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PWR 2TD

Writing and Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Global Health

UNITS:4
GRADING:Letter (ABCD/NP)
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:Writing 2

PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course asks us to think about the kinds of borders we erect when we speak of the Third World or the Global South. What are the implications of well-meaning efforts to help "those people over there" by offering clinical, material, or financial help? For full course description see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2td. For the PWR 2 course catalog visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite: PWR 1.

Syllabus for selected term:
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Sections

2 Terms
Seminar 1Open
ID: 26313
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:1:30 PM – 3:20 PM
LOCATION:250-201
INSTRUCTOR:
Diener, Tara
4units
Seminar 2Open
ID: 26314
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:3:30 PM – 5:20 PM
LOCATION:250-201
INSTRUCTOR:
Diener, Tara
4units

PWR 2TD: Writing and Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Global Health

4 units · Letter (ABCD/NP) · GER: Writing 2

PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course asks us to think about the kinds of borders we erect when we speak of the Third World or the Global South. What are the implications of well-meaning efforts to help "those people over there" by offering clinical, material, or financial help? For full course description see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2td. For the PWR 2 course catalog visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite: PWR 1.

Offered in Autumn 2026, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 1:30 PM – 3:20 PM — 250-201 — Diener, Tara (Undergrad)
  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 3:30 PM – 5:20 PM — 250-201 — Diener, Tara (Undergrad)

Spring 2027 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 1:30 PM – 3:20 PM — 160-329 — Diener, Tara (Undergrad)
  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 3:30 PM – 5:20 PM — 160-329 — Diener, Tara (Undergrad)

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  • PWR 2SM: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Dirty Pretty Things: The Rhetoric of Objects and Objectification
  • PWR 2SNA: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Bodies
  • PWR 2SO: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Imperfection
  • PWR 2STA: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Machine Reasoning, Rhetorics, and Wrongness
  • PWR 2VK: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Framing Reality: The Rhetoric of Documentaries
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  • PWR 91MF: Intermediate Writing: Art in/and Science Communication

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