Dec 04, 2024  
2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 College Catalog

DANTES Policy


Course Credit Awarded for DANTES Subject Standardized Tests, DSST, Examinations.

Unlike other credit by examination programs, Defense Activity of Non-Traditional Educational Support, DANTES, Subject Standardized Tests are not built around curriculum, but rather are designed to test students’ knowledge on a variety of college-level subjects, regardless of where they may have learned the material.

Exam Name Course Number
(3 credits per exam)
Passing Score Passing Score 2008 Revised Exams General Education Credit for A.A. Degree
A History of the Vietnam War AMH X059 44   Elective
Art of the Western World ARH 1000 or ARH X010 48   Elective
Astronomy AST 1002 48   Natural Science, State Core
Business Ethics and Society GEB 2430 400   Elective
Business Law II BUL 2242 44   Elective
Business Math QMB 1001 48 400  
Computer and Information Technology CGS X000 or CGS X060 45 400  
Criminal Justice CCJ 1020 49 400 Elective
Drug and Alcohol Abuse No course or credit recommendation 49    
Environment and Humanity EVR 1017 or ISC X003 or ISC X143 or ISC 1147 46   Elective
Environmental Science EVR X002 or ISC X003 400   Effective for exams taken after 5/16/2018
Ethics in America PHI X630 46 400 Elective
Foundations of Education EDF 2005 46   Social Science, Institutional Core
Fundamentals of College Algebra MAT 1033 47 400 Elective
Fundamentals of College Algebra MAC X105   400 Effective for exams taken after 5/16/2018
Fundamentals of Counseling PCO X202 45   Elective
Fundamentals of Cyber Security CIS X350 or CIS X354   400 Elective
General Anthropology ANT 2000 47   Social Science, State Core
Here’s to Your Health HSC 2100 48 400 Elective
History of the Soviet Union EUH X066 45 400  
Human Resource Management MAN 2300 46   Elective
Human/Culture Geography GEO X400 48   Elective
Introduction to Business GEB 1011 46 400 Elective
Introduction to Law Enforcement CCJ 1100 45   Elective
Introduction to Modern Middle East ASH X044 47   Elective
Introduction to World Religions REL 2300 48 400 Humanities, Institutional Core
Lifespan Developmental Psychology DEP 2004 46   Social Science, Institutional Core
Management Information Systems ISM X000 46 400 Elective
Math for Liberal Arts MGF X106   400  
Money and Banking BAN X501 48   Elective
Organizational Behavior INP X002 48   Elective
Personal Finance FIN 2100 46   Elective
Physical Geology GLY X000 46 400 Elective
Principles of Advanced English ENC X101   400  
Principles of Finance FIN X000 46   Elective
Principles of Financial Accounting ACG 2021 47   Elective
Principles of Physical Science PSC 1341 47   Science, Institutional Core
Principles of Public Speaking SPC 2608 47   Communications, Institutional Core Oral Communications
Principles of Statistics STA 2023 48 400 Mathematics, State Core
Principles of Supervision MNA X345 46 400 Elective
Substance Abuse HSC X140 49 400 Elective
Technical Writing ENC 221 46   Elective
The Civil War and Reconstruction AMH X056 47   Elective
Western Europe Since 1947 No course or credit recommendation 45   Discontinued 12/31/2014