TRANSFER/COUNSELING CENTER
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Counseling Complex 434-4210
The Transfer/Counseling Center offers academic and transfer counseling, as well as a variety of other invaluable services to students. (For admissions and registration information, please call (310) 434-4380.)
The academic counseling staff at Santa Monica College assists and advises ALL students on developing their educational plans, and facilitates the successful transfer of students to four-year institutions. Our counselors:
• Provide in-depth course-planning and other orientation services for new students;
• Help smooth the enrollment process;
• Provide information on Associate in Arts (AA) degrees and Professional and Occupational Certificates;
• Provide information and counseling on transferring to colleges and universities;
• Evaluate prior college-level work at other schools to determine how it transfers to SMC;
• Help with probation and disqualification problems;
• Coordinate visits by campus representatives to SMC from more than 100 colleges and universities;
• Offer workshops each semester on transfer planning, filing a UC/CSU application, and completing the financial aid process;
• Arrange tours of California colleges and universities;
• Resolve transfer admission problems;
• Provide a complete library of two- and four-year college catalogs;
• Identify the general education classes needed to transfer; and
• Help students select classes that meet requirements for a particular major.
The Transfer/Counseling Center also provides counseling services online at www.smc.edu/onlinecounseling for students enrolled in on-campus courses (students enrolled in online courses should consult the information available at www.smconline.org).
Students with special academic counseling needs may also seek counseling services through EOPS/CARE Office, the Center for Students with Disabilities, the International Education Center, TRIO: Student Support Services, and Pico Partnership On the Move, among others. For information on the counseling services these programs provide, please see their individual descriptions on these pages.