Santa Barbara City College is committed to every students' academic success.
While academic success can mean many things to different people, in this site
we are referring to the demonstrated knowledge and skills needed to meet local
and state academic content standards.
These standards include completing courses that lead to a degree, certificate,
award or transfer eligibility with a minimum grade point average (G.P.A.) of
2.0 which is a "C" average or better in all course work. These standards
also include successfully earning a grade of "C" or better in each
course that applies to department requirements (a.k.a. Major requirements) of
a degree, certificate, or award. For students transferring to a f our-year-college
or university specific courses are needed and the G.P.A. will generally be higher
than a 2.0 depending on the transfer institution's standards.
Academic success also means developing and acquiring the foundational ("prerequisite")
skills and knowledge that are needed to be successful in higher level courses
that depend on skills and knowledge developed in other courses. Many student
who attend college right out of high school or who return to college after a
lengthy absence have a need for additional assistance in developing the foundational
skills in either English or mathematics that are needed to succeed in other
college level coursework.
We also know that there are many other factors in addition to the ability to
read, write and do math that affect a student's ability to achieve academic
success. These factors include time management, relationship management, money
management and setting meaningful goals to name a few.
The good news is that Santa Barbara City College has many resources available
to students to assure their academic success. To identify which resources will
be most beneficial to you, you are invited to confer with an academic career
counselor or you are welcome to research the many resources on your own. Some
of these resources are listed on the left side menu of this web page. The key
to your academic success will depend in large part on the degree to which you
use the support services that are available.
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