# Basic Skills (BS) courses Mt. San Antonio College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 25 courses Source: https://catalog.mtsac.edu/programs/noncredit-programs/adult-continuing-coursesaz/bs/ "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027. ### BS ABE01 — Career Information and Guidance - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 1-90 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md); Winter 2027, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/bs.md) Information on noncredit and credit enrollment procedures, college placement, assessment, and diagnostic test administration, test score interpretation and course eligibility, career assessment, exploration, and goal setting. ### BS ABE02 — Adult Basic Education - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 1-288 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md) Improve basic skills of adult learners. Content includes basic reading comprehension, language, and mathematics. ### BS ABE05 — Career Development - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 4-90 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md) Career preparation, assessment, and interest inventory. Exploration of career fields and employment opportunities. Resume writing, cover letter, interview skills, and employment portfolio. This course is designed for noncredit programs to facilitate transfer to credit courses and career readiness. ### BS ASVB1 — ASVAB Preparation 1 - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 1-150 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules General knowledge in five of the ten areas of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Exam for general science, word knowledge, paragraph comprehension, arithmetic reasoning, and math knowledge and test preparation skills. ### BS ASVB2 — ASVAB Preparation 2 - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 1-150 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules Higher level concepts in math reasoning, science skills, and vocabulary found on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). ### BS BIO50 — Biology Basic Skills - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 9 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules Basic skills needed for students to succeed in biological science classes. Topics include a contrast of the academic demands of science to non-science disciplines, preparation for biological laboratory experiences a well as lectures, development of personal study plan to manage the large volume of information, interpretation of biological graphs and diagrams, introduction to common Latin and Greek words to build vocabulary, use of memorization techniques, application of test-taking strategies for biological exams, especially lab practica, and analysis of test results. These techniques and strategies will be discussed using biological concepts and vocabularies as examples. Recommended to be taken concurrently with any biological science class. ### BS CNSL4 — Orientation for Noncredit Programs - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 1-40 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md) Orientation for noncredit programs including requirements, guidelines, eligibility, student success strategies, progress policies, appropriate student conduct, and educational planning for noncredit programs. ### BS CNSL5 — Career and Life Planning for ESL - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 4-100 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md) Career and life planning through self-exploration of student personality, interests, and values. Research occupational careers, labor markets, and educational requirements for different jobs. Goal-setting, decision-making, and cohesive teamwork. Job search skills using internet and other resources. Survey campus and community programs, degrees, and resources using the college catalog. Explore opportunities after ESL. ### BS EPCS — English Preparation for College Success - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 4-75 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md) Develops expository and argumentative essay and research paper formatting. Emphasizes critical reading of academic material for college coursework. ### BS HCM1 — Transitional Math for Health Careers 1 - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 4-288 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md); Winter 2027, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/bs.md) Contextualized basic math to prepare for successful transition to health career programs including numeracy, fractions, decimals, unit conversion, ratios, and proportions to apply to dimensional analysis. ### BS HSEMA — HSE Preparation: Mathematics - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 1-288 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules Improve mathematical knowledge and skills in preparation for the math section of High School Equivalency (HSE) exams (GED and HiSET). Test areas include number operations, algebra, statistics, and geometry. ### BS HSERL — HSE Preparation: Reasoning through Language Arts - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 1-288 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules Reading comprehension and writing skills in preparation for the Language Arts section of High School Equivalency (HSE) exams (GED and HiSET). Test areas include reading comprehension, argument analysis and text comparison, grammar mechanics, and extended response development. ### BS HSESC — HSE Preparation: Science - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 1-288 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules Improve scientific knowledge in preparation for the science section of High School Equivalency (HSE) exams (GED, and HiSET). Test areas include life science, physical science, and earth and space science. ### BS HSESS — HSE Preparation: Social Studies - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 1-288 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules Social studies knowledge in preparation for sections of the High School Equivalency (HSE) exams (GED and HiSET). Exam areas include United States (U.S.) history, world history, geography, government, and economics. ### BS LRN01 — Short-Term Review - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 1-80 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules Review of reading comprehension, writing and language skills, number operations, algebra, and geometry. ### BS LRN06 — Personal Computer Applications - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 4-288 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md) Current word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, cloud computing, productivity, and collaboration software; personal and work online communication management, internet safety and digital footprint awareness, keyboarding, and basic computer skills improvement. ### BS LRN50 — Learning Support Laboratory - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lab: 1-320 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 135 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md); Winter 2027, 54 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/bs.md) Learning and workplace skills are enhanced by computer use and instruction for students enrolled in or seeking enrollment in a college instructional program. ### BS MCCR — Math for College and Career Readiness - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 4-140 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules Contextualized math course to prepare students for successful transition to college, apprenticeships, and employment. Topics include numeracy, fractions, decimals, unit conversion, ratios, proportions, algebra, measurement, and statistics. ### BS MPS — Math Preparation for Statistics Success - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 4-75 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md) Review of arithmetic and algebraic skills that are required to be successful in college statistics. Topics include the numerical operators including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well as square roots, exponents, factorials, and sums. Conversion between fractions, decimals, and percent as it relates to probabilities and statistics. Graphing, solving, and interpreting linear equations and inequalities. Evaluate algebraic expressions using order of operations. Graph and interpret lines, their slope. Introduction into basic vocabulary and concepts of statistics. Emphasis on critical reading and thinking skills as they pertain to college statistics. ### BS MPSTM — Math Preparation for BSTEM Success - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 4-75 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 6 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md) Review of algebraic skills to be successful in BSTEM (Business, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) courses. Topics of review include fundamental operations on algebraic expressions and functions; simplify polynomial and rational expressions; apply properties of exponents and evaluate exponential expressions and functions; and solve linear systems of equations with elimination, substitution, and matrix row operations. ### BS MTH01 — Mathematics Concepts and Applications - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lab: 1-320 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md) Hands-on activities and practical applications of algebra, calculus, analytical geometry, differential equations and statistics. ### BS RWCCR — Reading and Writing for College and Career Readiness - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 4-80 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md) Contextualized reading and writing course to prepare students for successful transition to apprenticeships, college, and career. Skimming and scanning, annotation, reading for main idea, reading strategies, sentence structure, summarizing versus responding, paragraph structure, paragraph types, reading charts and graphs, and vocabulary. ### BS STD80 — Foundations for Academic Success - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 54 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules College success course emphasizing academic achievement that promotes learning through self-awareness, time management, listening, note-taking, oral and written communication, test-taking, memorization and the use of campus resources using a brain-based perspective. ### BS TE — Topics in Engineering - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lecture: 8-16 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules Introduction to engineering topics and the engineering mindset, including engineering design and fabrication fundamentals as they relate to the broad engineering design process. Course will integrate beginning engineering project-based learning. ### BS TR01 — All Subject Tutoring - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** Lab: 1-320 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 36 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/bs.md) Assistance in writing, reading, mathematics, and study skills through tutoring and computer-based learning. Tutorial assistance in other subject areas may be available.