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Writing 5 Section Descriptions for Spring Term 2026

Writing 5 introduces Dartmouth students to the writing process that characterizes intellectual work in the academy and in educated public discourse. Each section of Writing 5 organizes its writing assignments around challenging readings chosen by the instructor. The course focuses primarily on the writing process, emphasizing careful reading and analysis, thoughtful questions, and strategies of effective argument. Below you will find a list of the courses being offered next term.

Writing 5 -- Expository Writing

Section 01

Hour: 10A; Instructor: Christiane Donahue

Course Title: Creativity, Originality, and Ownership of Ideas
Description: Who owns images, sounds, and words? Who “owns” creativity? How do we determine “originality”? In this writing course we will study the many ways that we use and reproduce all kinds of creative work in the U.S. As we explore, we will study the media in which we are immersed, read policies and laws about ownership and reuse of print, image, and sound, and consider who makes these laws and how they affect us. We will then turn a critical eye on these policies and practices, reading essays by authors including John Berger, Larry Lessig, and M.M. Bakhtin and analyzing ways that words, images, sound are (re)used on the Internet, in music and art, in written works, in product design, by ChatGPT, or in other contexts. Coursework will include many short informal writing pieces and discussion presentations, two more formal essay projects with several revisions, and a final project that will focus on an issue of your choice from the various subjects we cover.
Divisional Affiliation: Social Sciences
Textbook(s) Required: Williams, Joseph & Bizup, Joseph. Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace. 11th edition. Pearson, 2014. ISBN 10: 0-321-89868-0, ISBN 13: 978-0-321-89868-5

Textbook(s)Required:

Williams, Joseph & Bizup, Joseph. Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace. 11th edition. Pearson, 2014. ISBN 10: 0-321-89868-0, ISBN 13: 978-0-321-89868-5