Daytona State offers college credit and vocational courses as well as college preparatory courses. Students may attend full-time or part-time.

• College Credit - Courses that typically lead to a bachelor of applied science or bachelor of science in education, associate of arts, associate of applied science, associate of science degree or college credit certificate, and may transfer to other regionally accredited institutions.
• Vocational Credit - Courses that typically lead to a certificate and do not transfer to other postsecondary institutions.
• College Preparatory Courses - Courses are designed to help students achieve a specific skill level. Credits earned in preparatory courses will not transfer and are not calculated in a student's grade point average (GPA). Students may not audit a preparatory class.
• Audit - Students who do not want to earn college credit for a course or have taken the course before and received a grade of "C" or better may audit a course. College preparatory courses may not be audited. All requisites apply when auditing a course.
• Semester Hours - The number of credits assigned to a specific course. The number of hours per week of class varies.
• Semester - A 15 or 16-week (also two seven-week sub sessions) period during the fall and spring when classes are in session. Multiple summer sessions are offered starting at various times.
• Full-Time Status - A student enrolled in 12 or more credit hours during any semester is considered full-time. A student may combine hours for all sub-sessions within the semester to establish full-time status.
• Three-Quarter-Time Status - A student enrolled in nine to 11 credit hours during a semester. A student may combine hours for all sub-sessions within the semester to establish half-time status.
• Half-Time Status - A student enrolled in six to eight credit hours during a semester. A student may combine hours for all sub-sessions within the semester to establish half-time status. Less Than Half-Time Status - A student enrolled in less than six credit hours during a semester.