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PWR 1TD

Writing & Rhetoric 1: Anatomy of a Discipline: Rhetorics of Health, Illness, and Medicine

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 focuses on the discipline of medicine. We'll ask questions like: Can a diagnosis have an argument? Is disease a story we tell ourselves? Does the language of medicine influence experiences of health and illness? A full course description and video can be found here: pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1td 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: 27418
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:1:30 PM – 3:20 PM
LOCATION:160-125
INSTRUCTOR:
Diener, Tara
4units
Seminar 2Open
ID: 27419
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:3:30 PM – 5:20 PM
LOCATION:160-125
INSTRUCTOR:
Diener, Tara
4units

PWR 1TD: Writing & Rhetoric 1: Anatomy of a Discipline: Rhetorics of Health, Illness, and Medicine

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 focuses on the discipline of medicine. We'll ask questions like: Can a diagnosis have an argument? Is disease a story we tell ourselves? Does the language of medicine influence experiences of health and illness? A full course description and video can be found here: pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1td For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office

Offered in Winter 2027 at Stanford University.

Winter 2027 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 1:30 PM – 3:20 PM — 160-125 — Diener, Tara (Undergrad)
  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 3:30 PM – 5:20 PM — 160-125 — Diener, Tara (Undergrad)

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