolution 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://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bi...
PWR1JSA Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Plants PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. In this class we will refocus our attention on plants, using them as a lens to explore, research, an...
PWR1JU 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 com...
PWR1KA 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 o...
PWR1KD Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Feature Article: Writing and Change 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 how various feature article writers argue the issues of soaring energy...
PWR1KH Writing & Rhetoric 1: Rhetorics of Race, Inequality, Language, and Education 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 race, inequality, language and education. Full course description her...
PWR1KMC Writing & Rhetoric 1: Staying Cool on a Hot Planet: Environmental Rhetoric for a Changing World 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/...
PWR1KR Writing & Rhetoric 1: Trust, Rhetoric, and Writing 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 trust as an ancient and persistent rhetorical problem, which impacts h...
PWR1KS Writing & Rhetoric 1: Imagining Others: 21st Century Cosmopolitanism 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 cosmopolitanism, questions related...
PWR1KSB 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...
PWR1KT Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Emperor's New Clothes: The Rhetoric of Modern Mythology 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/...
PWR1KTA Writing & Rhetoric 1: "That's Entertainment!" The Rhetoric of Hollywood's Inequities 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, students will investigate Hollywood¿s inequities and the impact on beliefs, employm...
PWR1LF Writing & Rhetoric 1: #NoBodyIsDisposable: The Rhetoric of Disability PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. In this class we will explore how advances in science, technology, medicine, and culture have transf...
PWR1LFA Writing & Rhetoric 1: Back to the Future: The Rhetoric of Futurity 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...
PWR1LL Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Meritocracy 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...
PWR1LS Writing & Rhetoric 1: Beyond the Achievement Gap: Writing about Education 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...
PWR1MA Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Power of Words: Rhetoric of Social and Technological Changes 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 social change and how the dominant rhetoric about a particular issue...
PWR1MG Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of the American West 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://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bi...
PWR1MGD Writing & Rhetoric 1: Who Speaks for Nature? Rhetorics of Environmentalism and Justice The last hundred years have seen organized environmentalism become a major force on the world stage. But the environment is still essentially contested. Who is at risk from environmental problems? What environmental problems should be prioritized? An...
PWR1MGE Writing & Rhetoric 1: Numbers and Metrics: Rhetoric of Calculation and Quantification 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 quantification and what effects it has on society. We won¿t engage in...
PWR1MO Writing & Rhetoric 1: Imagining Technology: The Rhetoric of Humans and Machines This course explores the ways that technology has been imagined on the page and on the screen. We look at how a diverse group of sources from Cold War comics to Elon Musk's twitter account contribute to an ever-changing definition of 'technology.' An...
PWR1NC Writing & Rhetoric 1: From Green Cards to Gaming Avatars: Forms of Identity 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 the various forms of identity and how these forms' restrictions are c...
PWR1NF Writing & Rhetoric 1: Language 2.0: Investigating the Rhetoric of Digital Language 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 digital interactions through multiple platforms, including social...
PWR1OS Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Freedom and Unfreedom 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 freedom and how its ideology is relative. Course description is here:...
PWR1PT Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Public Memor PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. A full course description can be found here: pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1pt For the PWR course...
PWR1RB Writing & Rhetoric 1: Writing For and About Success 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 the varied meanings of success and the rhetoric surrounding these dif...
PWR1RD Writing & Rhetoric 1: Good Old Days: The Rhetoric of Nostalgia 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 it theme our fascination with looking back, what we see when we do, and what it...
PWR1RDA Writing & Rhetoric 1: Act Your Age: The Rhetoric of Childhood, Adulthood, and Beyond 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 the social construct of age. Students will analyze the many ways that...
PWR1RHA Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Writing 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...
PWR1RHB Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Research 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...
PWR1RHC Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Composition 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...
PWR1RHD Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Communication 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...
PWR1RL Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Happiness In this course, we will examine the notion of happiness — and some of its adjacent or "opposing" feelings, such as contentment, or depression and anger — and the rhetoric around it by studying an array of examples from various sources, such as books,...
PWR1RLA Writing & Rhetoric 1: Stuff of Nightmares: The Rhetoric of Fear 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 fear. While fear is undeniably physiological and psychological, it is...
PWR1RW Writing & Rhetoric 1: Writing for Liberation: The Rhetoric of Antiracism 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 it theme the enduring power of writing to change the world. We will consider ho...
PWR1SB Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Technology 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...
PWR1SBB Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Robots and Artificial Intelligence 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 robots and AI. What is the impact of automation on particular kinds o...
PWR1SC Writing & Rhetoric 1: Radical Acts of Art in Public: Rhetoric and Artivism 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 public art as political action. Exploring the work of contemporary art...
PWR1SM Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cellphone: Rhetoric of India and Indian Film 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. Study of the rhetoric of the India of the new mil...
PWR1SMC Writing & Rhetoric 1: Beyond the Boundary: The Rhetoric of Maps, Borders, and Networks 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 rhetorical frameworks of geographical frontiers and the maps that...
PWR1SN Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Containment: Cold War Ideology Post 9/11 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...
PWR1SNA Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Call Out Culture: Public Shaming in Digital Spaces 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...
PWR1SNB Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Wellness: Social Context of Mental & Physical Health PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This class asks what does it mean to be "well"?  And what does "well" look like across different cul...
PWR1SO Writing and Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Place, Space, and Identity 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 it theme space and what it reveals about ourselves. If your special place was l...
PWR1SP Writing & Rhetoric 1: Growing Up Global: The Rhetoric of Children's Culture Today 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://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-b...
PWR1ST Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Biomedical Ethics 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://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-b...
PWR1TB Writing & Rhetoric 1: Hashtag Activism 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 study the purpose and efficacy of what¿s been called ¿hashtag activism,¿ using...
PWR1TD Writing & Rhetoric 1: Anatomy of a Discipline: Rhetorics of Health, Illness, and Medicine 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 discipline of medicine. We¿ll ask questions like: Can a diagnosis have an...
PWR1TRF Writing & Rhetoric 1: Beyond Ivory Tower - Rhetoric of the University What does it mean to be a student at an institution of higher learning? Who gets to decide what gets taught and what's worth knowing? And how do philosophies or goals of education change over time to reflect evolving values or to attend to social, po...
PWR1TSC Writing & Rhetoric 1: Academia Unleashed: Contemporary Rhetorics of Higher Education 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...
PWR1TSD Writing & Rhetoric 1: Seismic Shifts: The Rhetoric of Disruption PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This class will explore what it means to witness deep social, cultural, political and environmental...
PWR1VK Writing & Rhetoric 1: Rhetorics of Trauma PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This course considers the rhetorics of trauma, that is, how survivors of traumatic incidents, witnes...
PWR1WG Writing & Rhetoric 1: Reading Minds: The Rhetoric of Consciousness 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...
PWR1WS PWR 1 Studio The PWR 1 Studio is designed for multilingual and/or international student writers and is taken concurrently with PWR 1. The Writing Studio provides students an opportunity to work with other multilingual students and an instructor with a background...
PWR1WW PWR 1 Workshop The PWR 1 Workshop is taken concurrently with PWR 1. The Workshop provides students an opportunity to work with other students and an instructor to further develop effective writing practices and strategies to support their work in PWR 1 and other co...
PWR295 Writing Center Peer Tutor Seminar For students selected to serve as peer writing tutors in the Hume Center for Writing and Speaking and/or at other campus sites. Readings on and reflection about writing processes, the dynamics of writing and tutoring situations, tutoring techniques,...
PWR2AB Writing & Rhetoric 2: Makers, Crafters, Hackers: The Rhetoric of DIY PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. In this course we will delve into the fascinating world of DIY (do it yourself) movements. You will examine the values, p...
PWR2AG Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Film Criticism In this course we¿ll analyze, write, and speak about specific films; we¿ll touch on a range of important frameworks, including genre studies, feminist film theory, and documentary ethics. Through an in-depth analysis of one film for your research-bas...
PWR2AH Writing & Rhetoric 2: Ethnic Narratives and the Rhetoric of American Identity PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This class takes as its theme how race and ethnicity in America have become subjects of personal negotiations and public...
PWR2ANA Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Message in the Music Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2AW Writing & Rhetoric 2: Psychology and Persuasion Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2BH Writing & Rhetoric 2: Rhetorics of Professionalism 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 concept of professionalism in the workplace and academia. For a course description and...
PWR2BR Writing & Rhetoric 2: "I Feel Your Pain": The Rhetoric of Sympathy Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. See http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/AP_univ_req_PWR_...
PWR2BRB Writing & Rhetoric 2: Eurekas and Epiphanies: The Rhetoric of Inspiration Prerequisite: PWR 1. In this course, we will inquire into how, exactly, inspiration works. Where do good ideas come from? What fosters creativity? And how do we inspire ourselves and others to follow through on those ideas? We¿ll address these questi...
PWR2BRC Writing & Rhetoric 2: Re-Make It Anew: The Rhetoric of Adapting, Rebooting, and Remaking PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. For PWR 2 catalog see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2. In this course we¿ll question what¿s at stake in cultural r...
PWR2CA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Social Media, Community, and Communication: Networked Rhetoric PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This class takes as its theme the rhetoric of online communities and will look at digital networks and how they push the...
PWR2CAB Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Gender 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. See https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/pwr/...
PWR2CK Writing & Rhetoric 2: Speaking Out: Claiming Citizenship, Demanding Rights Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. See http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/AP_univ_req_PW...
PWR2CKA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Rhetoric of Distraction PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This class takes as its theme the distractions that surround us. We will study how reading practices evolve as we shift t...
PWR2CW Writing & Rhetoric 2: Global Goals: The Rhetoric of Sport for Development and Peace PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course invites students to survey the rhetorical landscape of "Sport for Development and Peace" (SDP), focusing on c...
PWR2CWA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Global Games: Rhetoric of Sport for Development Prerequisite: PWR 1. Sport has become "the" international relations and development concept of the new millennium. As a result, sport development is a source of much praise and criticism as scholars, activists, philanthropists, and journalists strugg...
PWR2CWB Writing & Rhetoric 2: Hear/Say: The Art of Rhetorical Listening Why do we listen? How do we listen to learn, to understand? And to whom do we listen? And how does listening impact how we orient ourselves in the world? Rhetorical listening has been central to feminist rhetorical praxis, which has traditionally foc...
PWR2CWC Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rise of the Guru: Rhetorics of Genius and the Gurification of the Internet PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. In this class we explore some of the internet¿s most influential gurus and unpack the ultimate rhetorical question - what...
PWR2DHA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Action Research: Making Time for Social Justice In this course, we'll be focusing on different ways of seeking social justice, and explore whether it is possible or even desirable for students, lecturers and professors to focus their work on "fixing" the social ills of the world. We'll investigate...
PWR2DHB Writing & Rhetoric 2: Feel Me? The Rhetoric of Empathy, Its Limitations and Alternatives 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 empathy and what role it might, or might not, play in our everyday lives and in promoting e...
PWR2EE Writing & Rhetoric 2: Once Upon a Cause: Producing Picture Books for Local Children PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course asks why did we want to hear and see and read our favorite picture books again and again? What was the secret...
PWR2EI Writing & Rhetoric 2: Rhetorics of Copying, Memeing, Modding and Piracy PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This class takes as its theme traditions, practices, and artifacts that call the premises of originality into question an...
PWR2EP Writing & Rhetoric 2: Global Protest and Civil Unrest: The Rhetoric of Resistance 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/...
PWR2EPA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Slacktivism to Hacktivism: The Rhetoric of Technology and Social Change 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/c...
PWR2EPB Writing & Rhetoric 2: Communicating Climate Justice in the Current Era Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2EPC Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Resilience: Telling Our Survival Stories PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. How does one endure, adapt, and prevail in times of crisis? What do we mean when we say that people or communities or sy...
PWR2GAW Writing & Rhetoric 2: 'Don't Stand so Close to Me' : Cross-cultural Communication Prerequisite: PWR 1. Despite universal attributes such as facial expressions and emotions, humans also have culturally based assumptions, values, and beliefs - from the shared assumptions and collectivist views of high-context cultures to the explici...
PWR2GM Writing & Rhetoric 2: Unpredictable Dialogue: Art of the Interview, Art of the Essay Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Study of the rhetorical craft of the interview, exploring structure, language,...
PWR2GMA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Breaking News, Making News 1.0 Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. See http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/AP_univ_req_PW...
PWR2GMC Writing & Rhetoric 2: A Thousand Words: When Art is Not Enough Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. See http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/AP_univ_req_PWR_C...
PWR2GMD Writing & Rhetoric 2: Archi-texts: Building Rhetorically Prerequisite: PWR 1. Architecture is always the solution to a problem: Where am I going to sleep? What am I going to do with my dead? Where can I speak to my gods? In this sense, the structure, siting, materials and lighting that inhere in a work of...
PWR2GME Writing & Rhetoric 2: Dreaming in America: Rhetorics of Memory and Becoming PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This class takes as its theme the disconnect between America¿s ideals or ideality and its reality and we¿ll consider a st...
PWR2GMF Writing & Rhetoric 2: Immigration Nation: Rhetoric Up Against the Wall Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2GMG Writing & Rhetoric 2: If Words Were Enough: Poetics and Rhetoric What does it mean to be rhetorically ¿right¿? How do we know if we¿ve found the ¿right¿ words, images, examples? In this course, we will study the writings and reflections of poets as they wrestle with this question of craft and what we can achieve t...
PWR2GMH Writing & Rhetoric 2: Risks in the Dark: Rhetoric at the Limit PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course is dedicated to rhetoric that springs from limit situations - situations of dread, guilt or acute anxiety. We...
PWR2GO Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Performance, Intersectionality, and Identity Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2HF Writing & Rhetoric 2: Whose Home? Rhetorics of Place and Belonging Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. This course takes as its theme place, space and belonging. Why places operate t...
PWR2HK Writing & Rhetoric 2: Think Global: The Rhetoric of Global Citizenship PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This class takes as its theme global citizenry. But what does it mean to be a global citizen? What vision of the world an...
PWR2HL Writing & Rhetoric 2: Developing and Communicating Your Expertise: The Rhetoric of Excellence Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. See http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/AP_univ_req_PWR_C...
PWR2HLA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Decoding Academic Persuasion: How Researchers Convince Audiences PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. Academic language can feel at times peculiar or impenetrable. In this course, students will learn discursive practices to...
PWR2HT Writing & Rhetoric 2: Speaking Ironic Truth to Power: The Rhetoric of Satirical Protest Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. This course takes as its theme satire and how and when people seek social justi...
PWR2IY Writing & Rhetoric 2: Many Faces of Sherlock: Race, Gender, Power, and the Rhetoric of the Detective 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 detective fiction and how it has expanded with empowering results to genders, ethnicities,...
PWR2JC Writing & Rhetoric 2: Walk(s) of Shame: The Rhetoric of Respectability Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2JDC Writing & Rhetoric 2: And the Crowd Goes Wild: The Rhetoric of Fans, Stans, and Enthusiasts In this class, we will research the importance of fandoms and fan communities in contemporary society. We will consider what motivates people to put their time, energy, and selves into the stories or people that they care about, and consider the impl...
PWR2JJ Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Language, Identity and Power 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 construction and negotiation of power and difference through language as it intersects...
PWR2JJA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Transcultural and Translingual Rhetorics PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This class takes as its theme transcultural and translingual rhetorics. For full course descriptions, seehttps://pwrcours...
PWR2JJB Writing & Rhetoric 2: Language in Context: (Re)appropriation and Reclamation 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 language and culture in the context of appropriation and reclamation. A full course descr...
PWR2JP Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Art and Commerce Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Examination of unspoken rules regarding the separation of creativity and comme...
PWR2JPA Writing & Rhetoric 2: How We Got Schooled: The Rhetoric of Literacy and Education Prerequisite: PWR 1. In this course, we will look closely these learning processes. Students will invent individual research projects and craft oral presentations to critically analyze conventional forms of learning and explore ways of learning that...
PWR2JPB Writing & Rhetoric 2: Curated Reality: How Media Shape What We Know PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This class takes as its theme curated media platforms. Who gets "published" and why? We will investigate how media bring...
PWR2JS Writing & Rhetoric 2: In Science We Trust Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2JW Writing and Rhetoric 2: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2KA Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Everyday Conservation 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 how society becomes overwhelmed by conservation efforts, and experiences conservation fatig...
PWR2KD Writing & Rhetoric 2: Un-Performing Ourselves: The Design and Craft of Presentations Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Exploration of how the application of performance techniques makes academic or...
PWR2KDA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Remix Culture Prerequisite: PWR 1. What does a musical about founding fathers (Hamilton) have to say about current political upheaval? What do plastic surgery resorts have to say about identify politics? What does Steph Curry's game have to say about Hamlet - and...
PWR2KDB Writing & Rhetoric 2: This is America: Virals, Videos and Values Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2KDC Writing & Rhetoric 2: Contemporary Mythic Thinking: Regenerating Alternative 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 d...
PWR2KR 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...
PWR2KRA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Rhetoric Unhinged: Writing and Speaking amid Crisis and Emergence PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course centers the ¿unhinged¿ as a category of inquiry. We will study and theorize the experience of crisis, as well...
PWR2KSB 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 n...
PWR2KT Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Great and Powerful Oz: The Rhetoric of Spokespersons Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. See http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/AP_univ_req_PWR_C...
PWR2KTA Writing & Rhetoric 2: A Rebel With A Cause: The Rhetoric of Giving a Damn 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...
PWR2LF Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Hacking Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2LFA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Unruly Bodies: Gesturing Toward a New Rhetorics of Body Language PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course explores the place of the body in rhetoric, and how the presence, form and performance of a body and gesture...
PWR2LS Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Comics Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2LSA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Writing About Cities 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 meaning of cities and the challenges they face. What do cities represent? Who belongs...
PWR2MA Writing & Rhetoric 2: What's Your Major? An Interdisciplinary Approach to Research & Problem Solving Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. This course takes as it theme the collaboration and exchange of ideas among peo...
PWR2MFC 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 soc...
PWR2MGD 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 glo...
PWR2MGE Writing & Rhetoric 2: Rationality and Culture: Rhetorics of Reason, Madness, and Science Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2MS Writing & Rhetoric 2: Seriously Funny: The Rhetoric of Humor Prerequisite: PWR 1. As a rhetorical technique, humor holds unique persuasive power on a variety of political and cultural stages, evident in popular parody, satire, roasts, alternative news sources, public relations campaigns, and advertisements. Gi...
PWR2NC 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. Questions we may ask in this course: How were farmworkers successfully unionized, and how were these workers treated duri...
PWR2NF 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 d...
PWR2PBA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Calling All Astronauts: Researching, Writing, and Talking about Tomorrow Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2PBB Writing & Rhetoric 2: Mindful Rhetoric Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2PBC Writing & Rhetoric 2: Why Do Geniuses Come in all Sizes, Shapes, and Colors? Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2RHA Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Composition Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2RHB Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Presentation Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2RHC Writing & Rhetoric 1: The Rhetoric of Speaking Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2RHD Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Argument Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2RL 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...
PWR2RW 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 word...
PWR2SB Writing & Rhetoric 2: Writing 'Science': Fact, Fiction, and Everything Between Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Analysis of science fiction and popular writing about science and technology...
PWR2SBA Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Human Enhancement Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. Analysis of science fiction and popular writing about science and technology as...
PWR2SC Writing & Rhetoric 2: Are We There Yet?: The Rhetoric of Mobility What is the difference between "refugee" and "migrant" or, for that matter, between "traveler," "immigrant," "tourist," and "alien"? When we begin to think about the politics of these categories, we start to see how rhetorical situations shape our un...
PWR2SCB Writing & Rhetoric 2: Bodies in the 21st Century: Gender and Rhetoric Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2SM Writing & Rhetoric 2: Dirty Pretty Things: The Rhetoric of Objects and Objectification PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course will use a rhetorical lens to study global contexts and conversations around objects and objectification-- fr...
PWR2SN Writing & Rhetoric 2: Rhetoric of Activism PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course examines the role of rhetoric in discussions surrounding political inactivity as well as the burgeoning activ...
PWR2SNA Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Bodies PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course will consider how rhetoric shapes our physical, embodied realities. What significance does the physical, mate...
PWR2SP Writing & Rhetoric 2: Literacy: Reading, Writing, Power Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. See http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/AP_univ_req_PW...
PWR2SPA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Other Selves: The Art & Science of Friendship Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. See http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/AP_univ_req_PW...
PWR2SPB Writing & Rhetoric 2: Hope, Health, and Healing: The Rhetoric of Medicine Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2ST Writing & Rhetoric 2: Science, Democracy and Social Media Prerequisite: PWR 1. Social media have greatly enlivened and democratized science communication so that it now moves between scientists and various audiences. Scientific content is no longer static, nor is it merely for advanced researchers. Scientis...
PWR2STA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Ethics and AI Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2STB The Rhetorics of Science, Culture, and Research PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. For the PWR 2 catalog see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2 Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite: PW...
PWR2TB Writing & Rhetoric 2: Hip Hop, Orality, and Language Diversity PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. In this course, students will use hiphop language and culture as an entry point into learning about the diversity of the...
PWR2TBA Writing and Rhetoric 2: Rhetoric of Brown A Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2TD Writing and Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Diener Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2TN Writing & Rhetoric 2: Sound and Vision: The Rhetoric of Music Documentaries PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This class takes as its theme the rhetoric, history, and aesthetics of music documentaries. Students will examine how ele...
PWR2TSC Writing & Rhetoric 2: All the Feels: The Rhetoric of Emotion PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course asks: How can emotions be motivating, and what can invoke them? How do the systems and structures that we nav...
PWR2VK Writing & Rhetoric 2: Framing Reality: The Rhetoric of Documentaries Prerequisite: PWR 1. Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on both written and oral/multimedia presentation of research. For more information about PWR 2, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/p...
PWR2VKA Writing & Rhetoric 2: Rhetoric of Public Monuments and Memorials PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course asks how do public monuments ¿speak¿ or stand for a version of the past? Who speaks in public monuments, and...
PWR2WG Writing & Rhetoric 2: All That Jazz: The Rhetoric of American Musical Theater Prerequisite: PWR 1. Building on a series of written assignments and oral presentations that culminate in a major research project, we'll explore the conventions and strategies that define the genre of American musical theater, analyzing how contempo...
PWR2WS PWR 2 Studio The PWR 2 Studio is designed for multilingual and/or international student writers and is taken concurrently with PWR 2. The Studio provides students an opportunity to work with other multilingual students and an instructor with a background in secon...
PWR4 Directed Writing Further work on developing writing. Analysis and research-based argument, writing for a range of audiences and in varied disciplinary contexts. Workshops and individual conferences. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: first two levels of the wr...
PWR5 Independent Writing Individual writing project under the guidance of a PWR instructor. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit.
PWR6 Writing Workshop Writing workshop for collaborative, group, and individual projects guided by a specific theme or genre.
PWR6ASB ASB 2016-17: Redefining Stem Redefining STEM is an Alternative Spring Breaks course and trip organized through the Haas Center. This class aims to examine STEM as a social issue through four main intersections: culture/history of STEM, STEM education, science communication, and...
PWR6LSP PWR 6 Leland Scholars Program: Exploring Your Voice in Academic Writing Our work together in this course is focused on providing an introduction to critical reading, rhetorical thinking, academic writing, college-level research, crafting and presenting well-reasoned arguments and designing an ePortfolio. Through class di...
PWR6VT Writing in the University: Debates about the Politics and Technologies of Journalism Lately, journalism has been in the news: every day we see or hear a new story about problems with journalism and the news media¿from charges of biased coverage to fake news circulating on Facebook. Yet, push alerts from news apps and social media als...
PWR91 Intermediate Writing For students who have completed the first two levels of the writing requirement and want further work in developing writing abilities, especially within discipline-specific contexts and nonfiction genres. Individual conferences with instructor and p...
PWR91CL Self & Science "Self & Science" mines the intersection of memoir and science writing. In this advanced experimental writing course, students will read a selection of essays by writers including Lewis Thomas, Oliver Sacks, Annie Dillard, and Mark Doty, which illustr...
PWR91CW Intermediate Writing: Seeing is Believing: The Power of Persuasive Data Stories In this course, students will study and practice techniques and rhetorics of data visualization based on principles of rhetorical history, visual rhetorics and graphic design as well as cognitive science, design thinking, and other disciplines that i...
PWR91D Intermediate Writing: Your American Life In this course, you'll read and listen to some of the most moving and insightful pieces of the last decade, explore the important differences between print and oral storytelling, and then script and record your own full-length audio piece. Along the...
PWR91EE Intermediate Writing: Saving Lives with Picture Books Want to help improve the health of mothers and young children in Bangladesh by creating picture books? This is your chance. (No artistic skills required.) You and your classmates will collaboratively create at least one original picture book designed...
PWR91EP Intermediate Writing: Communicating Climate Change: Navigating the Stories from the Frontlines In the next two decades floods, droughts and famine caused by climate change will displace more than 250 million people around the world. In this course students will develop an increased understanding of how different stakeholders including scientis...
PWR91EPA Environmental Justice Storytelling: Writing for Impact In this class students will explore groundbreaking environmental justice (EJ) stories created in multiple mediums including podcasts, documentaries, op-eds, and social media. Over the quarter you will research and develop your own EJ story and select...
PWR91F Finding Your Story Life challenges us to become aware of the stories that shape us--family stories, cultural mythologies, even popular movies, television shows, and songs--and then create and live our own story. We face this challenge throughout our lives but perhaps...
PWR91HT Telling Your Story as Counterstory: The Rhetoric of Critical Race Theory Critical Race Theory (CRT), developed by legal scholars in the 1970s, proposes that marginalized folk use their own stories to reframe discussions about racism, particularly through a creative practice called counterstory. This course will take a dee...
PWR91JS Stanford Science Podcast In this course, students will explore how podcasts can be used as a tool for effective science communication. Through a series of workshops and guest speakers, students in this course will learn the necessary journalistic and technical skills to prod...
PWR91JSA Communicating Science in Public Spaces From the fossil dinosaurs of natural history museums to the hands-on experiences of the Exploratorium, science museums offer rich opportunities for the general public to learn about diverse scientific topics. In this course, we'll go behind the scene...
PWR91KD Intermediate Writing: Scripting Entertainments (for a Better YouTube) In its short time on the planet, youtube videos have created their very own viral (and lucrative) culture. But what if the power of internet distribution could be paired with the power of good substantial storytelling? What if the content could be mo...
PWR91KS Intermediate Writing: Design Thinking and Science Communication Effective communication of expert knowledge in the sciences to non-specialist audiences. Project-based work on a range and variety of communication challenges, contexts, and media. For students who have completed the first two levels of the writing r...
PWR91KSA Intermediate Writing: Storytelling and Science What is story? What is storytelling? And why would storytelling be crucial for science communication? In this class we will develop your Story IQ: we will learn how humans evolved to be the storytelling animal, how stories shape our lives, and wh...
PWR91KT Intermediate Writing: Game Set Match: Shaping Publics to Shape Movements The success of a movement is never the work of one individual. In this course, students will investigate the specific case of Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee and the media advocacy that aided in his release from solitary confinement after being accus...
PWR91LF The Art of Access: Disability, Creativity, Communication How do assistive technologies like captions and speech recognition shape the way creators and audiences produce and consume digital media? In this course, we will investigate what constitutes "creative access" in the arts and in media. Students will...
PWR91NSC Intermediate Writing: Introduction to Science Communication With the growing impact of science and technology on our society, the need for communicating that science well has never been greater. But what is effective science communication? Is it ever ok to use jargon? Is it ok to say "I" in my research report...
PWR91OID Creating Your Digital Self: The What, How, and Why of Building an Online Presence Have you ever Googled yourself? If so, what information about you rises to the top? A picture of you in your band uniform from your high school? A video you posted to TikTok? Maybe scores from a 5K you ran last year? It might seem like you do not ha...
PWR91RS Intermediate Writing: Communicating Bioinformation Effective communication of expert knowledge in the sciences to non-specialist audiences. Project-based work on a range and variety of communication challenges, contexts, and media. For students who have completed the first two levels of the writing r...
PWR91SP Intermediate Writing: Doctors' Stories: The Rhetoric of Illness and Healing While medicine is a science that relies on meticulous research and professional protocols, it is also full of characters, conflicts, scenes, dialogues, and resolutions; in other words, stories. This course explores why we must value communication in...
PWR91TB Intermediate Writing: Being ____ at Stanford In this course, we will use two central methods autoethnography, which studies ourselves as participants in cultures; and institutional research, into the archives of Stanford to theorize ourselves as part of Stanford's past, present, and future. Pay...
PWR99A Portfolio Preparation I A 1-unit course introducing ePortfolios and folio thinking for students in the Notation in Science Communication (NSC). The course will assist students in designing a rhetorical ePortfolio and in selecting and reflecting on a diverse range of texts...
PWR99B Portfolio Preparation II A 2-unit culminating course on ePortfolios for students in the Notation in Science Communication (NSC). In this course, students will continue building, revising, and editing a portfolio of documents, slides, posters, podcasts, storymaps, and videos...
SOAR10WR Introduction to Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford This course helps students develop greater confidence in their academic writing practice and prepares them for their first-year writing class. Through discussion, reading, and both informal and formal writing activities, students focus on how audien...