Enrollment Terminology

Daytona State offers college and vocational credit courses as well as college preparatory courses. Students may attend fulltime or part-time for a specific semester.

• College credit – courses that typically lead to a bachelor of applied science, associate of arts, associate of applied science or associate of science degree, and may transfer to other regionally accredited institutions.

• Vocational credit – courses that typically lead to a certificate of completion and often do not transfer to other postsecondary institutions.

• College Preparatory courses – offered in both college and vocational credit. 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 with the mode of instruction.

• Semester – a 16-week (also two eight 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. A student may combine hours for all subsessions within the semester to establish full-time status.

• Half-time status - a student enrolled in at least six credit hours during a semester. A student may combine hours for all subsessions within the semester to establish half-time status.

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