DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST) Credit

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Introduction

If you're in the military, you can earn college credit with the DANTES (Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support) program. Wright State University recognizes some DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST). Academic departments at Wright State determine how credit will be awarded for DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST). Please review Wright State’s course equivalency charts for details.

For information about testing sites and examinations, visit the DSST website. Request your official scores be sent to Wright State’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions through the Prometric website.

Wright State University Academic Policy on DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)

The guidelines that govern the application of transfer credit will be used to apply credit to degree requirements for students who score at or above designated minimums on DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST).

Individual academic departments have determined how DSST credit is to be awarded. If the department has determined that the DSST exam is the equivalent of a specific course, credit will be awarded for that class as shown in the equivalency charts below. In some instances, a department has determined that the DSST exam does not cover the equivalent content of a single course but will award general elective credit according to the recommendations of the American Council on Education (ACE). In other cases, the department has determined that there is no equivalency; therefore, no credit will be awarded, and those tests are not listed in the charts.

The course equivalencies and credit hours will be awarded only to students whose DSST scores have not already been evaluated at Wright State. Course equivalencies and credit hours are subject to change without notice and will be granted in accordance with those current when DSST scores are evaluated.

Students who wish to appeal any decision related to the implementation of DSST scores to WSU equivalencies, or any decision made related to Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), should contact Hideo Tsuchida, Director of Articulation, Transfer, and Institutional Partnerships, at 937-775-2123 or hideo.tsuchida@wright.edu.

Equivalency Charts

*A minimum score and the credits assigned by the department

Note: Students may petition with individual departments to receive specific course substitutions for their majors if appropriate. Special consideration may be made case-by-case in that situation.