Happy Holidays from the Counseling Department!
We will be closed starting Thursday, December 19, and will re-open for counseling services on Thursday, January 2, 2025, at 9:00 AM.
We wish you and your loved ones a joyful and peaceful holiday season. We look forward to assisting you in the new year!
Counseling Center
Program Mapper Workshop
This step-by-step session will guide you through our online Program Mapper, helping you identify pathways that align with your interests and career goals. Perfect for new and returning students, you will gain insights into Career and Academic Pathways (CAPs), major requirements, learn more about the college, and leave feeling more confident about making informed decisions about your educational journey.
Don't miss this opportunity to chart your course to success at West Los Angeles College!
- December 6th @ 10am
- December 10th @ 12pm
Join here: https://laccd.zoom.us/j/87136978902
Meeting ID: 871 3697 8902
Need Counseling Services?
Fill out a Petition for Excess Units form and email it to @email.
Log into your student portal and go to your TO DO CHECKLIST to complete orientation.
Welcome Center staff are available to assist you if you need help.
New WLAC students now qualify for placement into university-transfer level math and English courses without Assessment testing.
If your student portal does not show a college-level placement for English or math, complete the following steps:
- Login to your Student Portal (mycollege.laccd.edu)
- Under your To-Do Checklist, click on "More to-do list details)
- Click "English & Math Placement" and complete the five-question Web Form. Your new placement will appear within 1 business day.
Visit the Catalog to find out which courses to choose for your major.
Welcome Center staff are available to assist if you need help.
If a student believes a course taken at another college or university meets the prerequisite for a West Los Angeles College course in which he / she wishes to enroll, the student may submit a Prerequisite Clearance Request. To submit a Pre-requisite Clearance Request, please complete the linked form below and email with all documentation to @email.
Prerequisite clearance forms MUST BE SUBMITTED 10 DAYS PRIOR TO A CLASS START DATE. After the semester start date, prerequisite clearance forms will be processed when a student has an instructor's permission to add a class. For online classes permission can be documented by attaching an email from the instructor. Pre-requisite & Assessment Completion Form
If a student has not met a prerequisite requirement, a Pre-requisite Challenge Petition should be submitted to the Department Chairperson along with any supporting documentation.
The student has demonstrated college readiness on Early Assessment Placement (EAP) or Advanced Placement Exams (AP) with scores of 3, 4, or 5 or IB or CLEP (score of 50).
Complete the Pre-requisite & Assessment Completion Form and email it to @email.
Fill out the Course Repeat with Passing Grade (Recency) Petition form (please see the form for instructions or contact Admissions and Records)
Fill out the Fourth Attempt Petition form (please see the form for instructions or contact Admissions and Records)
Book an appointment with a counselor. If no counseling appointments are available, you may fill out a request for an extension for Financial Aid Appeals.
If you have taken non-LACCD coursework, make sure to submit transcripts to Admissions and Records and verify that it has your transcript(s) have been received before making the appointment.
Complete the Home Change form and email it to wlac-cnseldsk@laccd.edu.
Book an appointment with a counselor for a pre-graduation evaluation. If you have taken non-LACCD coursework, make sure to submit your official transcripts to Admissions and Records and schedule a counseling appointment for a "non-LACCD transcript evaluation". Official transcripts are not automatically evaluated for transfer credit after you submit them.
Book an appointment with a counselor. If you have taken non-LACCD coursework, make sure to submit transcripts to Admissions and Records, and schedule an appointment with a counselor for a "non-LACCD transcript evaluation". Official transcripts are not automatically evaluated for transfer credit after you submit them.
To book an appointment with a counselor, visit the Online Counseling page.
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About the Counseling Department
The Counseling Department at West Los Angeles College assists students in making decisions regarding educational, career, and personal concerns. Counseling is available for educational, transfer and career exploration. These services are provided for professional counselors through individual counseling, workshops and referrals to resources on and off campus.
The primary goal of the Counseling Center is to provide opportunities for students to clarify their values and goals, to make decisions, to develop self-confidence, self-direction and self-esteem.
An academic counseling session begins with educational goal-setting, exploring education options and opportunities, evaluating the student’s educational background, and providing the student with clear, concise, up-to-date educational information. Counselors can assist individuals to assess their interests, strengths, abilities, and values; to set goals; to make plans to accomplish those goals; and to address personal problems or barriers that impede plans to fulfilling those educational goals.
A counseling session will also assist individuals in selecting of appropriate programs of study relative to their chosen objectives. Individual student/counselor conferences are available by appointment. Counseling is available on a walk-in basis during registration only.
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