Non-Credit Programs

• Description: An open-entry, open-exit course for students who seek academic support, through supplemental instructions and use of computers, to fill in missing prerequisite knowledge and strengthen skills developed in a referring course or courses as follows: ACTG 1A-C, 1BH-CH, 51A-C, 52, 53, 58, 59, 60, 64A-B, 65, 66, 67, 68A-C, 75, 76; ANTH 1; ASTR 10A-B, 10BH, 10L, 54H; BIOL 1A-D, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 40A-C, 41, 45; CHEM 1A-C, 12A-C, 12AL-CL, 25, 30A-B; C S 1A-C, 2A-C, 3A-C, 10, 18, 20A, 22A, 30A-E, 31A, 40A, 48A, 49, 50A-C, 52A-B, 53A-D, 54D, 56B, 63A, 64A, 77A-B, 80A, 81A, 84B; ECON 1A-B, 9, 9H, 25, 54H; ENGR 6, 10, 11, 35, 37, 37L, 45, 47, 70R; GEOG 1; MATH 1A-D, 1AH-BH, 1AHP-BHP, 2A-B, 10, 12, 17, 22, 42, 44, 48A-C, 70R, 105, 180, 217, 248A; NCBS 403A-B; PHYS 2A-C, 2AM-CM, 4A-D, 6, 12, 70R.
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• Advisory:
• Repeatability: Unlimited Repeatability.
• Hours: 60-360 hours laboratory total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: None
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

• Description: A just-in-time approach to the core prerequisite skills, competencies, and concepts needed in Precalculus I. Intended for students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics who are concurrently enrolled in MATH 48A at Foothill College. Topics include: a review of computational skills developed in beginning and intermediate algebra, including factoring, graphing linear equations, solving absolute value equations and inequalities, analyzing functions, including quadratic functions.
• Prerequisite:
• Corequisite: MATH 48A.
• Advisory: Advisory: Demonstrated proficiency in English by placement via multiple measures OR through an equivalent placement process OR completion of ESLL 125 & ESLL 249.
• Repeatability: Unlimited Repeatability.
• Hours: 2.5 hours lecture per week. 30 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: None
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

• Description: Introduction to basic computer programming concepts using an object-oriented language. Topics include the software life-cycle, procedural vs. object-oriented programming, IDE and debugging, documentation, and coding conventions. Using an object-oriented computer language, students will explore data types, basic data structures and algorithms, control structure, console and file I/O, functions, error handling and testing.
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• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Intermediate Algebra or equivalent.
• Repeatability: Unlimited Repeatability.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 2 hours lab per week. 72 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: None
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note: