DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)

What are they?  National, standardized exams that yield UW-Green Bay degree credits, assuming the minimum score is achieved.  Designed originally for the military, DSST (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests) are available to civilian students and adult learners as well.

Who can earn credits this way? Anyone.

Where are the tests given?  Throughout Wisconsin and the U.S.  The nearest DSST test site is Concordia University, 1150 Springhurst Dr, Suite 101, Green Bay, WI 54304. Contact: (920) 498-2551.

When are the tests given?  Determined by individual test centers

How much does it cost per test? $80 as of November 2008 (Note: Test centers may charge an additional administrative fee)

Need more information?  http://www.getcollegecredit.com/

DSST Equivalencies at UW-Green Bay
(UL = upper-level, LL = lower-level)

Test Name

Minimum Score

UWGB course

crs

Astronomy

52

PHYS 141

3

Business Law II

52

ACCTG 306

4

Contemporary Western Europe 1946-1990

52

HIST elective (UL)

3

Environment & Humanity:  Race to Save the Planet

53

ENV SCI 102

3

Ethics in America

50
PHILOS 102
3

Finance, Principles

53

BUS ADM 343

3

Financial Accounting, Principles

49

ACCTG 300

4

General Anthropology

53

ANTH elective

3

History of the Vietnam War

51

HIST elective (LL)

3

Human Resource Mgmt

53

BUS ADM 362

3

Introduction to Business

54

BUS ADM 202

3

Lifespan Developmental Psych

51

HUM DEV 210

3

Management Info Systems

50

BUS ADM 350

3

Modern Middle East, Intro

51

HIST elective (UL)

3

Organizational Behavior

52

BUS ADM 389

3

Personal Finance

51

BUS ADM 282

3

Physical Geology

53

EARTH SCI 102

3

Physical Science, Principles

52

PHYS 180

3

Public Speaking, Principles

49

COMM 133

3

Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union

50

HIST elective (UL)

3

Statistics, Principles

51

MATH 260

4

Supervision, Principles

49

BUS ADM elective (UL)

3