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FORMS
The following forms are provided for your convenience. They may be downloaded and printed. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to utilize these forms. All of the listed forms are also available through their respective campus offices.
Academic Counseling
Admissions & Records
Cashier's Office
Financial Aid
Transfer Center
For Prerequisite challenge information, forms, and deadlines, go to www.sbcc.edu/prerequisites.
For Information Competency (Area F) information and forms, go to www.sbcc.edu/informationcompetency.
ACADEMIC COUNSELING
Application for Degree or Certificate of Achievement - Once you have determined your eligibility for a degree or certificate by using DARS or by consulting an academic counselor, you can use this form to apply for your degree or certificate.
Waiver/Substitution Petition of Graduation Requirements - Use this form to request a waiver or substitution for one or more classes required for graduation if you feel you have satisfied the requirements in another class or by another means.
ADMISSIONS & RECORDS
Santa Barbara City College
Admissions & Records
721 Cliff Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93109-2394
FAX 805-962-0497
AB540 - Eligible California high school graduates may use this form to request exemption
from nonresident tuition. All requirements for requesting the exemption are included
in this document.
Authorization for Release of Information to Parents - Use this form to authorize SBCC to release information from your records to your
parent(s)/guardian(s). See Enrollment Verifications for more information.
Authorization For Release Of Information to a Third Party - Use this form to authorize SBCC to release information from your records to a third
party. See Enrollment Verifications for more information.
Diploma/Certificate Mailing Request Form - Use this form to request to have your diploma for an earned Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and/or Certificate of Achievement mailed to you. Please read this form for instructions. If you have not applied for and/or have not been awarded an Associate Degree or Certificate of Achievement, go to Degree Applications. All earned degrees and certificates of achievement are posted on the student's transcript.
Military Withdrawal Notification - Use this form to request a withdrawal from current semester classes in response to military orders.
Official Transcript Request - Use this form to request official copies of your SBCC transcript. Go to Transcripts for more information. DO NOT FAX.
Petition for Academic Renewal - Please read the form for instructions.
Petition to Allow Time Conflicts - Use this form to request to register in courses that overlap. Effective Spring 2011, BP/AP 5047 Multiple and Overlapping Enrollments only permits requests for time conflicts of no more than 10 minutes.
Petitions for Course Repetition
The Spring 2012 deadlines to submit the Petition for Course Repetition, Petition for
Course Repetition if Currently Registered, Petition to Repeat a Course Previously
Completed with a Grade of C or Better, and Petition to Register in a Course with 4
Previously Recorded Withdrawls have passed.
Significant changes to course repetition regulations are forthcoming in Summer and
Fall 2012. Students and the community will be notified when the changes have been
finalized and more information will be posted when it becomes available.
Petition for Late Add- Use this form to request a late add. In order to be eligible for consideration of a late add, attendance in the course must have begun during the first two weeks of the semester (Fall/Spring) or the first week in Summer. Important: Effective Fall 2011, the late add deadline is enforced. Petitions for Late Add in Spring 2012 will not be accepted after the 4th week of the semester (February 16 at 4:15 p.m.). Read important notice to students.
Petition for Pass/No Pass (English) (Español) - Complete this petition to request to take a course for Pass/No Pass instead of a letter grade. Take the completed form to your instructor for review and approval. Submit completed and approved petition to Admissions & Records PRIOR to the last day to submit Pass/No Pass Petitions (the end of the 5th week of the semester for full semester length classes).
Petition For Use Of Most Recent Grade In A Repeated Course - Use this form if you have repeated a course in order to alleviate a D, F or No Pass grade. The original grade remains part of the transcript; however, the original grade and course units are offset with parentheses and a footnote which is referenced on the reverse side of the transcript. Both the semester and cumulative units are adjusted to reflect the course repeat on the basis of the most recent grade.
Petition for Waiver of College Regulations - Use this form to request: change of "F" to "W", "Incomplete" to "W", Late "Pass/No Pass", Refund, Extend an Incomplete, or Late Withdrawal. Official documentation is required to support your request. The official documentation should specifically explain the extenuating circumstances that require you to request a Waiver of College Regulations. Please read the entire form for specifics.
Program of Study/Major Change Form - Use this form to request to change your Program of Study/Major at SBCC. Review Programs of Study/Majors here.
NEW! Update your major instantly online by logging on to your Pipeline. Go to Registration and select “Update Ed Goal & Major”.
Residency Reclassification - To establish residency at SBCC for the purpose of tuition, you are required to submit
proof that you have met the conditions required for becoming a CA resident. The requirements
and process are documented in Establishing Residency at SBCC. Students must submit the Student Affidavit Residency Reclassification form and the Parent Affidavit Residency Reclassification form via an appointment with Admissions & Records.
Student Data Change Form - Use this form to correct or change: your name on your academic records, Social
Security number (copy of actual card must be attached), birth date, educational goal,
or transfer plans.
Unofficial Transcript Request Form - Use this form to request an unofficial copy of your SBCC transcript. You may also
print unofficial copies through your Pipeline account. 
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Petition for Waiver of Mandatory Course Fees
Student Request For Refund - You can leave your funds in and roll them over to the next semester(s) or you can use this form to request a refund for tuition/enrollment fees. REFUNDS ARE NOT AUTOMATIC. Submit the completed form in person to the Cashier's Office in the Student Services Building, by FAX to (805) 897-3576, or by mail to SBCC/Cashier's Office, 721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109. Review refund policies here. Note: this form does not apply to non-credit Continuing Education classes. Visit the Continuing Ed Division for more information
FINANCIAL AID
Board of Governors Fee Waiver (English)
Board of Governors Fee Waiver (Español)
IGETC Certification Application - Use this form to request certification of IGETC requirements. Note: if you have satisfied IGETC requirements at any other institution (including the foreign language requirement in high school), you must attach official transcripts reflecting this coursework to this application.
CSU GE Certification Application - Use this form to request certification of CSU GE Breadth requirements. Note: if you have satisfied CSU GE Breadth requirements at any other institution, you must attach official transcripts reflecting this coursework to this application.
