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Counseling (AD/SS-103)
The faculty of the Counseling Center (in the AD/SS Building, Room 103) are available to assist students in making informed decisions about their academic, career and life goals. Additionally, counselors help students select the courses needed to meet the requirements for associate and associate-transfer degrees, certificates, university transfer and career advancement.
The Counseling Center is committed to increasing college success and career readiness within the framework of the Student Success Act of 2012. By virtue of this law, students are required to undergo the following – college orientation, assessment, academic advising for basic skills as applicable, identification of a course of study (commonly called as major), initial education planning leading to a comprehensive education plan, and follow-up services to complete their academic goals within a reasonable time.
A variety of services are available through the Counseling Center. These services include but are not limited to:
• Educational and career planning including the development of students’ abbreviated and comprehensive education plans. Appointments for a comprehensive education plan (formerly known as a two-year education plan) are scheduled during non-registration periods in September, October, February, and March.
• Personal counseling to meet the short-term needs of students with personal concerns which impact their academic life.
• International student counseling to meet specialized enrollment and counseling needs of F-1 visa students.
• Comprehensive counseling for various special populations/learning communities, such as Puente, veterans, and athletes.
Counseling services are provided to prospective, new, and continuing students in an individual and/or group basis as well as online. Students may be seen on a same-day appointment on a first-come, first-served basis. To make a same-day appointment, please call (909) 384-4404. For limited online advisement and additional information, visit www.valleycollege.edu/counseling.
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