Counseling Center

Welcome to Counseling

The Counselors at Pierce College
are trained in educational planning, career planning and personal counseling. Our goal is to help students clarify their goals, realistically evaluate their own strengths and challenges, and learn to develop their planning skills to achieve their goals. We recognize that this is a process and doesn't happen in one visit.

When you come to Counseling, you can expect that we will help you learn to take charge of your own academic career, learn to make good decisions, and learn to plan so you will be successful. We won't be making your schedule for you or telling you what to do. This might be different from your high school counseling experience. But we are committed to working with you until you feel you understand what you need to do to reach your goal.

Counseling Student Learning Outcomes

The Counseling Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) are based on the individual academic counseling appointments in the General Counseling office. Students come to counseling with differing levels of goal definition, a wide range of academic preparation, varying degrees of specificity in their requests, and different levels of understanding about the higher education system.

Here is what we hope to accomplish with you, depending on your circumstances and needs:

• Clarification of Issues/Problems

The student will understand and/or articulate the need to define clearly the issue to be addressed in Counseling before moving on to the next steps.

• Realistic Self-Assessment

The student will be aware of and/or able to critically evaluate and integrate personal factors (interest, potential, limitations, financial, family, etc.) that may influence educational/career decisions.

• Educational Planning

The student will be aware of and/or able to create and put into effect a plan of action to reach an educational goal (integrating self knowledge, program demands and requirements).