# GED (Bilingual) (HSMA) (HSMA) courses

Santa Barbara City College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 5 courses

Source: https://catalog.sbcc.edu/sel/ahs-ged/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### HSMA NC010 — Mathematics A: Whole Number Arithmetic

- **Units:** 1-5
- **Hours:** 100 (100 lecture)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/hsma.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/hsma.md)
- Transfer Information: AHS - Mathematics

Adult High School course in basic whole-number arithmetic. Topics include place value, reading and writing numbers, rounding, estimation and development of problem-solving skills in whole number addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Application of these skills to everyday life and workplace skills is emphasized, including measurement and reading charts and tables. Course restricted to 98 repetitions

### HSMA NC020 — Mathematics B: Fractions, Decimals, Percents

- **Units:** 1-5
- **Hours:** 100 (100 lecture)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/hsma.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/hsma.md)
- Transfer Information: AHS - Mathematics

Adult High School mathematics course covering fractions, decimals, and percent. Topics include development of computational and problem-solving skills, as well as the application of those skills to solve measurement, basic geometry, financial, and other workplace and life skills problems. Course restricted to 98 repetitions

### HSMA NC030 — Mathematics C: Pre-Algebra

- **Units:** 1-5
- **Hours:** 100 (100 lecture)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/hsma.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/hsma.md)
- Transfer Information: AHS - Algebra

Adult High School pre-algebra course includes a review of percent, ratio, proportion, measurement, formulas and basic algebraic equations, as well as basic geometry, graphing, probability, signed numbers, roots and exponents. Development of mathematical reasoning skills and applications to workplace, consumer and everyday life skills are emphasized. Course restricted to 98 repetitions

### HSMA NC040 — Introductory Algebra

- **Units:** 1-10
- **Hours:** 200 (200 lecture)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/hsma.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/hsma.md)
- Transfer Information: AHS - Algebra

Adult High School introductory algebra course. Course begins with a review of pre-algebra concepts such as order of operations, signed numbers, roots, formulas and writing simple algebraic expressions. Additional topics include writing, simplifying, and solving monomial and polynomial equations; functions and coordinate graphs; systems of equations; inequalities; proportion; and quadratic equations. Course restricted to 98 repetitions

### HSMA NC050 — Introductory Geometry

- **Units:** 1-10
- **Hours:** 200 (200 lecture)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/hsma.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/hsma.md)
- Transfer Information: AHS - Mathematics

Adult High School course in basic geometry, including measurement and relationships of lines, angles, plane figures and solid figures. Topics include development of mathematical reasoning skills and strategies, identifying and applying formulas, estimation, mental math, calculator use, and application of geometry to workplace and everyday life. Course restricted to 98 repetitions