Admissions & Records

Recent Applicants (new and returning students)

Attend the first day of class and the instructor may give you a signed add permit card IF space allows: You may do this even if you have applied for admission and have not received your student identification number and an online registration appointment.  You will need to submit the add permit card at the Admissions & Records Office where Admissions will be able to look up the application for admission you submitted online.

If your application went through successfully, the system may have issued a student identification number already although a personalized email may not have been sent to you yet.

You can find out what your student identification number is IF you provided your Social Security Number when you submitted your application for admission.  Enter either your SSN OR your student identification number (if known), NOT both.

1) http://www.piercecollege.edu/

2) CLASS REGISTRATION (tab located in the upper right-hand side area)

3) Enter the required information; instructions are provided. If you enter your SSN, the system will provide your student identification number which begins with "88."

Closed Classes

Please note that submitting an application for admission DOES NOT guarantee that classes will be open.

Pierce College does not utilize a wait list system. The system allows students to enroll in a course through the online registration portal, on a first-come first-served basis, the moment a seat becomes available in the course due to a student dropping out. This option, however, is only available until the day before the classes begin. After that, interested students will need to attend the first day of class and the instructor will give them a signed add card should there be room in the class to add the student.

Photo identification is required to process all transactions.

New & Returning Students: Enrollment Process

A returning student is someone who did not enroll in any school in the Los Angeles Community College District within the last two semesters. New and returning students are REQUIRED to submit an application for admission BEFORE an online registration appointment is issued.  

• Schedule of Classes
• Distance Education Classes
• Short-Term Classes
• Off-Campus Offerings
• Final Exam Schedules
• Calendars (includes VERY IMPORTANT dates.  Students are RESPONSIBLE for knowing the DEADLINES)

It is the student's RESPONSIBILITY to drop his/her classes and adhere to the deadlines. Students are RESPONSIBLE for fees (even if they do not attend class) if they do not drop by the REFUND deadline.

IMPORTANT: CALENDAR DATES APPLY TO SEMESTER-LENGTH CLASSES ONLY. SEE INSTRUCTOR FOR DEADLINES FOR SHORT-TERM CLASSES (including PACE classes).

• Student Information Addendum (VERY IMPORTANT Rules & Regulations)
• Map of the Pierce Village area
• PACE (Program for Accelearated College Education) - PACE students only.  (Section numbers for PACE courses begin with a "4.")
• ITV (Instructional Television)
• General Catalog

Please download and read the Student Information Addendum at http://www.piercecollege.edu/schedules/

• Who Can Attend Pierce College
• Registration
• Pierce College Policy on Prerequisites, Corequisites, Recommended Preparation, and Limitations on Enrollment
• Enrollment Process: New & Continuing Students
• Enrollment Process: Add a Class, Drop a Class, Audit a Class
• Pierce College Fees
• How to Read the Schedule of Classes
• Financial Aid
• Registration in Pierce College Classes
• Student Rights and Legal Protections

Your student identification number:  IF you provided your Social Security Number when you submitted your application for admission:

1) www.piercecollege.edu
2) CLASS REGISTRATION (tab located in the upper right-hand side area)
3) Enter the required information; instructions are provided. If you enter your SSN, the system will provide your LACCD student identification number which begins with "88."  Be sure to enter your SSN in the CORRECT field. 

If you know your student identification number, DO NOT enter both your SSN and your SSN. 

Did you know you can do ALL of the following by going to www.piercecollege.edu and clicking on the CLASS REGISTRATION tab?

• Make changes to class schedule (Make sure you are aware of deadlines published in the Calendar)
• View grades
• View holds
• View & pay fees
• View unofficial transcript
• View registration appointment
• View placement exam results
• Change your CURRENT email address (Main Menu).  You cannot change either your legal or mailing address online. (Visit Admissions & Records.)
• Check your Los Angeles Community College email account (Main Menu)
• Order official regular transcripts (Main Menu) NO rush or emergency requests accepted online.

Grades & Transcripts (Official & Unofficial): http://www.piercecollege.edu/pierce_grades.asp

Information on Instructional Television (ITV) short-term courses.  (ITV courses DO NOT appear on the Pierce College transcript.)

PACE (Program for Accelerated College Education) courses are RESTRICTED to PACE students.  PACE courses have SECTION numbers that begin with a "4."  

If you wish to become a PACE  student:

1) www.piercecollege.edu

2) Click: Fall Schedule (image on top)

It is the student's RESPONSIBILITY to drop his/her classes and adhere to the deadlines in the Calendar. Students are RESPONSIBLE for fees (even if they do not attend class) if they do not drop by the REFUND deadline.

IMPORTANT: CALENDAR DATES APPLY TO SEMESTER-LENGTH CLASSES ONLY.  SEE INSTRUCTOR FOR DEADLINES FOR SHORT-TERM CLASSES (including PACE).

CALENDAR: www.piercecollege.edu/schedules/

ALL students (including concurrent high school students and those receiving financial aid/a fee waiver) should print their schedule of classes IN ORDER TO VERIFY PROPER CLASS ENROLLMENT. You are RESPONSIBLE to ensure that you are registered in the correct classes.

Photo ID is required to process transactions at Admissions & Records, Business Office, Financial Aid, etc. Please note that among others, a driver's license, a state-issued identification card, school identification card, etc. are acceptable forms of photo id.

Requests for transcripts (official or unofficial) or Verifications of Enrollment will NOT be accepted until ALL financial obligations with the Los Angeles Community College District are paid. IF you received a fee waiver/financial aid, make sure that you DO NOT owe ANY fees BEFORE submitting a transcript and/or verification request. If you owe fees at ANY school in the Los Angeles Community College District, your request will not be processed.

The colleges of the Los Angeles Community College District (www.laccd.edu) are:

• East Los Angeles College
• Instructional Television
• Los Angeles City College
• Los Angeles Harbor College
• Los Angeles Mission College
• Los Angeles Pierce College
• Los Angeles Southwest College 
• Los Angeles Trade Technical College
• Los Angeles Valley College
• West Los Angeles College

Business Office (information about fees, payment, refunds, etc.):

1) www.piercecollege.edu
2) Tab on top: Students
Under "CAMPUS SERVICES": Business Office

Direct link: www.piercecollege.edu/offices/business_office/

Verifications of Enrollment from GAIN/CalWORK

Please call 818-719-6400 for up-to-date information about services.

The GAIN/CalWORKs Office is located on the 2nd floor of the Student Services Building.

Monday - Thursday: 8 am - 12 noon
and
Monday - Thursday: 1 pm - 4:30 pm

Friday: CLOSED

Please note that the office is closed from 12 noon - 1 pm, Monday - Thursday.

It is the student's RESPONSIBILITY to be aware of the college's rules and regulations that appear in the Schedules of Classes, General Catalog, Calendar, Student Information Addendum, etc.: www.piercecollege.edu/schedules/