Apr 06, 2026  
2026-2027 Catalog (BETA) Cal State East Bay 
    
2026-2027 Catalog (BETA) Cal State East Bay

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HOS 298 - Customer Service for a Diverse World


Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-4; Diversity
Exploration of customer service strategies for a diverse world. Integral aspects of customer service: customer experiences, engaging customers, communication, customer feedback, exceeding expectations, and service improvement. Focus on culturally diverse groups; differences and individual needs as related to customer service.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-4 - Lower Division Social and Behavioral Sciences, Overlay - Diversity
Prerequisites: HOS 100 and REC 100.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring


Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
  1. Explain basic customer service aspects related to internal and external customers.
  2. Describe customer service strategies for culturally diverse groups.
  3. Develop a customer service strategy for an organization focusing on service to cultural groups.
  4. Through collaborative group research, present a video summary of a company/business/organization’s customer service program that recognizes and supports diverse cultural groups.
  5. Prepare a research paper that details diversity in customer service along with a personal perspective.


GE-4. Lower-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives Learning Outcomes
 

  1. Explain how social, political, and economic institutions and/or principles intersect with each other.
  2. Describe how people produce, resist, and/or transform social, political, and economic institutions/principles.
  3. Investigate contemporary and/or historical events/issues from a social science perspective.

Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes
 

  1. Describe the histories, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
  2. Analyze the overlap or intersection of social identities of oneself and/or other cultural groups (e.g., culture, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, and/or age).
  3. Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.



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