1. Students will learn the principles of interviewing.  
2. Students will learn how to write questions for survey, journalistic, job seeking, and employee appraisal interviews. 
3. Students will gain practical experience conducting survey, journalistic, job seeking, and employee appraisal interviews.  
4. Students will learn about persuasive communication techniques used in dyadic settings. 
5. Evaluation will be based on oral interviews, papers, and written exams. 
6. Students will complete research assignments which will involve computer-based research and paper preparation.  
7. Students will consider the moral and ethical implications of a variety of communication situations.

Introduction to Interviewing
Nonverbal Behavior in Interviews
Structuring the Interview
Types of Questions
Structuring Questions and Format
Information Gathering: The Journalistic Interview
Information Gathering
Persuasive Interviewing
Employment Interviews: Resumes and Cover Letters
Employment Interviews: Bonafide Occupations Questions
Employment Interviews: Questions, Difficult Questions, and Unanswerable
The Performance Appraisal
The Disciplinary Interview

“Academic honesty is – defined broadly and simply – the  performance of all academic work without cheating, lying,  stealing, or receiving assistance from any other person or  using any source of information not appropriately authorized or  attributed” (From the Preamble to “A Culture of Honesty”). The  University, the Department of Communication Studies, and I  personally take academic honesty very seriously. Every student  at the University of Georgia should be familiar with the  booklet, “A Culture of Honesty: Policies and Procedures on  Academic Dishonesty.” If you are not, please obtain one of  these booklets and read it carefully. This document has a  thorough presentation of four types of academic dishonesty,  including plagiarism, unauthorized assistance, lying/tampering,  and theft, as well as the procedures that are in place to  adjudicate alleged incidents of academic dishonesty. The  policies and procedures described in “A Culture of Honesty”  will be strictly followed. University Mandated Statement Concerning the University Honor Code & Academic Honesty All  academic work must meet the standards contained in “A Culture  of Honesty.” Students are responsible for informing themselves  about those standards before performing any academic work. More detailed information about academic honesty can be found at http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/honesty/acadhon.htm.