The Office of Admission and Records provides student access to accurate and timely information regarding application, registration, record maintenance, and academic policies. Application documents and transcripts from high schools and/or former colleges, as well as any questions regarding admittance to the College, should be addressed to this office. Questions regarding multi-campus enrollment, copies of current college credit, and requests for IDs are also handled by this office.
Notification of Emergencies
In the event of an emergency between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, the Office of Admission and Records will attempt to locate a student on campus and/or to relay an emergency message to him or her.
Change of Address or Name
Students are responsible for all communications addressed to them at the address on file in the Office of Admission and Records. Students who move during a semester must immediately register their changes of address in the Office of Admission and Records.
Change of name because of marriage or correction of name because of spelling errors may be made by completing a name change form at the Office of Admission and Records. All name changes must be accompanied by copies of the legal documents making the name official. This document will be kept on file in the student’s confidential folder.
New Student Orientation
A freshman orientation program is offered during August for the fall enrollment and in January for the spring enrollment. These sessions are designed to acquaint new students with campus facilities, academic and student support services, and give individual students opportunities to confer with advisors, division directors, and program directors about academic programs. Details of the orientation programs can be found at https://www.lsco.edu/orientation/orientation.asp or by contacting the Recruiting Office at (409) 882-3379.
DegreeWorks
Students, faculty mentors, academic advisors, and staff members have access to DegreeWorks; a degree audit system within LSCO’s Gator Self Service Banner System. The tool allows all parties to see the same information about what courses students have successfully completed and what courses are still required for students’ chosen degree plan.
For students, DegreeWorks:
- Provides real-time advice and counsel
- Provides intuitive web access to Gator self-service capabilities
- Streamlines the graduation process
- Allows direct access to multiple related services and advice through hyperlinks to catalog information, class schedules, transcripts, and FAQs
For advisors and staff members, DegreeWorks:
- Supports real-time delivery of academic advice through intuitive web interfaces
- Minimizes errors through consistent degree plans
- Supports more timely degree certification
- Reduces paperwork and manual program check sheets
- Supports and monitors unique program changes
Students and advisors can also use DegreeWorks to test “what if” scenarios with alternate majors to see how a change of major might affect the student’s expected graduation date.
Current students may access DegreeWorks, view course schedules, and register for classes online by logging into Gator Self-Service or Blackboard from our website www.lsco.edu.
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