1. Welcome to Extended Opportunity Programs and Services

3. History about our program
The Extended Opportunity
Programs and Services (EOPS)
Established by the Legislature
in 1969 through SB 164
Created to enable students affected by language, social, and economic handicaps to achieve their educational objective and goals including:
Improved job skills
occupational certificates
associate degrees
transfer to four-year institutions.

4. ATTENTION EOPS STUDENTS! ATTENTION EOPS STUDENTS!
ATTENTION EOPS STUDENTS! You should plan to arrive at least 10 minutes early to your appointment . Late arrivals will be required to reschedule.
ATTENTION EOPS
STUDENTS!
You should plan to arrive at least 10 minutes early to your appointment .
Late arrivals will be required to reschedule.
ATTENTION EOPS
STUDENTS!
You should plan to arrive at least 10 minutes early to your appointment .
Late arrivals will be required to reschedule.

5. Success is sweet: the sweeter if long delayed and attained through manifold struggles and defeats A. Branson Alcott

6. Eligibility for EOPS? Financially:
Qualify for a BOG-W (fee waiver) type A or B
Educationally:
Have not earned HS diploma nor the equivalent
GPA from HS is below 2.5
Assessment results place you into foundational
Math & English (English or Math )
Completed foundational course series in English or
Math from another college
Completed remedial course work or English as a
Second Language classes in high school and/or
college.
Should not have or have not exceeded 48 degree
applicable units

8. Did You Know…
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9. What are some of our services?
Mandated Specialized Counseling
Book Assistance
Semester parking permits/Bus passes
Priority Registration
Guidance classes to Orient students
Cultural Awareness Events
Summer Readiness Program

10. TRIVIA QUESTION E.O.P.S. is an abbreviation for?
Extra Opportunities for Panther Students
Extended Options for People & Students
Extended Opportunity Programs and Services
I have no idea

11. How long can you benefit from EOPS:
aintaining good standing, you can benefit until you complete:
70 degree applicable semester units (including units from other colleges)
OR:
6 semesters in the EOPS program (excluding the summer sessions)

12. want to see in the world.”
“Be the change you
want to see in the world.”
-Gandhi

13. Answer to the Trivia is…
C. Extended Opportunity Programs and Services

14. EOPS Student Responsibilities
Enroll in Guidance 2 as advised by the EOPS
counselor
Must be a full-time student (12 units each semester)
Select classes from the Educational Plan developed
with EOPS counselor
Complete 3 mandatory contacts with the EOPS
counselor each semester (Start Term, Mid Term, and
End Term)
Obtain the EOPS counselor approval before adding
or dropping classes
Make satisfactory academic progress