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DANTES Subject Standardized Test (DSST)

DSST exams are organized by the United States Department of Defense’s Defense Activity for Non–Traditional Education Support (DANTES) program to provide students credit by examination. Please visit ÃÀ¸ß÷¹ÙÍø Testing Services for more information and testing availability.

Current DSST Exam Award Key

Please utilize the key below to determine if you are eligible for DSST credit. A criterion–referenced score of 400 is required. All awarded credits are three credit hours.

*Please review the Breadth of Knowledge (BoK) Definitions for more information if needed.

These are the current DSST/ÃÀ¸ß÷¹ÙÍø course equivalencies that use criterion–referenced scores.
Examination ÃÀ¸ß÷¹ÙÍø Course Equivalency BoK*
A History of the Vietnam War HIST 1000 BLOCK Ìý
Art of the Western World ARTH 1000 BLOCK FA, HP
Astronomy PHYS 1000ÌýBLOCK NS
Business Law II BLAW 4000ÌýBLOCK Ìý
Civil War and Reconstruction HIST 1000 BLOCK Ìý
Criminal Justice CJ 1001 Ìý
Foundations of Education EDST 1001 Ìý
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity IT 2000ÌýBLOCK TI
General Anthropology ANTH 1000ÌýBLOCK Ìý
Health and Human Development HPE 1001 Ìý
Here's to Your Health HPE 1001 Ìý
History of the Soviet Union HIST 1000 BLOCK Ìý
Human Resource Management OLHR 3000 Ìý
Introduction to Business MGMT 1053 Ìý
Introduction to Computing IT 1000ÌýBLOCK Ìý
Introduction to Geography GEOG 1004 Ìý
Introduction to Law Enforcement CJ 1000ÌýBLOCK Ìý
Introduction to Modern Middle East HIST 1000 BLOCK Ìý
Management Information Systems IS 1000ÌýBLOCK Ìý
Money and Banking ECON 4030 Ìý
Organizational Behavior MGMT 2000ÌýBLOCK Ìý
Personal Finance FIN 2081 Ìý
Principles of Finance ACCT 2081 Ìý
Principles of Physical Science I SCI 1000ÌýBLOCK NS
Principles of Supervision MGMT 2080 Ìý
Principles of Statistics STAT 1034 Ìý
Substance Abuse SACN 2000ÌýBLOCK Ìý
Technical Writing ENGL 3071 Ìý
The Civil War and Reconstruction HIST 1000 BLOCK Ìý
Western Europe Since 1945 HIST 1000 BLOCK Ìý

Two–Digit (Norm–Referenced) Scores

If you took a DSST Exam with norm-referenced scoring (two–digit scores), you may refer to DSST Exam Key dated May, 2017.

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Ineligible for Credit

Completion of the DSST Exams below will not result in credit earned at ÃÀ¸ß÷¹ÙÍø.

  • Business Ethics & Society
  • Business Mathematics
  • Computing and Information Technology
  • Environental Science
  • Ethics in America
  • Ethics in Technology
  • Fundamentals of College Algebra
  • Fundamentals of Counseling
  • History of the Soviet Union
  • Introduction to Geology
  • Introduction to World Religions
  • Lifespan Developmental Psychology
  • Math for Liberal Arts
  • Physical Geology
  • Principles of Advanced English Composition
  • Principles of Public Speaking