Admissions & Records FAQs

There are a couple of ways you can find out which classes you need for your major or program of study:

• Find your program in the Course Catalog. It will list all of the classes you will need to take for a specific degree or certificate.
• Talk with your academic counselor who can help you choose which classes you need to take on a timeline that works for you so that you can meet the requirements needed to earn a degree or certificate.
• You can also talk with your counselor about what kind of program is best for what you want to do. We offer associate degrees and associate degrees for transfer, certificates of achievement and skill certificates.

• You can find out exactly how much tuition and fees cost from the Business Office.
• Compared to a four-year university or college, it’s hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars less!
• Make sure to review all of our financial aid grants and fee waivers, scholarships, and financing options we have. You could even get money for going to college that you don’t have to pay back.

Be advised: Tuition is regulated by the state of California and is subject to change without notice.

If you have completed a prerequisite course at another college, submit an unofficial transcript or report card contact the LASC Counseling Department.

If you took at Advanced Placement test or another exam that would meet the requirements of a prerequisite, please review the Credit by Examination section in the current Course Catalog for our policies on which exams we accept along with their qualifying scores, as well as the procedures you will need to follow depending on which exam you want to have considered for qualification.

• To Add an Online Class that isn’t closed after classes begin, and before the deadline to add a class:
  • Send an email to the instructor using your LACCD SIS email account and format the email in the following way:
    • Add Online Class Request for Fall 2020, Biology 5, Section #10233
    • Full Name
    • Student ID Number (i.e. 881234567)
    • I, (Your Name), request to be added to (Name of Class, Section Number). Thank you!
  • Subject: Add Online Class Request for (Term), (Course Name), (Section Number)
  • Body of Email: Include your:
  • If the instructor approves your request to add the class, they will email you back with a permission number.
  • Use the permission number to add the class to the Student Information System. You will be asked for the permission number (Permission Nbr) when you try to add the class.
  • If you cannot be added due to fees, holds, unit limits, etc., contact the Admissions Office at (323) 241-5321.

  You will not see the class in your Canvas portal until the day after your add is processed.

• You are responsible for dropping any class you do not wish to attend and need to make the first step by dropping your unwanted class either online on the Student Information System or at Admissions & Records (SSB, Room 102).
• Never assume you will automatically be dropped from a class if you do not attend.
• IMPORTANT: Remember to drop classes by the Drop Class deadlines listed in the Academic Calendar in the Schedule of Classes. If you should miss this date, we recommend making an appointment with your academic counselor as soon as possible to discuss your options.

You can drop a class online or in-person at Admissions & Records, SSB, Room 102, during our office hours.

Keep in mind, you are responsible for knowing all of the deadlines to drop a class is for each term you are enrolled in classes. Visit the Academic Calendar or Schedule of Classes to find when the Drop a Class deadline is.

To drop a class online, follow these steps:

Step 1: Go to the LASC homepage and click on Register for Classes. This
will lead you to the Student Information System (SIS).

Step 2: Log into the SIS with your Student ID Number or SSN. You must also enter your PIN. Remember, your default PIN is your birthday month and date, for example, January 15 = 0115.

Step 3: On the SIS menu, click on the yellow tab that says "Registration."

Step 4: You must select your college – Los Angeles Southwest College – along with the semester and year.

Step 5: In the “Action” drop-down box, select “Drop.”

Step 6: Enter the section number of the class you want to drop. If you do not know the section number, you can find it by using the tab named "View Schedule" to review your classes.

Step 7: Click “Submit.”

Step 8: Once the system has dropped the class you wanted to be removed from your class schedule, you will get a confirmation number.

Make sure to keep this number as proof you dropped the class.
You can use the "View Schedule" tab on the right menu bar to confirm the class is dropped from your class schedule. If it was successfully dropped, there will be a date in the Drop Date column next to the class you dropped.

To add an online class, or to find out what to do if you are on the standby list for an online class, please visit the Student Information System for more information.

If you are on a standby list to add a class, you must attend the first day of class if you want to have a chance of getting into that class. The instructor for the class may add students to the class starting with the first person on the standby list (typically number one on the list) until the class is full.

Keep in mind, if you are registered for a class and do not show up for the first day of class, you can lose your spot to someone who is on the standby list or who is there to ask the instructor for permission to add the class.

You do not need to drop standby listed classes from your schedule because you are not officially enrolled in the class, nor are you charged tuition for it; however, you must add the standby listed classes and pay for them before the Add a Class deadline to receive credit for the class.

• To find out if a course has a prerequisite, corequisite, or is recommended, go to the Course Catalog and Schedule of Courses where the Course Descriptions show the enrollment requirements of Prerequisite, Corequisite, or Recommended right below the course name. When you are registering for classes online via your Student Information System look at the top of the course description to find if it has any qualifications.
• A prerequisite is typically a set of skills or a body of knowledge you need to have before you are able to enroll in higher-level courses or programs. Without these skills and/or knowledge, it is thought you would be highly unlikely to succeed in that course or program.

If the academic information we have about you shows you do not have these skills and/or knowledge, you will not be able to enroll in this course until you get the knowledge and/or skill set needed for that specific course or program.

• A corequisite is a course or program you need to take along with another course, as both courses being learned together provide the knowledge or skillset you can only get from taking them simultaneously, and that you would be highly unlikely to succeed by taking each one separately.
• Lastly, a recommended course is a course or program you are advised, but not required, to take before enrolling in another course. In these courses, you will receive a set of skills or body of knowledge that will go into more depth about the subject, and that without which you would still be likely to succeed the course or program.

Keep in mind, if you have had previous experience or academic knowledge and would like to challenge the prerequisite requirement in order to bypass it, please find the section on the Prerequisite Challenge Process in the Course Catalog for more information.

You are able to receive a full refund as long as you drop all of your classes via your Student Information System account before the Drop a Class deadline. This deadline is listed in the Schedule of Classes for each semester, term, and short-term courses. We recommend reading over the Enrollment Fee Refund Policy in the Course Catalog for more information.

• We highly recommend making an appointment with your academic counselor before dropping all of your classes. They can connect you with different support services that could help you make attending school a reality.
• And, if you’ve taken out financial aid, it’s very important to make an appointment with a Financial Aid Representative to make sure you know if you will owe any funds back.
• You are able to receive a full refund as long as you drop all of your classes via your Student Information System.

account before the Drop a Class deadline. This deadline is listed in

the Schedule of Classes for each semester, term, and short-term courses. We recommend reading over the Enrollment Fee Refund Policy in the Course Catalog for more information.

• You will need to submit a Refund Request to the Business Office.

• You can find more information about LASC’s refund policy in the Enrollment Fee Refund Policy section in the Course Catalog.

• If you are interested in taking a class where you want to learn more but do not want to receive credit or a grade for the class, auditing is a great way to enrich and expand your knowledge.
• Here are the conditions in which you are allowed to audit a class:
  • Students enrolled in classes to receive credit for ten or more semester units shall not be charged a fee to audit three or fewer semester units per semester.
  • Auditing courses is $15 per unit. These fees are subject to change, so please check with the Business Office to confirm the per-unit amount.
  • Once paid, these fees are nonrefundable.
  • No student auditing a course shall be permitted to change his/her enrollment in that course to receive credit for the course.
  • Permission to enroll in a class on an audit basis is solely up to the Instructor’s discretion. Priority in class enrollment shall be given to students desiring to take the course for credit toward a degree or certificate. (Add this new sentence)

Find more information on auditing a course in LASC’s Course Catalog.