If you have taken DSST exams, you may be able to earn Penn State credit.
Score must be equivalent to the American Council on Education (ACE) recommended score to receive credit as indicated in the schedule below.
DSST test taken:
Art, West World
Art History 100- Intro to Art : 3 Credits
Astronomy
Astro 001--Astro Universe: 3 Credits
Business Law II
B-Law--Business Law II: 3 General Credits
Business math
Non-transferable
Civil War Reconstruction
History 130--The Civil War Era: 3 Credits
Criminal Justice
CrimJ 100- Intro to Criminal Justice : 3 Credits
Drugs/Alcohol
BB H--Drug /Alcohol Abuse: 3 General Credits
Environment and Humanity
ERM 210--Enviroment and Food: 3 Credits
Ethics in America
Phil 103--Intro Ethics: 3 Credits
Foundations of Education
EDTHP--Foundations of Education: 3 General Credits
Fundamentals of College Algerbra
Math- Fundamentals of College Algerbra : 3 General Credits
Fundamentals of Counseling
CN ED--Fundamentals of Counseling: 3 General Credits
General Anthropology
Non-transferable
Here's to Your Health
BB H--Here's to Your Health: 3 General Credits
History, Vietnam War
HIST 173--Vietnam War/Peace: 3 Credits
Human/Culture Geography
GEOG 020- Intro to Human Geography : 3 Credits
Human Resource Management
MGMT--Human Resource Management: 3 General Credits
Intro to Business
BA 100--Intro to Business: 3 Credits
or
MGMT 100--Survey of Management- 3 Credits
Intro to Law Enforcement
Non-transferable
Introduction to the Modern Middle East
Hist 197--Special Topics: 3 Credits
Intro Computing
Non-transferable
Introduction to World Religions
RL ST 001-World Religions: 3 Credits
Life Span Developmental Psychology
Non-Transferable
Management Information Systems
MIS 103--Micro Applied Business: 3 Credits
Money and Banking
ECON 351--Money and Banking: 3 Credits
Orginizational Behavior
MGMT 100--Survey of Management : 3 Credits
Personal Finance
FIN 108--Personal Finance: 3 Credits
Physical Geology
Non-transferable
Principles of Finance
FIN 100--Intro to Finance: 3 Credits
Priciples of Public Speaking
CAS 100--Effective Speech: 3 Credits
Principles of Supervision
MGMT 150--Supervision Mangagement: 3 Credits
Principles of Financial Accounting
ACCTG 151--Intro to Financial Accounting I: 3 Credits
Principles of Statistics
STAT 100--Statisical Concepts: 3 Credits
Principles of Physical Science I
PHYS--Principles of Physical Science: 3 General Credits
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
HIST 142--History of Communism: 3 Credits
Technical Writing
Non-transferable
Western Europe since 1945
HIST 197--Special Topics: 3 Credits
Undergraduate students interested in receiving credit for DSST exams should arrange for their official grade reports to be sent directly from DSST exams program.
This evaluation of the credits awarded for DSST exams is subject to change and may be reviewed and revised periodically by faculty.
If credit is awarded, a student’s university record will carry notation of credit, but no grade will be recorded. Credit awarded will not affect a student’s grade-point average at Penn State.
Limitations on credit earned through the DSST exams are as follows:
(1) the credit must be useful in a student's program of study;
(2) duplicate credit in the same subject is not awarded in any case.
General credits may be awarded for a DSST Examination that covers material that is not the substantial equivalent of material covered in a specific University course. General credits may be used to fulfill degree requirements in any area; such use is not necessarily limited to General Education or elective requirements. General credits are applied to a student’s program of study in accordance with the procedures established by the college of enrollment. Information on the use of general credits or specific course credits earned by the DSST exams in individual programs of study may be obtained from a student’s academic adviser or from the office of the dean of a student’s college.
