Counseling

The Counseling Center is designed to help students plan their educational program, provide information on transfer, degree, and certificate requirements, assist with career planning, and help solve personal problems. Students are encouraged to make an appointment with a counselor after applying to AVC.

Mission Statement:

The counseling mission is to assist students in defining and accomplishing their academic, career, and personal goals.

Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page for more assistance.

Course Information

• Credit By Examination
• Non-Traditional Credit Sources
• Prerequisite Challenge Information
• Repeatable & Non-repeatable Courses
• High School Diploma Program

Counseling Forms & Documents

• Transcript Evaluation Request

(Submit the request to General Counseling. Only lower division courses from regionally accredited post-secondary institutions are accepted through this request. Only submit this request if you intend to complete a program of study at AVC or transfer.)

• Basic Skill Course Sequence​
• California State University (CSU) GE Requirements
• Diversity Studies and CSU GE and IGETC
• ESL Enrollment Instructions
• Foreign Transcript Evaluation & Translation Services
• High School Diploma Program
• Honors Application
• IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum)
• Non-Traditional Credit Guidelines
• Online Counseling
• Petition for Extenuating Circumstances
• Prerequisite Challenge
• AVC Order of Priority Enrollment
• Program Sheets
• Progress Reports
• Request for Equivalencies & Substitutions
• Request for Reinstatement
• Dismissal Appeal Form
• Steps to Success
• Student Schedule - Needs to be reduced in size and attached
• Time Management
• Matriculation Steps