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Our friendly and confidential academic counselors can help you meet your educational, career, and personal goals, stay on rails throughout the year and create an education plan so yous can graduate on your time. They can help you with transferring to a four-year university, choosing a career that fits your interests and skills, and picking upward extra classes during the semester.

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Please annotation: Due to the coronavirus outbreak, all academic counseling at LASC will use Attic Cafe, a meeting and collaboration platform designed specifically for student support. Once on the ConexED folio, students and kinesthesia should employ the "Login with Sheet" push. Staff should use the "Guest Registration" button

Students can access Cranium Cafe by clicking the online counseling push on each department's web folio or the counseling and live chat button on the homepage of the pupil portal. Students need to create an account, sign in, and can then begin chatting with counselors.
Counselors will be bachelor on Cranium Buffet during their typical hours of 8 a.1000. to 6 p.m. Monday to Th and from eight a.grand. to 1 pm. Fridays. Students will be able to see with a counselor from any special programs they belong to or a general counselor of their pick. Students are strongly recommended to meet with counselors from their special programs.
Although at that place are gear up hours to run into with a counselor on cranium cafe, appointments may impede regularly scheduled alive chat hours.
Although counselors will be able to perform most functions remotely, in that location may exist slight delays in completing some tasks such as certificate requests from other colleges. Please exist patient. LASC Counselors are here to answer your questions and assistance y'all plan for academic success this Jump Semester and beyond.

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Consider our counselors your mentors and your cheerleaders at LASC. They want to see you lot succeed, and they will be there to support you throughout your time here. Then, let them know what yous're interested in and what y'all want out of life so they can piece of work with y'all to create a strategy that best fits your dreams for your future.

Our Counseling Services:

Counselors can help y'all in the following areas:

Bookish counseling

- Making suitable course recommendations for your path of study and your timeline
- Registering for courses
- Reviewing what yous volition need to receive an acquaintance degree or certificate in the field of study of your pick
- Changing majors
- Developing a Student Pedagogy Program (SEP) which maps out all of the courses you'll need in a recommended club so yous can consummate your degree or certificate – these tin can be for each semester, or a year, or for your entire time at higher
- Completing financial aid forms
- Completing petitions, such as for academic renewal, graduation, and financial aid
- Discussing your concerns well-nigh your academic progress and finding strategies to improve them
- Connecting y'all with the appropriate resources for you to utilize for scholarships and other financial aid opportunities
- Offering academic and progress probation workshops when needed
- Recommending appropriate referrals when needed

Transfer counseling

- Finding four-twelvemonth colleges and universities that offer a bachelor's caste in your called major/subject of interest
- Reviewing the class, GPA, and credit requirements that are needed for transfer
- Identifying colleges with guaranteed transfer agreements with LASC
- Assistance with completing college applications
- Advice on ways to improve your admittance into certain colleges
- Ane-on-one counseling with university representatives
- Hold an annual Career/Transfer Fair

Career counseling

- Assisting you with finding career choices that align with your interests and skills
- Providing insight into LASC's bookish programs and what careers are associated with them
- Providing career resource information, including career assessments, online resources, and information on the latest task market trends

Personal counseling

- Providing personal counseling to assist you with any educational and personal barriers to accomplish a more meaningful college feel
- LASC likewise provides free mental wellness counseling through the Student Wellness Office

Counseling Appointments

How frequently should I meet with a advisor?

- At least one time per semester.
- Y'all are complimentary to choose whatever counselor from our staff.
- Encounter with a counselor before registration and schedule an date approximately one month after beginning of the current semester to do an Didactics Plan.

Who tin I contact if I was enrolled in special instruction courses (K-12) or have been diagnosed with a psychological, concrete or other disability?

- You are encouraged to contact the Disabled Students Program & Services (DSP&S) located in SSB 117 or at 323-241-5480. Please provide an IEP, proof of disability, or contact information of a physician or health intendance provider for verification of your disability.

Grade Planning

What is a pupil educational plan (SEP)?

- Multi-semester plan of courses that yous volition accept to complete your educational goal.

What is a unit and how many should I take per session/semester?

- The amount of higher credit earned past satisfactory completion of a specific course taken for one semester.
- 12 units are considered full time.
- The number of units recommended varies depending on your schedule.

What practice pre-requisite, co-requisite, and advisory mean?

- A Pre-requisite is a mensurate of readiness for a grade or program that a student is required to encounter as a condition of enrolling in a class or a program.
- A co-requisite is a requirement that must be satisfied at the time a particular course is taken; unremarkably, a co-requisite is concurrent enrollment in another course but may in certain situations be completed at an earlier fourth dimension.
- An advisory is a measure of readiness for a course or program that isrecommended for students.

What classes should I take for my major?

- Associate degree - bank check the general catalog for specific course requirements.
- Transfer - transfer major sheets are available in the Transfer Middle.
- For transfer to a UC or CSU campus please refer towww.aid.org
- Schedule an appointment to run across with a advisor.

What is the difference betwixt major requirements and full general teaching?

- Major requirements - specific courses required in your field of study
- Full general education- coursework required in a variety of disciplines that must exist completed in gild to fulfill graduation requirements.

How do I get help choosing a major?
Visit the Career Center where you can take career assessments and meet with a Career Counselor. There are resources, workshops, and courses such as Personal Development 1 available to help you explore majors and careers.

AA/AS Caste

What is an Associate of Arts (AA) or Associate of Science (Equally) degree?
Associate in Arts degree is granted by a community higher which recognizes a student'south satisfactory completion of an organized program of written report consisting of a minimum of 60-degree applicable semester units

What is the difference between an AA and an AS degree?
Whether the caste is an AA or AS is predetermined by the major. To observe out if your intended degree is an AA or AS delight refer to the college catalog

Exercise I have to get an AA/As degree to transfer?
No, universities do not require an associate degree to transfer.

When and how do I apply for my AA or Every bit Degree?
Employ during the semester when you think you are completing your final AA/AS requirements. Schedule an appointment with a counselor for graduation evaluation and if yous encounter the requirements a graduation petition will be completed.
Check "Grad Petition" filing dates in the current Schedule of Classes calendar section.

Grades

What is Progress Probation?
When a student is enrolled in 12 units or more than and receives a "W", "I", or "NC" for more 50% of the courses attempted.

What is Academic Probation?
When your cumulative grade point average is below 2.0.

How do D's, F'southward, W's and NCR bear on my academic record?

- D'south and F'southward bear on your grade point average.
- Westward'south and NCR'due south are not computed in the grade point boilerplate.

Tin can I repeat a class?

- A form in which you received a "D" or "F" tin be repeated three times without permission.
- If you practise not pass the course the third time around you will need to petition by completing the "Repeat with Special Circumstances" form for approving by Admissions.

What is an academic renewal?
Academic Renewal is a forgiveness policy that allows students to remove courses in which a grade of "D" or "F" was received from the grade point average adding. In order to qualify for Academic Renewal 2 conditions must be met:

- At to the lowest degree two calendar years must take elapsed from the time the coursework was completed.
- The pupil must have achieved a grade point average of 2.five in their terminal 15 semester units or 2.0 in their last xxx semester units at an accredited college or university.

Counseling assists students who take previously indicated 'Undecided' for their major to return for follow-up services to select or identify a major of their selection.
Counseling educates students on how to select the appropriate courses for their major and educational goal(s).
Counseling strives to guide students to become confident and assertive in managing their academic and personal needs to increase their productivity and attainments to further their success in reaching their goals.