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PWR 1MO

Writing & Rhetoric 1: Imagining Technology: The Rhetoric of Humans and Machines

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 the ways that technology has been imagined on the page and on the screen. We look at how a diverse group of sources contribute to an ever-changing definition of 'technology.' And we consider how our hopes and anxieties about technology are represented in creative genres and media. For full course description and video, see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1mo. For the PWR 1 catalog visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1 Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.

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Sections

2 Terms
Seminar 1Open
ID: 24944
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:11:30 AM – 1:20 PM
LOCATION:160-123
INSTRUCTOR:
Formato, Megan
4units

PWR 1MO: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Imagining Technology: The Rhetoric of Humans and Machines

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 the ways that technology has been imagined on the page and on the screen. We look at how a diverse group of sources contribute to an ever-changing definition of 'technology.' And we consider how our hopes and anxieties about technology are represented in creative genres and media. For full course description and video, see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1mo. For the PWR 1 catalog visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1 Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.

Offered in Winter 2027, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Winter 2027 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 11:30 AM – 1:20 PM — 160-125 — Formato, Megan (Undergrad)
  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 9:30 AM – 11:20 AM — 160-125 — Formato, Megan (Undergrad)

Spring 2027 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 11:30 AM – 1:20 PM — 160-123 — Formato, Megan (Undergrad)

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