Students currently enrolled in college degree programs at other institutions must meet the following requirements to take courses at Daytona State College as a transient student and have their course credits transfer back to their primary institution:
- The student attending a Florida public college or university should complete the Transient Student Admissions Application available online at www.flvc.org.
- The student attending a private college or out-of-state public college or university must complete the admissions application available at the Daytona State College home page.
- Students must submit a letter or Transient Student (or Transfer Credit) Form from their institution, academic dean or department chairperson to the Registration Office authorizing them to enroll at Daytona State College as a Transient Student. If you are meeting with an advisor to assist you with course selection, make sure to share this form with them for verification of eligibility to enroll in the Daytona State College courses that you plan to take. Students assume responsibility for selecting the appropriate courses that meet their educational objectives. They also are responsible for ensuring that their institution will accept each course taken at Daytona State College toward their program of study. By signing the Transient Student (or Transfer Credit) Form, your primary college is verifying that you meet the prerequisites for the courses being approved.
- Once approved by your home college, a course authorization will be put into your student record for each course indicated on your transient form. Please note that your approved form does not secure a seat in your course(s), and you must still register for the course.
- Please remember that, as a transient student, you will not be able to perform any registration functions (register, drop or withdraw) online through the FalconNet. You may go to any Daytona State College Enrollment Office/Falcon Center and the staff will assist you in registering, or with other transactions.
- If you cannot visit a Daytona State College campus, you can reply to the approval email with your specific information for each approved class. Please list your name, the course prefix/number for each class along with the section number, and your Daytona State College ID# and the Registration Office will register you.
- Financial Aid Consortium Form must also be completed between the Daytona State Financial Aid Office and that of the home college for students who are receiving for financial aid. Effective in 2012-2013, Florida's public colleges and universities may have an overall consortium agreement administered by www.FLVC.org, so individual agreements may not be necessary.
- Transients students are required to pay the bill when due.
- Transient students are responsible for requesting an official to be sent to their home institution after completing course(s).
As a transient student, you will be subject to the rules, policies and procedures of Daytona State College regarding all academic and registration issues. Under no circumstances will you be able to receive a grade for the course you are taking prior to the dates indicated in the Academic Calendar. Please consider enrolling in an A subsession course, if you will need a grade to be submitted to your home institution before the normal end of the B subsession or full-term course.
To be a Transient Student:
- Students currently enrolled in college degree/certificate programs at Daytona State must meet the following requirements if they want to take courses at other regionally accredited institutions and have them transfer back to Daytona State:
- If the host institution is a Florida public college or university, complete the Transient Student Form request available online at www.FLVC.org. For other regionally accredited host institutions, the student may submit the paper Transient Student Form, available online at www.DaytonaState.edu and at any Daytona State campus. The paper form also may be completed if the FLVC.org form is not available.
- Submit a Transient Student Form and have it approved by the Records Office. If applicable, the student must have the approval of the associate of science/certificate program chairperson before credits will be accepted. Daytona State is not responsible for the acceptance of any credit other than the credits approved by Daytona State.
- Students must be in good standing, academically and financially, with a cumulative Daytona State GPA of 2.0 or better. First-semester students must also be co-enrolled for Daytona State College courses.
- Students may need to provide the Record's Office with a course description for each transient course requested. This must accompany the Transient Student Form.
- Students must have successfully completed the host institution’s appropriate pre-requisite(s) for each transient course requested.
- All courses taken as a transient must be applicable to the student's program of study at Daytona State.
- Students receiving Veteran's Benefits must obtain approval from the Veteran's Affairs Office.
- A student wishing to receive financial aid while taking courses at another college as a transient student must complete a consortium agreement indicating the course name, credits and cost signed by the other college and presented to the Daytona State Office of Financial Aid. Note: Effective in 2012-2013, Florida's public colleges and universities may have an overall consortium agreement administered by FLVC.org, so individual agreements may not be necessary.
- All hours taken as a transient will be recorded on the Daytona State transcript once the official transcript is received form the host institution and will be computed in the GPA along with the credits earned at Daytona State. Students must remember that the college residency requirement is 25 percent of the degree requirements.
- It is the student's responsibility to furnish the Office of Admissions with an official transcript upon completion of approved coursework.
- All tuition and fees owed to the other college are to be paid directly to that college.
