Organization of Health Data

The study of basic hospital and health statistics including sources, definitions, and use of health data. Computerized and manual methods of collecting, processing, and preparing statistical reports and spreadsheets for health care management, including various methods of presenting data, predictability studies, data mining, calculation of common rates and percentages.

Health Information Systems

Instruction in healthcare delivery systems utilized in health information management practice with emphasis on secondary data sources, accreditation and regulatory requirements, alternative healthcare settings, the electronic health record (EHR), and healthcare information systems.

Disease Process

Instructs students in the general principles of disease processes with emphasis on the etiologies and anatomical and physiological manifestations. The class focuses on diagnostic studies, procedures, treatments, and medications utilized in the diagnosing and treatment of diseases.

Basic Medical Terminology

Basic course in medical terminology covering roots, prefixes, suffixes, and abbreviations with emphasis on the gastrointestinal and cardiovascular systems. Recommended for students applying to the medical interpreter program and those exploring entry into health careers.

Medical Terminology II

Continuing medical terminology course with emphasis on the hematology, lymphatic, immune, musculoskeletal, integumentary, and endocrine systems, and the sense organs. Selected terminology and abbreviations used in specialty areas of psychology, oncology, radiology, and nuclear medicine.

Medical Terminology I

Introductory course on the roots, prefixes, suffixes, and abbreviations used to form and define medical terminology. The systems based terminology covers anatomy, vocabulary, disease states, diagnostic procedures, laboratory findings and standard pharmaceuticals.

History of San Francisco

The growth of San Francisco from its origins as an Indian-Spanish-Mexican settlement to the metropolis of the San Francisco Bay Area. Emphasis will be on the role of San Francisco as a political, social, cultural, commercial and artistic capital of the West Coast.

History of California

Examination and analysis of the forces, events, and lives that shaped California, beginning with native cultures and Spanish exploration and colonization. Emphasis on exploring the roles and interactions of Native Americans, Latino Americans, European Americans, and Asian Americans within the broader context of California's political, economic, cultural, and social history.