Community Service Learning Hours on Your Official Transcript
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Get the credit you deserve for your community service learning hours!

If you complete a CSL option in an APPROVED CSL COURSE, your service hours will be noted on your Official Transcript right next to your grades! Students should check with the course instructor to make sure the CSL course they are taking has been approved to receive a CSL designation, since only approved CSL courses will be able to note the hours in student's official transcripts.

Your transcript is a permanent record of your academic achievement and now you can prove your CSL activities to:

• Scholarship committees

• Graduate and professional schools

• Credential programs

• Employers

CSL Courses

In order to get your hours notated in your Official Transcript, you must take a Community Service Learning Course. Community Service Learning (CSL) offers students the chance to link academic study and course credit with community involvement and critical reflection. CSL courses are offered in many department and disciplines. To search for courses with CSL options, please click here to visit the approved CSL course page.

Forms and Guidelines

In order to get your hours noted in your Official Transcript, you must be aware of the following requirements:

• Students must complete a Community Service Learning Plan (CSL-5) before beginning service and a CSL-Transcript form (CSL-7) at the end of service. Please click here for forms.

• A minimum of 20 hours of service per semester must be completed.

• Service activities performed must meet the program criteria as determined by course instructor. Please contact your course instructor for approval if you are unsure if your service will meet the criteria.

• All forms must contain the agency/organization and project supervisor’s signature for each activity completed.

• Service hours from a previous semester will not be accepted.

• All forms must be mailed or turned in to the course instructor no later than the Wednesday before final exam week of the current term. Forms submitted must have original signatures--Xerox copies will not be accepted. The due date will be the last day to complete hours at the site unless course instructor gives prior approval.

If you have any further questions about the transcript policy or are in need of clarification, you can speak to the faculty of the CSL course or view the document below:

Detailed Description of CSL Transcript Process

To view all of the OCSL forms you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 installed on your computer, click here to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader (6.0).