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 transformed our understanding of what constitutes a "normal' human body. We will ask how arguments about disability incorporate concepts such as neurodiversity, chronic illness, and other invisible conditions. At the same time, we will study how contemporary perspectives on disability interact with issues such as technology, metaphors of the prosthesis, cultural constructions of the body, and even what it means to be human. For course video and full description, see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1lf For all PWR1s see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1 Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
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. In this class we will explore how advances in science, technology, medicine, and culture have transformed our understanding of what constitutes a "normal' human body. We will ask how arguments about disability incorporate concepts such as neurodiversity, chronic illness, and other invisible conditions. At the same time, we will study how contemporary perspectives on disability interact with issues such as technology, metaphors of the prosthesis, cultural constructions of the body, and even what it means to be human. For course video and full description, see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1lf For all PWR1s see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1 Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.
Offered in Autumn 2025, Winter 2026 at Stanford University.