Transfer Students

Students who have attended other colleges and postsecondary institutions must meet the same admissions requirements as new students. Students must request official transcripts from each postsecondary institution attended. There is a one-semester grace period to provide all prior college transcripts, even if no credits are to be transferred, as well as an official high school transcript. The official transcript must be submitted directly to the Admissions Office. Transcripts received from students will not be considered official unless they are in a sealed envelope from the issuing institution.

If official transcripts have not been received or the evaluation is not complete at the time of registration, the student should bring an unofficial transcript when meeting with an advisor for scheduling purposes. Transfer students who have met Daytona State equivalents for ENC 1101 (College Composition) and MAT 1033 (Intermediate Algebra) or higher are not required to take the college placement examinations.

Transfer credits will be evaluated and posted to your DSC record by the Records Office for currently enrolled, new or readmitted students that are in a degree or certificate program.

Transferring Courses and Grades to the Daytona State College Transcript

The college requires submission of all prior college transcripts, even if no credits are to be awarded in transfer. All lower-level (developmental, freshman and sophomore) transfer credit courses will be evaluated and posted to your Daytona State College record. Grades of D and higher received at prior colleges will be included in the cumulative grade point average, except for developmental courses. The Records Office will evaluate and post credits to your DSC record. Completed transfer evaluations can be viewed on your MYDAYTONASTATE portal, located under Student Homepage > Student Records > View Transfer Credit Report or the DSC transcript. Once transfer credits have been posted to the DSC transcript, they will not be removed.

 The college will include on the Daytona State College transcript all courses and grades that were attempted at a prior college except for the following:

• New students transferring to Daytona State College will automatically take advantage of the Academic Second Chance Policy for Transfer Students. The college will not transfer grades of "F" and "W" onto the Daytona State College transcript; although, they will count toward financial aid satisfactory academic progress. Students who were enrolled at the college prior to Fall 2009 must submit an Academic Second Chance appeal in order to have these courses removed from the transcript. For more information refer to the Academic Second Chance Policy.
• Lower level courses (1000 & 2000) will not be used for upper level course requirements (3000 & 4000).
• Master’s, Graduate and Doctoral courses will not be posted.
• Vocational credits will not be posted unless requested.

• We accept credits from institutions accredited by the following agencies recognized by the United States Department of Education:
• Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC)
• Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
• Middle States Commission on Higher Education ( MSCHE)
• New England Commission of Higher Education ( NECHE)
• Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
• WASC Senior College and University Commission ( WSCUC)

Transfer Credits from Non Accredited Institutions

 If the transfer institution is not accredited by one of the institutional agencies listed above, credits are evaluated on a course-by-course basis by departmental review, once the student provides supporting documentation to the Records office. The documentation is required to validate that the course content and instructor’s credentials are equivalent to those at Daytona State College.  Before providing this information to the Records office, instructor credentials and course syllabi must be linked and identified in the documents for the courses to be presented for evaluation. Students must submit official transcripts to the Admissions Office with the documentation described above, for credit to be considered. However, if the student chooses not to have any of these credits considered for transfer to Daytona State College, only the official transcript is needed. Contact the Records Office for further information.

Online Educational Platforms

Daytona State College does not award transfer credit from non- accredited online self-paced, educational learning platforms. Credits from ALEKS, Credly, Portage Learning, Sophia Learning, StraighterLine, Study.com and similar online educational platforms will not be accepted for credit at DSC. While Sophia Learning and others receive accreditation from the American Council on Education (ACE), we do not award transfer credit from  accredited online educational platforms not recognized by the US Department of Education, especially when the equivalency of faculty credentials cannot be determined to match our requirements of faculty having a master’s degree with 18 or more graduate hours in the field.