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Online Academic Counseling

Welcome to Los Angeles City College’s Online Counseling Although the LACC campus is closed due to the Covid-19 emergency, counseling faculty are able to assist you through online chat, phone, email, or virtual appointments.

Group Counseling Sessions are available and recommended for brand new students.

Express Counseling

Online Express Counseling would normally be a 10 minute conversation with a counselor for any of the following:

Prerequisite clearances
Course advisement
Information about associate degree/certificate programs
General education patterns
IGETC / CSU GE-Breadth inquiries and certification
Information about important enrollment deadlines and registration assistance
Clarification of college policies and procedures
Brief assistance with various forms/petitions such as: academic renewal, course repeat, pass/non pass, excess units, etc.
Information about campus support resources and/or programs

Express Counseling is not for comprehensive education plans, transcript evaluations, financial aid appeals, academic probation appeals, or graduation checks and graduation petitioning. If you need more than 10 minutes, you will be referred to schedule a counseling appointment.

Counseling Appointments

Our online appointments are 30-60 minute sessions with a counselor to go over courses, majors and requirements, academic policies, transfer, career exploration, comprehensive educational planning and mapping of courses. Appointment slots open on a "rolling" basis where the system will automatically search for openings one week in advance or if cancellations occur during the week.

Overall major exploration and course selection
Comprehensive student educational plans and mapping of courses
Educational plans for financial aid appeals
Progress and academic probation; reinstatement
Evaluation of coursework and external exams completed outside of LACCD
Transfer planning and advice to CSU, UC and private universities
IGETC and CSU GE-Breadth certification
Pre-graduation check and petitioning

Please Note: Appointments are conducted via phone or video conference. Counseling appointments are limited and reserved for counseling services that cannot be completed via Live Chat.