HOS 299 - Professionalism & Etiquette

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-E ; Diversity
Principles of professionalism and etiquette as pragmatic to a diverse environment. Practical application of situations and scenarios from both personal and professional perspectives. Emphasis on the development of cultural diversity awareness and attitudes.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-E -Lifelong Learning and Self-Development, Overlay - Diversity
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Define professionalism and etiquette.
Explain the differences between professionalism and etiquette.
Describe scenarios where utilizing professionalism and etiquette is appropriate
Display appropriate professional attire for: an interview, workplace, and during a business dinner.
Explain professionalism and etiquette in the workplace.
Develop a professional statement.
Demonstrate appropriate conversation techniques and topic in different settings.

E. Lifelong Learning and Self-Development Learning Outcomes

develop intellectual, practical, and/or physical skills and abilities that will serve them throughout their lives;
apply their learning to other pursuits within and outside of the classroom; and
demonstrate the capacity to make informed and ethical decisions.

Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes

describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.