For All Those Enrolled in Seminar or IRP Classes–Scholarly Writing Series

Welcome back and Happy New Year!

If you are 2L, 3L, or 4L taking a seminar or an independent research project class this semester to fulfill the upper-level writing requirement, you may be required to watch the Scholarly Writing Series programs, so please keep reading.

These programs are available, as web casts on a Westlaw TWEN page entitled, “Stetson’s Scholarly Writing Series.” (There is no password.) Each web cast is about 35 to 55 minutes long. The three programs that are offered in the series are

Topic Selection and Research;
Thesis and Organization; and
Proper Attribution and Footnotes/Endnotes

All three web casts (and accompanying handouts) will be available throughout the semester. The three quizzes will open on a rolling basis:

Quiz 1, on Topic Selection and Research, opened at 8:00 a.m., Friday, January 26, 2024
Quiz 2, on Thesis and Organization, will open at 8:00 a.m., on Friday, February 2, 2024.
Quiz 3, on Proper Attribution and Footnotes/Endnotes, will open at 8:00 a.m., on Friday, February 16, 2024.

All three quizzes will close on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.

The three quizzes will serve as the attendance for the web casts. Documentation of who has taken the quizzes will be forwarded to the professors teaching seminar courses or supervising independent research projects. Quizzes will not be re-opened after they close. In order to receive “credit” for the quiz, you must get at least 75% of the questions correct.

If you have any questions about the Scholarly Writing Series programs in general, please contact me ([email protected]). You will find additional information about the programs in the Scholarly Writing Series policy located on the Stetson webpage. If you have any questions concerning whether your professor requires the Scholarly Writing Series programs or specific questions about your seminar or IRP paper, please ask your professor.

Professor Bowman