All Florida state and community college students seeking an Associate of Arts or a Bahelor's degree must satisfy the following degree requirements as established by the Board of Education.  You are required to complete 60 hours of transferable college level credit to receive an AA degree. Florida State Board of Education Administrative Rule 6A-10.024 (3a) requires 36 semester hours of general education courses, excluding college prep courses. The remaining 24 credit hours are elective credits. Graduates must also meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule, a state mandated foreign language requirement, and demonstrate the level of attainment of college-level academic skills (CLAS) in communication and computation as listed in Rule 6A-10.0316. This is also known as the CLAS requirement. You also must meet the Daytona State College residency requirements and have a cumulative 2.0 GPA and a Daytona State 2.0 GPA. (See Graduation Requirements and Procedures.)

Foreign Language Requirements
Completion of two years of the same foreign language in high school or eight college semester credits of the same foreign language or in American Sign at the level of ASL 2140/2140L or above. Foreign and sign language courses satisfy elective credits toward the AA degree.

Attainment of College-Level Academic Skills (CLAS Requirement)
Students are considered to have demonstrated the attainment of college-level academic skills in communication and computation prior to or after the completion of required courses as stated in Rule 6A-10.0316 as follows:

a) College-Level Communication: Earn a 2.5 grade point average in two (2) courses for a minimum of six (6) semester hours of credit from: ENC1101, ENC1102 or other equivalent college level English course (course prefixes AML, ENC, ENG, ENL, CRW and LIT); or have a CPT score of 93 on the Reading and 105 on the Writing; a SAT score of 500 on the verbal or an ACT score of 22 on the reading and 21 on the English. (Exemption via waiver for students with a prior documented specific learning disability is possible.)

 b) College-Level Computation: Earn a 2.5 grade point average in two (2) courses for a minimum of six (6) semester hours of credit from: MAC 1105 or any other MAC course with the last three digits higher than 105; MGF 2106, 2107, or STA 2023; or have a CPT score of 91 on the Elementary Algebra, a SAT score of 500 on the math or an ACT score of 21 on the math. (Exemption via waiver for students with a prior documented specific learning disability is possible.)

Residency
Complete at least 25 percent of the degree requirement credits in residence at Daytona State College

Graduation Application
Submit an application for graduation and pay appropriate graduation fees. The fee will entitle the graduate to a diploma, if qualified, and to participate in the commencement ceremonies. Daytona State reserves the right to certify students as completers once they have completed all requirements for the degree or certificate, regardless if they have completed an application for graduation. Students who do not complete the graduation application process will not receive a diploma or have the degree or certificate earned statement on their official transcript. Completers are no longer eligible to receive student financial assistance.

Students not meeting graduation requirements for the term/semester for which they applied must reapply and pay the graduation fee for the new term/ semester for which they are applying.

Fulfill all financial and other obligations to the College before receiving their degree or certificate.

Commencement ceremonies for degree, certificate and adult education candidates are held in May. Students who complete graduation requirements in the fall and/or spring semester, or who have applied early for graduation during summer semester, are encouraged to participate in commencement ceremonies.