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 University of Cincinnati 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.

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

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.

If you experience an eAccessibility barrier, you may Report an eAccessibility Concern.

Ineligible for Credit

Completion of the DSST Exams below will not result in credit earned at UC.

  • 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