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.
*Please review the Breadth of Knowledge (BoK) Definitions for more information if needed.
| Examination | UC Course Equivalency | BoK* |
|---|---|---|
| A History of the Vietnam War | HIST 1000 BLOCK | |
| Art of the Western World | ARTH 1000 BLOCK | FA, HP |
| Astronomy | PHYS 1000 BLOCK | NS |
| 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 | TI |
| 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 | NS |
| 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