Learning Support Services
The Division of Learning Support Services(LSS) provides
instruction for students who need to improve their basic academic skills before attempting
college-level courses. You will take a placement test to determine whether you need LSS classes unless
you have been exempted from the test based on SAT or ACT test scores. The LSS Division includes courses
in Reading, English, and Mathematics.
More Placement Exam Information
LSS Courses
These courses:
- provide you with the skills necessary for academic success.
- Increase self-confidence
- Help you to obtain full-time enrollment status for financial aid purposes.
The LSS Courses do not apply towards degree requirements, do not influence the grade point average
(GPA), and may not be transferred. However, they prepare you for credit classes, giving you the academic
background to excel in the follow- on courses.
Students entering degree or non-degree programs who wish to register for any course which has a
Learning Support Services prerequisite must meet LSS requirements in that area.
All students who place in LSS courses must also complete the GMC 100 course, Preparing
for Success, which is part of the Life KEYS program.
LSS Procedures
GMC will honor learning support courses taught at
Board of Regents schools. Test scores and course
completion records will be considered valid for two
years. Students who have not successfully completed
LSS courses at a previous college must enroll in
equivalent courses at GMC. Students must complete
all Learning Support Services courses in the first
sixty (60) quarter hours attempted at GMC,
excluding PED, and GMC 100A/Life Keys
courses. All required LSS English and reading
courses should be completed within the first thirty
(30) quarter hours attempted at GMC.
LSS students will enroll in at least one LSS course
per term until they have completed this requirement.
Failure to complete the required LSS course work in
60 hours will require that in subsequent terms the
student enroll only in LSS courses until the
requirements are met.
Learning Support Service Courses offered at GMC Valdosta
- LSS English I (ENG 097)
- LSS English II (ENG 099)
- LSS Reading I (RDG097)
- LSS Reading II (RDG 099)
- LSS Pre-Algebra (MAT 096)
- LSS Mathematics I (MAT 097)
- LSS Mathematics II (MAT 099)
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Susan Santicola, LSS Department Coordinator, at ssanticola@gmc.cc.ga.us
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