Trident Learning

This course investigates the concept of culture and its use as an analytical tool in the study of society.  It also examines how culture and other biological and psychological factors shape the personality and behaviour of individuals and how these in turn impact on society.

This course is designed to lay groundwork for the commencement of legal studies through the examination of the various definitions of law and of legal theorists.  The development of law and its many sources is a main focus of this course and an awareness of function of law in society as opposed to moral rules.  An examination of the Constitution as the role it plays in the legal system is also obtained.  It will also identify the various Constitutional Rights and Civil Liberties of citizens and how these are protected.  The Judiciary as a main canon of Constitutional Law is also examined.

The uniqueness of Business Studies education emphasizes vocational preparation as well as general or personal-use education.  it influences jobs, incomes, and opportunities for personal enterprise and has a significant effect on the standard of living and quality of life for each student.  Consequently, the teacher needs to be able to communicate his/her content mastery to learners with different learning preferences.  This course of study emphasizes high-quality pedagogical skills in business studies.  More ...

This course develops the concept of mutual inductance from the application of Lenz’s and Faraday’s laws.  The theory is then used to develop models of constant voltage transformers at line and high frequencies.  Concepts of referring impedances to the primary and secondary windings are introduced.  With the aid of phasor diagrams and graphs, various calculations of voltage regulation, power, efficiency and bandwidth are made.  Ideas of point charge and unit charge are introduced.  Coulomb’s law, Field Theory, Gauss Flux theorem, calculus, Kirchhoff’s laws, Ampere’s theorem and Biot Savart’s law are studied and used for related calculations.

This program caters to persons seventeen years and older who are interested in pursuing studies designed to provide the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to provide basic nursing care for older adults. The program focuses on the basic theory and practice of nursing with supporting courses that introduce participants to Nutrition, HIV & AIDS, Computer Awareness and other disciplines pertinent to current issues facing the older adult. It also provides participants with opportunities for personal enrichment and strengthening of their social and interpersonal skills; additionally, participants are required to complete 180 hours of clinical attachment in health care institutions that offer care to older adults.

This course is designed to extract the practical application from the theoretical modules and relate these to the practice of Community Mental Health nursing.  It will enable students to integrate theory and practice thereby facilitating narrowing of the theory-practice gap.  The focus of this course will be as follows:

Community Health Nursing, Social Psychology, The Human Life Span – Development Adaptation and Change I.  Childhood and Adolescence, Interpersonal Relationships and Counselling, Adult Learning, Health Promotion and Applied Research Methodology.  In addition, the course will address other topics related to Community Mental Health Nursing practice.