No, you must be admitted to earn a degree, but you can remain a Continuing Education student for a long time, if you want. If you have sufficient recent transfer credit from another school, you can apply immediately. If you do not, Delaware residents need to take a minimum of 4 to 5 classes with a 2.5 GPA to be admitted. One of those classes should be ENGL110 and one should be math. Once admitted, you do not have to attend during the day or full-time.
Many students earn their entire degrees at night on a part-time basis.
Other degrees will require daytime attendance. These classes usually are not open to Continuing Education students. If you want to try to enroll in one, you will need to contact the department or the faculty member. We have some classes you can take by video, by independent study, or on the web. See the Distance Learning Web site.