University of Phoenix
Position: Associate Faculty
Dates
Employed:
February 1994 – Present
Employment
Duration:
28 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.