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DANTES Subject Standardized Tests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The DSST (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests) Program is accepted by The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. Students who have achieved a minimum score of \u2018400\u2019 on an examination will be awarded credit as detailed in the chart below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DSST Exam<\/strong><\/td>Minimum Score<\/strong><\/td>Citadel Credit<\/strong><\/td>Credit Hours<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
A History of Vietnam War<\/td>400<\/td>HIST 489<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Art of the Western World<\/td>400<\/td>FNAR 250<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Astronomy<\/td>400<\/td>ASTR 201<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Business Ethics & Society<\/td>400<\/td>GNRL 101<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Business Mathematics<\/td>400<\/td>GNRL 101<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Civil War & Reconstruction<\/td>400<\/td>HIST 304<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Computing & Information Technology<\/td>—<\/td>No credit<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Criminal Justice<\/td>400<\/td>CRMJ 201<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Environmental Science (formerly Environment & Humanity)<\/td>400<\/td>BIOL 209<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Ethics in America<\/td>400<\/td>PHIL 290<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Ethics in Technology<\/td>400<\/td>GNRL 101<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Foundations of Education<\/td>400<\/td>GNRL 101<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Fundamentals of College Algebra<\/td>400<\/td>GNRL 101<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Fundamentals of Counseling<\/td>400<\/td>GNRL 101<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity<\/td>400<\/td>GNRL 101<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
General Anthropology<\/td>400<\/td>ANTH 201<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Health & Human Development (formerly Here’s to Your Health)<\/td>400<\/td>RPED 250<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
History of the Soviet Union<\/td>400<\/td>HIST 365<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Human Resource Management<\/td>400<\/td>MGMT 311<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Human\/Cultural Geography<\/td>400<\/td>GEOG 209<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Intro to Law Enforcement<\/td>400<\/td>CRMJ 270<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Intro to Business<\/td>400<\/td>BADM 101<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Intro to Computing<\/td>400<\/td>CSCI 110<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Intro to World Religions<\/td>400<\/td>ENGL 208<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Lifespan Developmental Psychology<\/td>400<\/td>PSYC 202<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Management Information Systems<\/td>400<\/td>BADM 417<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Math for Liberal Arts<\/td>400<\/td>MATH 105<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Money & Banking<\/td>400<\/td>ECON 401<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Organizational Behavior<\/td>400<\/td>GNRL 101<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Personal Finance<\/td>400<\/td>FINC 301<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Principles of Advanced English Comp<\/td>400<\/td>ENGL 101<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Principles of Finance<\/td>400<\/td>FINC 301<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Principles of Physical Science I<\/td>—<\/td>No credit<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Principles of Public Speaking<\/td>400<\/td>COMM 205<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Principles of Statistics<\/td>400<\/td>STAT 160 or BADM 205<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Principles of Supervision<\/td>400<\/td>GNRL 101<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Substance Abuse (formerly Drug and Alcohol Abuse)<\/td>400<\/td>HLED 302<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Technical Writing<\/td>400<\/td>COMM 260<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: Students will not be awarded duplicate credit in the event acceptable scores for the same subject are presented from Advanced Placement or other subject examinations.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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