DANTES/DSST credit
Within the Department of Defense, voluntary education programs are offered through DANTES, Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education Support. SCAD gives consideration to DANTES Subject Standardized Test (DSST) scores. Credit is awarded for DSST if certain requirements are met. Credit awarded by another college or university for DSST is not transferable without proper documentation. Official DSST score results must be submitted to the office of admission. A maximum of 45 quarter hours of DSST credit may be awarded. Transfer credit from all sources (including DSST) may not exceed 90 quarter hours.
Please note that exams have been revised as indicated with bold type.
DSST subject |
Minimum score |
Credit awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | ||
| Fundamentals of College Algebra | 47/400 | MATH 100 College Mathematics or MATH 101 Intermediate Mathematics |
| Principles of Statistics | 48/400 | Mathematics/natural science requirement |
| Social science | ||
| Art of the Western World | 48/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Human/Cultural Geography | 48/400 | Social/behavioral science requirement or general education elective or free elective |
| Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union | 45/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| A History of the Vietnam War | 44/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| The Civil War and Reconstruction | 47/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Foundations of Education | 46/400 | Social/behavioral science requirement or general education elective or free elective |
| Lifespan Developmental Psychology | 46/400 | Social/behavioral science requirement or general education elective or free elective |
| General Anthropology | 47/400 | Social/behavioral science requirement or general education elective or free elective |
| Introduction to Law Enforcement | 45/400 | Social/behavioral science requirement or general education elective or free elective |
| Criminal Justice | 49/400 | Social/behavioral science requirement or general education elective or free elective |
| Fundamentals of Counseling | 45/400 | Social/behavioral science requirement or general education elective or free elective |
| Business | ||
| Principles of Finance | 46/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Human Resource Management | 46/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Organizational Behavior | 48/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Principles of Supervision | 46/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Introduction to Computing | 45/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Introduction to Business | 46/400 | BUSI 101 Introduction to Business, general education elective or free elective |
| Money and Banking | 48/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Personal Finance | 46/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Management Information Systems | 46/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Business Mathematics | 48/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Physical science | ||
| Astronomy | 48/400 | Accepted as general education elective or free elective unless student transfers in a math course for the mathematics requirement or has an SAT math score of at least 580 or ACT math score of at least 24. In that case, may use as a natural sciences requirement. |
| Environment and Humanity: The Race to Save the Planet | 46/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Principles of Physical Science I | 47/400 | Accepted as general education elective or free elective unless student transfers in a math course for the mathematics requirement or has an SAT math score of at least 580 or ACT math score of at least 24. In that case, may use as a natural sciences requirement. |
| Technology | ||
| Technical Writing | 46/400 | English elective, general education elective or free elective |
| Humanities | ||
| Ethics in America | 46/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Introduction to World Religions | 48/400 | General education elective or free elective |
| Principles of Public Speaking | 47/400 | COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas |