Course Descriptions

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Course Name
INT 401 Interviewing and Briefing/Debriefing (4.5 quarter units)

Description
This course deals with extracting information one-on-one in both friendly and non-friendly contexts. Students will learn to explain the differences between interrogation and elicitation and to conduct effective debriefing, cross examination, and related questioning skills. The course will also explain effective methods of using the telephone and how to recognize when your subject is not telling you the truth. Students will also apply proper procedures for recording, transcribing, and analyzing the results of an interview and will be able to describe the uses and abuses of polygraph testing.