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236 ADULT BASIC AND SECONDARY EDUCATION Noncredit Continuing Education

ADULT BASIC AND 19 23
SECONDARY EDUCATION INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 1B ALGEBRA 1A
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10 ABSE 19 is an introduction to geometric ABSE 23 is an introduction to algebraic
BASIC ENGLISH reasoning and modeling. Topics of study reasoning and modeling. Algebraic model-
0 Units include exponential functions, equations ing is introduced with linear functions.
ABSE 10 is a beginning composition course. and models; transformations and symme- This course is designed to meet the needs
This course covers the basics of sentence and try; congruence; lines and angles; triangles, of students who wish to begin their study
paragraph composition including mechan- quadrilaterals and coordinate proofs. This of algebra and to earn high school credit in
ics, grammar, and spelling. Laboratory 160 course is designed to meet the needs of mathematics. Laboratory 100 hours. Note:
hours. Note: This is a self-paced course in students who wish to begin their study of This is a self-paced course in an open-entry,
an open-entry, open-exit lab environment. second semester Intermediate Mathematics open-exit lab environment. Successful
Recommended preparation: ESL 40 or 1 and to earn high school credit in math- completion of this course is worth 5 credits
equivalent. ematics. Note: This is a self-paced course in (1/2 unit) towards a high school diploma.
an open-entry, open-exit lab environment. Recommended preparation: ESL 40 or
15 Successful completion of this course is worth equivalent, ABSE 22 or equivalent.
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT 5 credits (1/2 unit) towards a high school
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diploma. Recommended preparation: ESL 40
ABSE 15 introduces common roots, prefi xes, or equivalent, ABSE 18 or equivalent. ALGEBRA 1B
suffi xes, and word usage as well as the use of 0 Units
context clues to determine word meanings. 20 ABSE 24 provides students with continued
This course is designed to meet the needs of BASIC MATH instruction on reasoning and modeling
students who wish to improve their vocabu- 0 Units algebraically. Areas presented in this class
lary and to earn elective high school credit in ABSE 20 is a math course designed for adults include descriptive statistics, and quadratic
English. Laboratory 100 hours. Note: This is who wish to review or master basic arithme- functions/modeling. This course is designed
a self-paced course in an open-entry, open- tic from whole number operations through to meet the needs of students who wish to
exit lab environment. Successful completion fractions, decimals, and percent. Laboratory continue their study of algebra and to earn
of this course is worth 5 credits (1/2 unit) 120 hours. Note: This is a self-paced course high school credit in mathematics. Labora-
towards a high school diploma. Recom- in an open-entry, open-exit lab environ- tory 100 hours. Note: This is a self-paced
mended preparation: ESL 40 or equivalent. ment. Recommended preparation: ESL 40 course in an open-entry, open-exit lab
or equivalent. environment. Successful completion of this
18 course is worth 5 credits (1/2 unit) towards
INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 1A 21 a high school diploma. Recommended
0 Units ARITHMETIC 1A preparation: ESL 40 or equivalent, ABSE 23
ABSE 18 is an introduction to algebraic 0 Units or equivalent.
reasoning and modeling. Topics of study ABSE 21 introduces students to whole
include linear, exponential and radical func- number, fraction, decimal, and percent 25
tions, systems of equations, and data analy- computation. This course is designed to meet GEOMETRY 1A
sis. This course is designed to meet the needs the needs of students who wish to improve 0 Units
of students who wish to begin their study of their basic math skills and to earn high school ABSE 25 is the fi rst half of a one -year high
fi rst semester Integrated Mathematics 1 and credit. Laboratory 100 hours. Note: This is a school level geometry course. In this course
to earn high school credit in mathematics. self-paced course in an open-entry, open- the notion of two-dimensional shapes as
Note: This is a self-paced course in an open- exit lab environment. Successful completion part of the Euclidian Plane and exploration
entry, open-exit lab environment. Successful of this course is worth 5 credits (1/2 unit) of transformations of this plane as a way to
completion of this course is worth 5 credits towards a high school diploma. Recom- determine whether two shapes are congruent
(1/2 unit) towards a high school diploma. mended preparation: ESL 40 or equivalent. are formalized. Students use transformations
Recommended preparation: ESL 40 or 22 to prove geometric theorems. This course is
equivalent, ABSE 22 or equivalent designed to meet the needs of students who
ARITHMETIC 1B wish to begin their study of geometry and to
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earn high school credit in math. Laboratory
ABSE 22 introduces students to higher 100 hours. Note: This is a self-paced course
level arithmetic: statistics, measurement, in an open-entry, open-exit lab environment.
and geometric and algebraic principles. Successful completion of this course is worth
This course is designed to meet the needs 5 credits (1/2 unit) towards a high school
of students who wish to improve their diploma. Recommended preparation: ESL
math skills and to earn high school credit. 40, ABSE 24 or equivalent.
Laboratory 100 hours. Note: This is a self-
paced course in an open-entry, open-exit lab
environment. Successful completion of this
course is worth 5 credits (1/2 unit) towards a
high school diploma. Recommended prepa-
ration: ESL 40 or equivalent and ABSE 21 or
equivalent.

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