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The Counseling Department is located in the Larry Robinson Counseling Center (Student Services building, lower level).
The Counseling Department is committed to promoting student success by assisting students with educational planning and strategies for navigating higher education, as well as assistance with career choices.
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Our Mission
Academic Advising and Counseling at Bakersfield College is an on-going, intentional, educational partnership dedicated to student academic success. The college is committed to an academic advising and counseling system that guides students to:
- Discover and pursue life goals;
- Support diverse and equitable educational experiences;
- Advance students’ intellectual and cultural development; and
- Teach students to become engaged, self-directed leaners and competent decision makers.
Online Workshops
Location & Hours
Panorama Campus
Larry Robinson Counseling Center (Student Services Building, Lower level)
Telephone: (661) 395-4421
Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Delano Campus
Science & Technology Building
Telephone: (661) 720-2000
Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Appointments
Make a 30 minute counseling appointment for:
- The development of your student educational plan
- Academic, Progress and disqualification holds
- Transfer Admission Guarantees (TAG’s) contracts
- Choosing a major and career planning
- Transfer students from other colleges and transcript analysis
Please be on time to your appointment and bring copies of college transcripts with you to your appointment.
You can make an appointment in person at the Advising and Counseling Center or by telephoning (661) 395-4421. Appointments are not available during the beginning of the semester and during peak registration periods and during the summer. Drop in advising and counseling is available most days. Students are taken on a first come, first served basis by signing in at the front counter. The waits may be long during peak times.
In addition to the Advising and Counseling center, advisors are located in other offices on campus:
- Career & Technical Education: FACE 16, (661) 395-4089
- Financial Aid office: Student Services Bldg, 2nd floor, (661) 395-4427
- Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM): S&E 40, (661) 395-4811
- Athletics: Gym 9, (661) 395-4681
- Allied Health: MS 178, (661) 395-4476
Policies
Counseling appointments are not available during peak registration periods or during the summer.
As a courtesy to other students and staff we ask students to be on time for their Workshop or individual Counseling appointment. Students arriving late will be required to reschedule. Check in at the counter 15 minutes prior to your appointment or scheduled workshop. Please call 24 hours in advance, if you cannot keep your appointment.
No Show Policy: If you have 2 No Show appointments, you will not be able to schedule another appointment in the same semester, but instead will only be allowed to see a counselor on a drop-in basis.
