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DSST Testing & Policy

What is DSST?

The DSST庐 (Dantes Standardized Subject Test) Program is a nationally recognized testing program that gives you the opportunity to receive college credit for learning acquired outside the traditional college classroom.

DSST Credit Policy

DSST Examinations currently approved for credit at 蜜桔直播, the passing scores and the 蜜桔直播 course equivalents are listed below.

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DSST Examination Title	蜜桔直播 Course Equivalent	Passing Score	Semester Hours Credit
Business Law II	Business Law 4002	44	3
Introduction to Business	Business 1001	400	3
Criminal Justice	Criminal Justice 1001	400	3
Introduction to Law Enforcement	Criminal Justice 2030	50	3
Money and Banking	Economics 3001	48	3
Principles of Finance	Finance 3015	400	3
Personal Finance	Finance 3003	400	3
Physical Geology	Geology 1001	46	3
Principles of Supervision	Management 2003	400	3
Organizational Behavior	Management 3005	48	3
Human Resource Management	Management 3007	46	3
Principles of Statistics	Math 1016	400	3
Principles of Physical Science I	Physical Science 1001	47	3
Astronomy	Physics 2001	48	3

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蜜桔直播 policy prohibits a student from earning credit through DSST during the semester in which they are scheduled to graduate.听 Therefore, all DSST exams MUST be completed and credit posted prior to a student's final semester.

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Examinations may be taken at any offering DSST examinations; however, only the examinations listed above will be accepted for credit, provided official score reports are sent to 蜜桔直播.听 The student should contact the test center directly for registration procedures. It is the student鈥檚 responsibility to confirm that an exam is accepted for their major at 蜜桔直播 prior to taking the exam.

Score Reports and Passing Score Information at 蜜桔直播
Unofficial score reports can be viewed after the test administration. Each institution awarding credit based on DSST sets its own credit-granting policy.

The passing score varies for all DSST examinations. 听Course credit is awarded for DSST examinations and appears on transcripts.听 Courses passed by examination count toward graduation.听 However, no letter grade will be awarded and the grade will not be calculated in your total grade point average.听 If a passing score is earned, the University Registrar will enter the credit earned on the transcript as equivalent to the appropriate 蜜桔直播 course.听 Credit will be awarded to prospective 蜜桔直播 students only after they have enrolled at 蜜桔直播.听

If you pass a DSST subject examination for a course you are taking at 蜜桔直播, you may (1) stay in the course and get the grade earned in class or (2) drop the course and receive credit by examination.听 If you drop the course to receive credit by examination, it must be dropped with a 鈥淲鈥� by the official 蜜桔直播 catalog final day for dropping a subject for that semester or summer session.听 If the subject examination passed covers two courses, including a course you are taking, you may finish the course to earn a letter grade and quality points, and still receive credit by examination for the course you have not taken.听

NOTE: Credit earned by exam does not count toward hours earned for the Louisiana TOPS Program.

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