Teaching & Executive Education
TEACHING BY DR. RACHIDA PARKS
Dr. Rachida Parks is an award-winning tenured Business Analytics and Information Systems professor at Quinnipiac University. She has extensive experience in teaching, curriculum design, instructional delivery, assessment, and professional development. As an advocate of lifelong learning, Dr. Parks has received additional training through various prestigious programs and institutes. She has been a strategic leader in integrating business analytics within healthcare practices.
Her courses address contemporary challenges in digital innovation, seamlessly blending theoretical knowledge with practical applications. Whether teaching a predictive analytics course or leading workshops on AI operationalization for practitioners, Dr. Parks embodies what Lee Shulman (1993) describes as the “pedagogy of substance.” This approach focuses on the specific expertise required in teaching, considering unique contexts, diverse students, and distinct outcomes.
With her expert guidance and innovative teaching methods, Dr. Parks prepares students to excel in the rapidly evolving digital technology and analytics fields.
GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT
Core Data Analytics, Data Science, and AI Courses:
- Predictive Analytics/Machine Learning
- AI and Analytics in Healthcare
- Data Warehousing
- Data Visualization
- Database Management Systems
- Data Analysis and Reporting
- Applications of Business Analytics
- Integrated Business Applications for Decision Making
- Object-Oriented Programming – Python
Computer Information Courses:
- Mobile Application Development
- Database Programming & Design
- Management Information Systems
- Fundamentals of Information Technology
- Organization of Data
- Systems Analysis and Design
- Computer Fundamentals and Applications
- Introduction to Computers
- Information Systems Analysis and Design
- Information Technology Management
- Essentials of Management Information Systems
- Distributed Information Systems (Networking)
Seminars, Workshops, and Other:
- Research Seminars (Deploying AI in Healthcare)
- Decision Making in Global Economy – Study abroad (New Zealand, Australia, Portugal & Morocco)
- Independent Research Studies
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Research advisor (analytics and medical students)
- Workshops (AI in Healthcare)
