Honors Counseling

Honors Counselors are specialists among the counseling faculty, but
they do not exclusively see Honors Program students. Consequently,
their availability may be quite limited in a given week. Honors counseling
is available in Watson Hall through the Counseling Department (3rd floor)
and the Transfer Center (2nd floor).

Honors counseling may include Honors Program eligibility and benefits,
(honors) transfer preparation, selection of transfer institutions, course
selection, selection of major and alternate major, certification for honors
transfer, policy appeals, academic renewal, career guidance, issues of a
personal nature, referrals to campus and off-campus resources, concerns
about academic performance, and much more. 

Walk-Ins (no appointment):
Any student who needs an answer to a quick question related to eligibility,
enrollment, and continuing participation in the Honors Program, Honors
transfer, or other honors benefits or requirements, may visit:
Wednesdays, from 1:00 - 2:00pm
Dr. Carol Barnes
Watson Hall 385


By Appointment:
All students seeking Honors counseling on an appointment basis 
should have transcripts from high school and any other colleges attended,
as well as AP scores (if applicable), on file with the OCC Records Office
at least one month before meeting with an Honors Counselor. It is also
preferred that a new student bring with them copies of these documents
in case the official copies are not yet accessible to the counselor.

Honors counseling is available to new students beginning in the
middle of their first full semester of enrollment at OCC.
 
For your first-ever scheduled counseling appointment (honors or
non-honors), plan to be physically present a bit before 8 a.m. at the
3rd floor Counseling Appointment Desk on any Thursday morning to
book an appointment for the following week. Phone-in requests for
counseling appointments are not recommended because callers take
a back seat to those who show up in person and those who will be
making their second and successive appointments online.


For continuing students, Honors counseling may be requested at
any time. 

If you have previously met with a counselor at a scheduled
appointment, you may make your next and future appointments online.
Follow the instructions at the bottom of the Counseling web page (From the
OCC home page, go to " Student Services" and then click on "Counseling").

You will need your student ID number and date of birth. Online appointments
become available at 8am Thursday mornings for the following week only. Be
sure you know the names of honors counselor(s) with whom you wish to
meet.

If asking a friend or family member to make the appointment for you, be sure
they have your student ID and birth date, the names of honors counselors,
and several days and times during the next week when you’ll be available
to meet with a counselor.

*** By 9:00 a.m. Thursdays, all 3rd floor counseling appointments for
the following week are likely to be filled, so be sure to be online or in
line early.***

For booking an appointment with an Honors Counselor in the Transfer
Center on the 2nd floor of Watson Hall (Bagatourian), you may visit in
person or phone 714.432.5894 during regular office hours. Appointments may
be not be available until mid-October.