Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
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    Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
Welcome to The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
   Photo of Joanne Cheung, Writing a Paper for Writing 3
   Joanne Cheung writes a paper for Writing 3.
   The Dartmouth Institute for Writing and Rhetoric fosters students’
   promotes a culture of writing and rhetoric across campus through
   • Writing—the process by which students discover, refine, and
   • Writing and rhetoric are best taught when student work is itself
   • At its best, a liberal arts education includes writing instruction at
   all levels and across the disciplines. The teaching of writing is
   writing—spoken, visual, and multi-modal—students should develop a
   The Writing and Rhetoric Program comprises the curricular component of
   the Institute. The Writing and Rhetoric Program focuses on the
   first-year writing courses. In these courses, we strengthen students'
   awareness of how to use writing to sharpen analytical skills. We also
   The Writing and Rhetoric Program is the largest program in Arts &
   Sciences at Dartmouth. We offer over 150 sections of Writing 2-3,
   Writing 5, and First-Year Seminars. We are the only program at
   upper-level writing courses: Writing with Media, Composition Theory and
   Practice, Writing in the Workplace, Argument in Context: Theory and
   Practice, Writing and Speaking Public Policy, The Art of Science
   Writing, and The Written Judicial Opinion. Our Speech faculty offer
   courses in Public Speaking, Argumentation in Speech and Writing,
   Persuasive Public Speaking, Intercultural Communication, Speechwriting,
   Writing.Program@Dartmouth.edu or by phone at (603) 646-WRIT. Our