# Basic Skills Noncredit (BSNC) courses

Cuesta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 6 courses

Source: https://cuesta.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/29980/29981/29998

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026, Fall 2026.

### BSNC 500A — GED PREPARATION A

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 1 to 3 hours per week: (0.00 - 0.00 lecture hours/1.00 - 3.00 lab hours)
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 schedules
- Non Credit
- Non-Credit Gradeable Course/SP

Provides a review of basic skills and prepares students for the computerized General Education Development (GED) Test. The course focuses on the computer and technical skills needed for basic skills preparation and to study for the GED. Presents the core knowledge and skills needed to pass each of the four content areas of the GED: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.

### BSNC 500B — GED PREPARATION B

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 1 to 3 hours per week: (0.00 - 0.00 lecture hours/1.00 - 3.00 lab hours)
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 schedules
- Non Credit
- Non-Credit Gradeable Course/SP

Provides a review of basic skills and prepares students for the computerized General Education Development (GED) Test. Focuses on test taking strategies to be successful on the GED exam. Presents the core knowledge and skills needed to pass each of the four content areas of the GED: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.

### BSNC 501 — GED PREPARATION - MATH/SCIENCE

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 2 to 6 hours per week: (0.00 - 0.00 lecture hours/2.00 - 6.00 lab hours)
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 3 sections (/c/cuesta-college/schedule/summer-2026/bsnc.md); Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/cuesta-college/schedule/fall-2026/bsnc.md)
- Non Credit
- Non-Credit Gradeable Course/SP

Prepares students to pass the Mathematical Reasoning and Science subtests of the GED exam. Covers the mathematical reasoning and science requirements for the GED exam.

### BSNC 502 — GED PREPARATION - LANGUAGE ARTS/SOCIAL STUDIES

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 2 to 6 hours per week: (0.00 - 0.00 lecture hours/2.00 - 6.00 lab hours)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/cuesta-college/schedule/fall-2026/bsnc.md)
- Non Credit
- Non-Credit Gradeable Course/SP

Prepares students to pass the Reasoning Through Language Arts and Social Studies subtests of the GED exam. Covers reading, writing, and thinking skill requirements for the GED exam.

### BSNC 530 — MATH FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 2 to 6 hours per week: (2.00 - 6.00 lecture hours/0.00 - 0.00 lab hours)
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 schedules
- Non Credit
- Non-Credit Gradeable Course/SP

Reviews foundational math skills and introduces concepts of algebra. Prepares students for the transition to college level math courses, apprenticeships, and employment. Includes topics in numeracy, operations of rational numbers, algebra, and graphing on the coordinate plane. Embeds study skills and strategies for college success.

### BSNC 547 — COLLEGE PREPARATION FOR STATISTICS SUCCESS

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 2 to 6 hours per week: (2.00 - 6.00 lecture hours/0.00 - 0.00 lab hours)
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 schedules
- Non Credit
- Non-Credit Gradeable Course/SP

Reviews foundational math skills and introduces the algebraic topics necessary to transition to a college-level statistics course. Covers topics including operations with real and rational numbers, sets of numbers, solving linear equations, introduction to problem-solving, graphing linear equations, simplifying exponential expressions, function notation, and radical and exponential functions.