Registrar's Office

Transcripts are requested through the following ways:

Current students, or students who attended Lethbridge College within 16 months:

Unofficial transcripts can be accessed through Self-Service. To access, follow the steps below:

• Log into Self Service
• Select Academics on the left-hand side of the menu
• Select Unofficial Transcripts

Official transcripts can be requested through Self-Service. To access, follow the steps below:

• Log into Self Service
• Select Academics on the left-hand side of the menu
• Select Transcript Requests
• Select Add New Request

Important information when requesting your official transcript:

• Transcripts with current grades and courses
  • Transcripts that are requested through Self Service will be uploaded within two business days to MyCreds
• Transcripts with final grades
  • After final grades are submitted by the instructor, the Registrar's Office will verify final grades submitted and apply academic standing. During this time students will not have the ability to request transcripts
  • After final grades are verified and standing applied students will be eligible to request a transcript which will show all final grades for that term
  • Students are strongly recommended to view their unofficial transcript through Self Service before requesting the official transcript to be uploaded to MyCreds
  • final grades and academic standing will typically be finalized one week after the final grade submission deadline
• Transcripts with graduation notation
  • Once you have submitted your Application to Graduate, successfully completed all your courses and the Registrar’s Office has verified your eligibility, your transcript will be uploaded to MyCreds and an email notification will be sent to you
  • See the Graduation Application Deadline for when the graduation statement will be placed on transcripts

After submitting your request, the Registrar’s Office will upload your transcript to MyCreds.

Students who attended Lethbridge College longer than 16 months ago:

Official transcripts can be requested through the Transcript of Academic Record form. After submitting your request, the Registrar’s Office will upload your transcript to MyCreds.

Lethbridge College uses MyCreds, Canada’s digital document wallet, to issue transcripts and other official documents in a secure digital format. MyCreds is the official online document sharing system of the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC).

Documents issued through MyCreds are certified, official and can be securely shared with other educational institutions, employers and other third parties. MyCreds allows you to access your documents anytime, from anywhere and share them as often as you need.

Once your transcript is uploaded to MyCreds, you will be sent an email to notify you it is ready for you to access. You will need to purchase Share Credits in order to share your transcripts with third parties.

For more information on MyCreds, visit our MyCreds page

When you apply to another Alberta post-secondary institution through Apply Alberta, the new institution will request your transcript to be sent to them electronically on your behalf.

Once requested, transcripts normally take 2-3 business days for processing.

Grading for credit courses are as follows:

The following grades are typically applied to practicum courses, independent study, and project courses:

 Other Grade Symbols and Grade Points:

More information on grading can be found in the Grading Policy.

If a grade is appealed, it must be discussed with the instructor of the course, as well as the Associate Dean. For detailed instructions and timelines of completing a grade appeal, please review the Final Grade Appeal Process within the Grading Policy.

You may be eligible to have credit awarded for learning gained through one of the following ways:

• Credit courses completed with a passing grade more than ten years ago
• A combination of credit courses with no course-to-course relationship to a LC credit course
• Informal education and/or training activities
• Self-study
• Work experience
• Volunteer activities

The Prior Learning Assessment process begins with a discussion between you (the student) and the Program Chair/Designate from your current program. A faculty member will utilize a variety of assessment tools to assess your knowledge, skills and competencies for the course which you are seeking Prior Learning Credit. If successful, you will receive a grade of PLC for the course.

To apply for prior learning, or for step by step instructions, please view the Prior Learning Assessment Application.

Graduation is the process that happens once you have completed all courses for your program and the Registrar’s Office has verified you are ready to graduate from your program. Once our Records team has confirmed you are eligible to graduate, we will put a notation that you completed your program on your transcript, as well as produce your credential (issued during each Convocation ceremony).

Convocation is the ceremony where you can cross the stage and celebrate the completion of your program! You will need to apply to attend the convocation ceremony.

Through Self Service, you will be able to check your status of your program completion.

• Log into Self Service
• Select Academics on the left-hand side of the menu
• Select Graduation Overview
• Select Review my Academic Progress

For more details on how to check your progress, see the My Progress under Self Service Videos.

Instructions on how to request to attend the convocation ceremony, as well as details about the ceremony can be found on the Convocation website.

Please note there will be a convocation fee required at the time of application.

If you are deemed ineligible to graduate after you submitted your request to attend convocation, the Records team will contact you.

*Parchments will be available following the Convocation ceremony

The conferral of credential will take place during the convocation ceremony. Once this is completed, parchments will be mailed out to the address on file for all students who do not attend the convocation ceremony.