Helping Students Reach Their Goals
                     

The primary mission of the Counseling Department at College of the Canyons is to provide educational, career, and personal counseling to support student development and success
and to enable students to reach their educational goals.  We respect the developmental needs
of diverse students, support learning, and encourage students to plan effectively to achieve
their goals. 

• Academic/Educational Counseling
          Accessing learning resources and support services
          Course information for career technical certificates
          Course information for degrees
          Course information for transfer to universities               
          Development of individual Student Educational Plans
          Evaluation of previous college course work
          Study skills and strategies
          Using educational planning resources

• Career Counseling
           Development of career goals
          Interpretation of career assessment results
          Selection of college major or program for career planning

• Personal Counseling
          Decision-making and Problem Solving
          Short-term and long-term goal setting
          Referrals to campus resources
          Stress management
          Time management

IMPORTANT NOTE
Please note that COC ensures the privacy of all student records in accordance
with statutes set forth in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
By law,  college personnel, including counseling faculty and staff, are not permitted to give access to or to release student records/information to anyone other than a student.  This statute applies regardless of the age of the student. 
   

The Counseling WebPages were last updated
October 13, 2008
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