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PWR 1EE

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

UNITS:4
GRADING:Letter (ABCD/NP)
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:Writing 1

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.

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Sections

1 Term
Seminar 1Open
ID: 27870
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:9:30 AM – 11:20 AM
LOCATION:160-332
INSTRUCTOR:
Ellis, Erik
4units
Seminar 2Open
ID: 27871
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:11:30 AM – 1:20 PM
LOCATION:160-332
INSTRUCTOR:
Ellis, Erik
4units

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

4 units · Letter (ABCD/NP) · GER: Writing 1

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.

Offered in Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Spring 2027 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 11:30 AM – 1:20 PM — 160-332 — Ellis, Erik (Undergrad)
  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 9:30 AM – 11:20 AM — 160-332 — Ellis, Erik (Undergrad)

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