PWR Courses

PWR Fall Electives 2025

Advanced PWR Electives do not fulfill the WR 1 or WR 2 requirement.

PWR 91NSC: Introduction to Science Communication

Science Communication

Instructor: Kath Rothschild

Schedule

You will explore the variety of formats that science communication can take and explore how different audiences shape the way science is communicated. The class will develop a set of best practices for effective science communication. 

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PWR 194NCR: Introduction to Cultural Rhetorics

Cultural Rhetorics

Instructor: Harriett Jernigan

Schedule

All cultures have their own ways of communicating and making meaning through a range of situated rhetorical practices. In this gateway course to the Notation in Cultural Rhetorics, you'll explore the diverse contexts in which these practices are made and continue to be made;learn methodologies for examining their rhetorical production across media and modality; and study situated cultural practices and their historical and current developments.

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