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Commencement Ceremonies
Commencement ceremonies are held once each year in May. Students who complete their degree requirements during the fall, summer, or spring prior to the ceremony or who will complete them in the following summer, are eligible to participate. Diplomas are mailed to graduates once all graduation petitions have been reviewed in July or August
The associate in arts or the associate in science degree shall be conferred by the Board of Trustees of the Kern Community College District upon a Bakersfield College student who has satisfactorily completed the requirements. These requirements are consistent with those prescribed by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and the Board of Trustees of the Kern Community College District.
Dates for Graduation
A student completing their final coursework in the summer, but who would like to participate in the once a year May commencement ceremony, should file for summer graduation beginning Oct 15th. Students may begin filing for Graduation at the start of the following dates:
● Fall Graduation Petitions:
● Spring Graduation Petitions :
● Summer Graduation:
File for Graduation
April 1 August 1 Oct. 15
1. Complete the Candidacy for Graduation 2. Log in to InsideBC
3. Click on "Tools" on the top menu bar.
4. Select "MyDegreePath."
5. Check your Degree Works to make sure your catalog rights are stated and the major you are requesting is the major being evaluated.
6. Students whose major is not correct can choose to process a "What if Evaluation."
7. Under "Worksheets" click on "What If" to the left; choose your catalogs rights; choose the major you want to
process and click the "Process What If" button on top.
8. Print your "MyDegreePath" and attach it to the Graduation Petition form. Turn them both in at the Admissions and
Records office Window #6.
9. If you have less than 48 degree applicable unit’s, a petition must be submitted with your education plan attached
and signed by a counselor or advisor.
TESTING AND PLACEMENT CENTER
www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/testing-and-placement bc_proctor@bakersfieldcollege.edu
Center for Student Success (CSS Room 14) | (661) 395-4479
In compliance with AB705, all students enrolling at BC in mathematics and English courses are placed based on their high school GPA and coursework for their best success. Students who did not complete at least 11th grade in a U.S. high school, graduates of a non-U.S. high school, or and international students, will need to complete the Guided Self-Placement process. Students who speak a language other than English and feel that would benefit from taking classes in our English for Multilingual Students (EMLS), may choose to place into the EMLS sequence.
Upon reinstating on-site operations, the TAPC will provide testing student services to include the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams also known as credit-by-exam, noise-reduced and extended time tests for BC students with approved accommodations, commercial certification and licenses exams through national partners (Pearson VUE, Kryterion, Prometric, and Scantron), the US Constitution exam (for candidates pursuing a California Teaching Credential), and limited proctor required exams for online courses through the California Community Colleges Proctoring Network.
TUTORING CENTER
www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/acdv/tutoring-center
Panorama Campus: Center for Student Services Building, Room 203 | (661) 395-4430 Delano Campus: Learning Center, Room 1101 | (661) 720-2076 SouthWest Center: Fresno Pacific University, 11000 River Run Blvd, Room 208
Tutoring is a wonderful service available to all currently enrolled BC students. The primary goal is to help students succeed in their academic endeavors and best of all it is a FREE service. The one-on-one peer tutoring sessions are done by trained
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