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PWR 2CAA

Writing & Rhetoric 2: Rhetoric Ex Machina: Researching Technoculture

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, how does technology influence today's culture, and how do we understand the tensions between techno optimism and anti-tech backlash? For full course description go to https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2caa and for all PWR 2 courses see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2 Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite: PWR 1.

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1 Term
Seminar 1Open
ID: 26308
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:9:30 AM – 11:20 AM
LOCATION:160-123
INSTRUCTOR:
Alfano, Christine
4units

PWR 2CAA: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Rhetoric Ex Machina: Researching Technoculture

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, how does technology influence today's culture, and how do we understand the tensions between techno optimism and anti-tech backlash? For full course description go to https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2caa and for all PWR 2 courses see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2 Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite: PWR 1.

Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 9:30 AM – 11:20 AM — 160-123 — Alfano, Christine (Undergrad)

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