DSST (standardized test)
DSST is an acronym for DANTES Subject Standardized Tests, reflecting the DSST's origins in the United States Department of Defense's Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) program.
DSST's are credit-by-examination tests designed to allow a student to demonstrate proficiency in an area of study normally taught at a college or university. Tests are available in 38 college subject areas. These tests are frequently used in conjunction with CLEP (College Level Examination Program) tests by students pursuing college degrees in non-traditional formats. Whereas CLEP tests are almost exclusively used for lower level credit at regionally accredited institutions, DSST's are available for both upper and lower level credit.
Prometric administers Internet-based versions of DSSTs under contract with the Defense Department (for military personnel) or on a fee basis (for civilians).
List of tests
(Test Form Number) (Title) (Credit Amount in Semester Hours) (Minimum Score (Scaled score))
Mathematics
- SF/SG 424 Fundamentals of College Algebra 3B 47
- SE 450 Principles of Statistics 3B 48
Social Science
- SE 461 Art of the Western World 3B 48
- SE 465 Contemporary Western Europe: 1946-1990 3B 48
- SE 469 An Introduction to the Modern Middle East 3B 44
- SF/SG 470 Human/Cultural Geography 3B 48
- SE 471 Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union 3BU 45
- SF 473 A History of the Vietnam War 3B 49
- SE/SF 483 The Civil War and Reconstruction 3BU 47
- SE 489 Foundations of Education 3B 46
- SF/SG 490 Lifespan Developmental Psychology 3B 46
- SF 494 General Anthropology 3B 47
- SE 495 Drug and Alcohol Abuse 3BU 49
- SG/SH 497 Introduction to Law Enforcement 3B 45
- SF/SG 498 Criminal Justice 3B 49
- SG/SH 562 Fundamentals of Counseling 3B 45
Business
- SF/SG 524 Principles of Finance 3BU 46
- SF 525 Principles of Financial Accounting 3B 49
- SF 530 Personnel/Human Resource Management 3B 48
- SF/SG 531 Organizational Behavior 3B 48
- SE/SF 532 Principles of Supervision 3B 46
- SE 534 Business Law II 3BU 52
- SF 536 Introduction to Computers with Programming in BASIC 3B 47
- SE/SF 543 Introduction to Business 3B 46
- SG/SH 548 Money and Banking 3BU 48
- SE 550 Personal Finance 3B 46
- SE 551 Management Information Systems 3BU 46
- SF 812 Business Mathematics 3B 48
- SI/SO 475 Business Ethics and Society 3BU 400 Criterion-based
Physical Science
- SF 500 Astronomy 3B 48
- SF/SG 508 Here's to Your Health 3B 48
- SF/SG 511 Environment and Humanity: The Race to Save the Planet 3B 46
- SE 512 Principles of Physical Science I 3B 47
- SF 519 Physical Geology 3B 46
Applied Technology
- SF/SG 820 Technical Writing
- (TWE Technical Writing Essay) 3B 46
Humanities
- SF/SG 474 Ethics in America
- (SF 474 Ethics in America Essay) 3B 46
- SE 496 Introduction to World Religions 3B 49
- SE 815* Principles of Public Speaking 3B 47
B = Baccalaureate Program | BU = Baccalaureate Upper Division | T = Technical Program
- In addition to a minimum score of 47 on the multiple-choice test, an examinee must also receive a passing grade on the speech which is graded separately.
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