<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/catalog/courses/foundational/mat-90.html" dsn="courses"><course-code>MAT 90</course-code><course-title>Foundational Math</course-title><delivery>Distance (Online Didactic Instruction);  Instructor-Guided</delivery><credits>0</credits><contact-hours>45</contact-hours><outside-prep>None</outside-prep><sem-offered>Fall, Spring, Summer (Subject to Enrollment)</sem-offered><prerequisites>None</prerequisites><corequisites>None</corequisites><requisites>None</requisites><description>The focus of this course is to prepare the learners for algebra. Topics covered include performing operations with integers, fractions, and decimals; solving application problems involving integers, fractions, and decimals; performing basic algebra skills including identifying algebraic components, combining like terms, using the distributive property; and an introduction to percentages.
			
			NOTE: This course is not a required part of any academic program; is not college-level; is not Title IV eligible; is not transferrable to another institution; is not part of any institutional or programmatic accreditation grant; and is offered as a means of preparation for college-level algebra courses, with pass/fail grading. </description><category>Foundational Course</category></item>