2008-2009 UCSD
2007-2008 UCSD
2006-2007 UCSD
2005-2006 UCSD
2002-2003 Palomar College
2001-2002 UCLA [B.S. Neuroscience]
2000-2001 UCLA
1999-2000 Palomar College
1998-1999 Palomar College
1986-1998 Grade Schools – San Pasqual High School [H.S. Diploma]
2008-2009 UCSD ^
Course info obtained from UCSD 2008-2009 General Catalog.
UCSD Fall 2008
BIOM 242 1.0
Seminar in Genetics
Journal club research paper discussion, one hour.
BGGN 297 1.00
Laboratory Group Meeting
Presentation to and attendance at group and individual lab meetings, three hours.
BGGN 299 12.00
Thesis Research
Laboratory research, collaboration, optimization, planning, literature searching, troubleshooting, execution, document managing, etc., 12+ hours.
2002-2003 Palomar College ^
Course info obtained from Palomar’s course catalog.
Palomar College Fall 2002
PHIL 100 3.0
Theory-Ethical/Political Values
3 hours lecture. An introduction to philosophical thinking through the study of ethical and political values using a combination problem and historical approach. Relations between philosophical problems and those of science, society, and ordinary life are stressed. Both classical and modern reading sources are used.
2001-2002 UCLA ^
Course info obtained from UCLA registrar archives.
UCLA Fall 2001
HIST 3A 4.0
Introduction to History of Science: Scientific Revolution
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Survey of beginnings of physical sciences involving transformation from Aristotelian to Newtonian cosmology, mechanization of natural world, rise of experimental science, and origin of scientific societies.
NEUROSC M101A 5.0
Cellular and Systems Neuroscience
Lecture, four hours; discussion, 90 minutes. Cellular neurophysiology, membrane potential, action potentials, and synaptic transmission. Sensory systems and motor system; how assemblies of neurons process complex information and control movement.
NEUROSC 102 4.0
Introduction to Functional Anatomy of Central Nervous System
Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours. Overview of human nervous system; relation of behavior to higher cognitive function. Development of primate and human brain during past few million years; evolutionary aspects of neuroanatomical structures and effects of behavior and cultural attitudes of modern man.
FILM TV 130A 2.0
Screenwriting Fundamentals
Lecture, one hour. Examination of screenwriting fundamentals: structure, character and scene development, conflict, locale, theme, history of drama. Review of authors such as Aristotle, Egri.UCLA Winter 2002
NEUROSC M130 4.0
Biological Bases of Psychiatric Disorders
Lecture, three hours. Underlying brain systems involved in psychiatric symptoms and neurological disorders, including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive/compulsive disorder. Provides basic understanding of brain dysfunctions that contribute to disorders and rationales for pharmacological treatments.
NEUROSC M101B 5.0
Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Lecture, four hours; discussion, 90 minutes. Molecular biology of channels and receptors: focus on voltage dependent channels and neurotransmitter receptors. Molecular biology of supramolecular mechanisms: synaptic transmission, axonal transport, cytoskeleton, and muscle. Classical experiments and modern molecular approaches in developmental neurobiology.
NEUROSC 101L 4.0
Neuroscience Laboratory
Lecture, two hours; laboratory, three hours. Introduction to laboratory methods in neuroscience. Laboratory exercises range from molecular and cell biological to behavioral. Hands-on experience with important methodology and experimental approaches in neuroscience.
NEURBIO M169 4.0
History of Neurosciences
Lecture, one hour; discussion, two hours. Development of neurosciences, especially neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, from Enlightenment era through latter 20th century. Emphasis on fundamental nerve functions, cell communication, and technological, conceptual, and cultural influences that have shaped understanding of brain and nervous system.UCLA Spring 2002
NEUROSC 151 4.0
Transgenic Models and Gene Transfer Technology in Understanding and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disease
Genetic defects in neuropsychiatric disease; how genome is experimentally manipulated to understand more about role of genes in normal development of brain and in disease. Required student participation in discussions.
CHEM 153L 4.0
Biochemical Methods I
Lecture, two hours; laboratory, four hours. Integrated term-long project involving characterization of an enzyme purified from meat obtained at local butcher. Techniques include ammonium sulfate fractionation, affinity chromatography, protein and enzyme assays, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, gel exclusion chromatography, and enzyme kinetic analysis.
PHILOS 7 4.0
Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introductory study of philosophical issues about nature of the mind and its relation to the body, including materialism, functionalism, behaviorism, determinism and free will, nature of psychological knowledge.
OBEE M173 4.0
Anatomy and Physiology of Sense Organs
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Structure and function of sense organs. Adoption of quantitative and comparative approach to provide insight into evolution of sense organs in both invertebrates and vertebrates.
2000-2001 UCLA ^
Course info obtained from UCLA registrar archives.
UCLA Fall 2000
PHYSICS 6B 4.0
Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Waves, Electricity, and Magnetism
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, two hours. Mechanical waves, sound, electricity and magnetism, electromagnetic waves, biological applications.
PSYCH 137D 4.0
Introduction to Health Psychology
Lecture, three hours. Areas of health, illness, treatment, and delivery of treatment that can be elucidated by understanding of psychological concepts and research, psychological perspective on these problems, and how psychological perspective might be enlarged and extended in medical area.
FRENCH 3 4.0
Elementary French
Lecture, five hours.
CHEM 30 4.0
Chemical Dynamics and Reactivity: Introduction to Organic Chemistry
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. First term of organic chemistry. Mechanisms of organic and inorganic reactions, including redox, elimination, addition, substitution, and radical processes.UCLA Winter 2001
LIFESCI 4 5.0
Genetics
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Principles of Mendelian inheritance and chromosomal basis of heredity in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, recombination, biochemical genetics, mutation, DNA, genetic code, gene regulation, genes in populations.
CHEM 130A 4.0
Organic Chemistry: Reactivity and Synthesis, Part I
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Second term of organic chemistry. Synthesis, properties, and reactions of organic functional groups, including alcohols, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic compounds, aldehydes, ketones, carboxyl derivatives, and amines.
CHEM 130AL 2.0
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Lecture, one hour; laboratory, four hours. Basic experimental techniques in organic synthesis (distillation, extraction, crystallization, and performing reactions) and organic analytical chemistry (melting and boiling point, refractive index, chromatography, IR, NMR, GC). Single and multistep synthesis of known organic molecules on microscale level.
PSYCH 115 4.0
Principles of Behavioral Neuroscience
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Nervous system anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and their relationship to behavior.UCLA Spring 2001
NEUROSC M101C 5.0
Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience
Lecture, four hours; discussion, 90 minutes. Neural mechanisms underlying motivation, learning, and cognition.
CHEM 153A 4.0
Biochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism
Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Structure of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids; enzyme catalysis and principles of metabolism, including glycolysis, citric acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation.
HIST 3C 4.0
Introduction to History of Science: History of Modern Science, Relativity to DNA
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Ranging from startling new physics of relativity and the quantum, and of nuclear weapons, to molecular reductionism in biology and campaigns for statistical objectivity, examination of involvement of science in technological, military, intellectual, and political changes of the 20th century.
NEUROSC M102 4.0
Introduction to Functional Anatomy of Central Nervous System
Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours. Overview of human nervous system; relation of behavior to higher cognitive function. Development of primate and human brain during past few million years; evolutionary aspects of neuroanatomical structures and effects of behavior and cultural attitudes of modern man.UCLA Summer 2001
PHYSICS 6C 4.0
Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Light, Fluids, Thermodynamics, Modern Physics
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, two hours. Geometrical and physical optics, fluid statics and dynamics, thermodynamics. Selected topics from foundations of quantum mechanics; atomics, nuclear and particle physics; relativity; medical detectors; biological applications.
PSYCH M119L 4.0
Human Neuropsychology
Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of experimental and clinical human neuropsychology; neural basis of higher cognitive functions. P/NP or letter grading.
MUS HST 7 4.0
Film and Music
Lecture, four hours; film viewing, two hours. History of music and cinema, particularly ways music is used to produce meanings in conjunction with visual image.
1999-2000 Palomar College ^
Course info obtained from Palomar’s course catalog.
Palomar College Fall 1999
BIOL 200 5.0
Foundations of Biology I
3 hours lecture-6 hours laboratory. Molecular and cellular biology. Transmission, molecular, and population genetics. Aspects of reproduction of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Principles of evolution and systematics. Recommended for biology majors.
CHEM 110 3.0
General Chemistry
3 hours lecture. Principles of, and calculations in, areas such as atomic structure, solutions, chemical bonding, chemical formulas and equations, gases, energy transformations accompanying chemical changes, and descriptive chemistry.
CHEM 110L 2.0
General Chemistry Laboratory
6 hours laboratory. Qualitative and quantitative investigations designed to accompany CHEM 110.
ENG 260 3.0
Literature Through Film
3 hours lecture. Analysis of the expectations and conventions used in literature — novels, short stories, dramas — and how those expectations and conventions are affected when they are translated into film. Critical analysis of the various works and comparison/contrast of the different interpretations of these ideas will be stressed.
PHYS 230 4.0
Principles of Physics
4 hours lecture-3 hours laboratory. Classical mechanics, thermodynamics and fluid dynamics. Required for students whose major field is physics, chemistry, or engineering.Palomar College Spring 2000
BIOL 201 5.0
Foundations of Biology II
3 hours lecture-6 hours laboratory. An examination of the diversity of life, as seen in the Eubacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya, emphasizing the integration of structure and function, development, life histories, phylogenetics, animal behavior, and ecology. Recommended for biology majors.
CHEM 115 3.0
General Chemistry
3 hours lecture. Principles of, and calculations in, areas such as reaction spontaneity, energy changes accompanying chemical reactions, rates of reactions, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, precipitation reactions, complex ions, oxidation and reduction, nuclear reactions, and descriptive chemistry.
CHEM 115L 2.0
General Chemistry Laboratory
6 hours laboratory. Qualitative and quantitative investigations designed to accompany CHEM 115.
ENG 137 4.0
Literary Magazine: History/Production
8 hours lecture/laboratory. Historical examination of the genre of the literary magazine from the
18th century to the present, with an emphasis on the late 20th century. Also, after selecting and editing material for Palomar College’s literary journal, Bravura, students will structure, format,
produce, and distribute the magazine.
ENG 202 4.0
Critical Thinking/Composition
4 hours lecture. Provides instruction and practice in methods of critical thinking and formal composition, emphasizing the following: awareness of language and its implications through rhetorical and semiotic analysis based on systematic consideration of language in context; awareness of principles of classical argument in light of the traditions of rational thought. Students will be required to engage in both traditional and current methods of research through the use of information technology.
1998-1999 Palomar College ^
Course info obtained from Palomar’s course catalog.
Palomar College Summer 1998
COUN 110 3.0
College Success Skills
3 hours lecture. Provides students with the skills and knowledge necessary to reach their educational objectives. Topics covered include motivation and self-discipline, memory techniques, time management, communication and relationship skills, career planning, critical thinking and personal issues. This course will include an understanding of diversity and socioeconomic differences from a historical and modern day perspective. This course is recommended for new and re-entry students.Palomar College Fall 1998
ENG 100 4.0
English Composition
4 hours lecture. Practice in expository and argumentative writing based on analytical reading and critical thinking. Topics include methods of invention, organization and development, principles of basic research, and the elements of style.
MATH 110 4.0
College Algebra
4 hours lecture. Study of the behavior and characteristics of functions from graphic, numeric, analytic and applied perspectives, including general polynomial functions, rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, and sequences. Systems of equations in several variables with an emphasis in matrix solutions.
MATH 115 4.0
Trigonometry
3 hours lecture. The trigonometric functions and their applications including emphasis on the analytical aspects, identities, and trigonometric equations.
MUS 115 1.0
Basic Keyboard I
4 hours lecture/laboratory. An introduction to the keyboard through the study of notation, basic hand positions, and chord formations.
PSYCH 100 3.0
Introduction to Psychology
3 hours lecture. A general introduction to the principles of human and animal behavior. Topics covered include history of psychology, research thinking, intelligence, lifespan development, gender and human sexuality, motivation and emotion, health psychology, personality, psychological disorders, therapy, social psychology, and other related topics (e.g., industrial/organizational psychology, sports psychology, environmental psychology, forensic psychology). Emphasis is placed upon the relationship between general principles of psychology and their practical applications.Palomar College Spring 1999
ENG 235 3.00
Creative Writing
4 hours lecture. Provides practice, instruction, and analytical research in writing fiction and poetry. Students submit both creative and analytical writing which will be presented for workshop discussion and critique. Lectures present a variety of prose and verse forms.
MATH 140 5.0
Calculus/Analytic Geometry 1st
5 hours lecture. An introduction to analytic geometry, differentiation and integration of algebraic and transcendental functions of a single variable, and applications of differentiation.
MUS 180 3.0
M.I.D.I./Computing in Music I
6 hours lecture/laboratory. This course is designed to give students an understanding of basic computer music application including sound design, MIDI, and music notation software.
PSYC 210 4.0
Biological Psychology
3 hours lecture-3 hours laboratory. An examination of the biological basis of behavior. Topics to be covered include neuroanatomy, drug use and addiction, reproductive behavior, “mental” illness, neurological disorders and sleep processes. Laboratory includes neuroanatomical dissection.Palomar College Summer 1999
MATH 141 4.0
Calculus/Analytic Geometry 2nd
4 hours lecture. Continuation of MATH 140. Topics include definite integrals and their applications; methods of integration (including the use of modern computational technology as appropriate); indeterminate forms; improper integrals; sequences; infinite series; Taylor series; conic sections; polar coordinate; and parametric equations from analytic, graphic, and numeric perspectives.
SOC 100 3.0
Introduction to Sociology
3 hours lecture. A study of the principles and problems pertaining to group behavior, the relationships among human beings, the development and nature of institutions, and the structure of society.
2000-2001 Grade Schools – San Pasqual High School ^
1994-1998: San Pasqual High School // Escondido, CA
1991-1994: Del Dios Middle School // Escondido, CA
1987-1991: Felicita Elementary School // Escondido, CA
1986-1987: Parkview Elementary School // Rosemount, MN