Interviewing

Catalog description

This practicum introduces students to accepted interviewing techniques withindividuals and groups using both structured and unstructured questionnaires,reviews current federal regulations concerning the protection of humansubjects and their informed consent, provides observations of goodinterviewing and recording techniques, and examines the theory and practiceof focus groups. The use of translation and translators and other practicalcultural and ethical issues are discussed. Students gain an understanding ofthe function of interviews conducted in the social sciences and in a variety ofprofessional settings including social work, human resources, health andhuman services and journalism. Training and supervision in structured interviewswith volunteer research subjects will be provided. Advanced studentsmay conduct supervised focus groups