University of Phoenix

Position: Associate Faculty

Dates
Employed:
February 1994 – February 2024

Employment
Duration:
30 years

Location: Southern
California Campus

COURSES

 GEN/201
FOUNDATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY SUCCESS 

This course is the first in a series of six classes designed to prepare new students
for their educational journey. The series, called the Phoenix Success Series,
is designed to provide skills and information that will help you be successful
throughout your degree program.

This course provides a foundation for success in all remaining courses by
helping you develop your analytical ability, critical thinking skills,
writing skills, and adherence to academic standards. You will also learn to develop personal strategies for achieving educational goals and develop skills in decision making, information literacy, and problem solving. Give it your best effort, and you can achieve great things!

HCS/482
HEALTH CARE INFORMATICS

Content:
This course is designed to examine computer and electronic modalities that
assist patient and client management. The automation of data management through
information systems, expert systems, and telecommunications will be examined in
the context of health care informatics. The use of technology to help make
decisions and to improve the health status of individual, families, and
communities will be emphasized.

HCS/533
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Content:
This course provides administrators and managers an overview of the information
systems used in the health care industry. The effective use of data requires an understanding of how the data is captured as well as the HIPAA and security
issues related to this confidential material. The course provides students with a general background to communicate more effectively with technical personnel and provide general management oversight of information systems within health
care organizations.

HUM/115
CRITICAL THINKING IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Content:
Students learn how to think critically, focusing on developing the necessary tools and skills to analyze problems, make decisions, and formulate
well-supported points of view on key academic, social, and professional issues.

PSY/110
PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING

The course introduces theories and concepts in psychology that will foster academic success and provide students with opportunities to synthesize and apply that
knowledge.

REL/133
WORLD RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS I
Content: This course provides a survey of the major historical developments, structural cosmology, symbolic interpretation, and values of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shintoism.

REL/134
WORLD RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS II

Content:
This course provides a survey of the major historical developments, structural cosmology, symbolic interpretation, and values of the Judaic, Christian, and Islamic religious traditions.

SCI/163
ELEMENTS OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS

This course provides an overview of the key components of comprehensive wellness.
Based on a preventive model, the course will allow learners to explore choices that promote wellness with goals of living longer and better.

SCI/220
HUMAN NUTRITION

This course introduces the basic concepts of human nutrition to highlight ways that students can integrate healthy nutrition into their lifestyles. Principles of digestion and absorption, the function of nutrients, lifecycle nutrition practices, disease prevention, diet modifications, and weight management are covered. Practical application of these principles to the students’ lives is emphasized.