Counseling Services
Types of Counseling
Solano College offers the following types of counseling, free of charge:
- Academic Counseling - assistance to students in selecting a major, educational planning, certificate,
associate degree and transfer requirements
- Academic problems - strategies for students to effectively deal with low grades, academic robation,
academic disqualification and time management
- Athletic Counseling
- Career Center
- Career Counseling - assistance to students in developing career goals based on their interests, abilities
and achievements.
Other helpful resources include:
- A Career Planning class, COUN 50
- Disability Services Program (DSP) - a program that provides services for students with physical, communication, learning
disabilities, psychological disabilities or other medical problems
- Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) - a program that offers services to students who are both financially and educationally
disadvantaged
- International Student Program - a program that provides counseling and assistance to students from other countries
who are studying on F-1 Visas
- Puente Project - a program designed to increase the number of educationally underserved students
who enroll in four-year colleges and universities, earn degrees and return to the
community as leaders and mentors to future generations (The Puente Project is open
to all interested students.)
- Personal and Crisis Counseling - assistance to students with personal or other issues which may impact their educational
progress and referrals to campus and community resources
- Transfer Center - access to information to facilitate transfer to four-year colleges, universities
and vocational schools, and/or career life pursuits for students
- Veteran's Affairs - assistance to veterans or qualified dependents in applying for and receiving education
benefits for various G.I. bills
Counseling Services Provided
- Long-term individual education plans (IEP)
- Transfer admission agreements (TAA) for UC Davis
- Guaranteed admission for transfer entry (GATE) for Santa Cruz
- Transcript evaluation
- Graduation check for certificates and degrees
- Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
or California State University (CSU) pre-certification - Career/Personal counseling
- Four-year university application, personal statement
- Transfer preparation for multiple schools
- Academic difficulty
- Course selection
- Prerequisite/eligibility for classes
- Referrals (tutoring, financial aid, etc.)
- Success strategies for academic difficulties
- General information
- Crisis assistance and referral
- Academic petitions
