California State University Fullerton

Department of Speech Communication

SPCH 325, Dr. Page (S'02)

 

 

                                      INTERVIEWING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

                                                    SC16086       TR 10:00 - 11:15

 

DESCRIPTION:  This course is designed to expose you to the principles and practices of interviewing as a communication process.  Seven types of interviews will be considered.  Students will receive knowledge and practice as both interviewers and respondents.  Knowledge gained in this course will serve students throughout their personal and professional lives.

 

OBJECTIVES:   

·                    Students, when interviewing others, will be able to accomplish the specific

            goals of seven types of interviews

 

·                    Students, when being interviewed, will effectively communicate their ideas

 

·                    Students, when exposed to communication skills/principles, will be able to

            incorporate them to interviewing situations

 

·                    Students, having learned principles of interviewing, will be able to apply

                        them to interview situations not discussed

 

·                    Students, when exposed to non-classroom interview situations, will

            apply and/or observe interviewing principles

 

·                    Students, when given a service learning challenge, will seek opportunities

                        to participate in and/or observe interviews

 

OFFICE:

                                  CP 420-3

                                  tel. 278‑3571 or 278‑3617

                                  email npage@fullerton.edu

                                  website  http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/npage

 

          Office Hours:

                                    Tuesday            9:00    -  10:00

                                    Wednesday      1:30   -     2:30

                                    Thursday            9:00    -  10:00

                                    Thursday            6:00    -    7:00                        

                                    (also by appointment)

 

TEXT:            Stewart, C.J. & Cash, W.B. Jr. (2000).  Interviewing: Principles and

practice. (9th Ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.

 

 

ASSIGNMENTS:

 

Assignment #1 - The Selection Interview. You will select a career-relevant employment advertisement from a newspaper or other source.  Another student will interview you for the position.  It will be necessary to generate a resume and letter of application for this assignment.  Note: A more complete assignment statement will follow.

 

 

Assignment #2 - The Role-Play Interview:  You will be teamed with another class member and assigned an interview type.  Your dyad will study the assigned interview type and construct (and act out) a scenario depicting essential and unique qualities of the interview type.  Interviews will be assigned arbitrarily from the following: Probing/Journalistic, Counseling, Performance Appraisal, Disciplinary, Survey, Health Care, and Persuasive.  Note: A more complete assignment statement will follow.

 

 

Assignment #3 - Activity Report. This assignment has three options:

 

·                          Select a chapter from the Stewart & Cash text, read it twice and complete

            two (2) of the student activities at the end of the chapter (some chapters

            are excluded). 

                                                                        or,

 

·                          Systematically observe two regularly appearing media interviewers to

            compare and contrast interviewing skills and the concepts they use.

 

                                                                       

            Note: A more complete statement of assignment #3 will follow. 

            Your effort will culminate in a 6-8 page written report and an oral report to

            the class in the form of an informational interview.

 

 

Assignment #4 - Service Learning.  In lieu of some class time, you will contribute at least ten hours of service in a community-based not-for-profit organization.  Take detailed notes on your experiences including interviewing observed or participated in.  Note: Assignment #4 will culminate in a 6-8 page written report and an oral report in the form of an in-class informational interview.

 

 

 

 

 

COURSE POLICIES:

 

GRADING:                                   

                                                          Weight

                     Midterm                                    15%

            Final Exam                                             15%           

                      Assignment #1                         15%

                     Assignment #2                         15%

                      Assignment #3                         15%

            Assignment #4                        15%

                      Attendance/Punctuality             10%    

            

 

EXAMINATIONS:  The will be a mixture of the objective and subjective.  Each is based on 100 points and assigned a letter grade.  Each exam is weighted at 15% of the final grade.  A study guide will be distributed about one week prior to each exam.

 

ATTENDANCE/PUNCTUALITY:  Since student participation in activities and class discussion is vital to the success of this course, on-time attendance and active participation are expected.  Students who miss class are fully responsible for obtaining the information, handouts, etc.  Note:  Each set of three occasions of lateness will constitute one absence.   A weighted attendance/punctuality score is computed into your final grade (see above).  

 

ELECTRONIC DEVICES:  All cell phones and pagers must be turned off during class time.

 

STUDENT DEMEANOR:              It is expected that each student will contribute to the learning environment of the class.  Please avoid private conversations during class.  Such sidebar conversations are disruptive, communicate a lack of classroom focus and should be held elsewhere.  Students acting otherwise will be addressed individually. 

 

MAKEUP WORK:  All work is due on the date specified.  Any work submitted late will be reduced one letter grade.

 

PLAGIARISM:  It is expected that each student perform all work for which he/she claims authorship.  Use of another's work claimed as one's own is considered plagiarism.  Cases of plagiarism will constitute dismissal from the course, with a failing grade, and possible dismissal from the University.  [see "Academic Dishonesty" in the University catalog].           

 

 

 

LET'S HAVE A GOOD TERM!