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DANTES Subject Standardized Tests

Transfer Students

Students may receive credit by examination for achieving acceptable scores on the DSST (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests).

Test scores should be sent to the Registrar's Office at University of North Carolina Wilmington for placement and credit evaluation.

In the table below are the various DSST examinations, required minimum scores, UNC Wilmington course equivalents, and credit awarded.

DSST Exam UNCW Course(s) Credit
Hours		 Min Score
Environment and Humanity EVS 195 3 46/400
General Anthropology ANT 105 3 47/400
Human/Cultural Geography GGY 140 3 48/400
Introduction to Business BUS 105 + BUS 001(2) 3 46/400
Introduction to World Religions PAR 125 3 48/400
Lifespan Developmental Psychology PSY 223 3 47/400
Principles of Public Speaking COM 101 3 52/400
Principles of Statistics STT 215 3 50/400
No credit is awarded for the following exams
  • A History of the Vietnam War
  • Art of the Western World
  • Astronomy
  • Business Ethics and Society
  • Business Mathematics
  • Computing and Information Technology
  • Criminal Justice
  • Ethics in America
  • Foundations of Education
  • Fundamentals of College Algebra
  • Fundamentals of Counseling
  • Fundamentals of Cyber Security
  • Health and Human Development
  • History of the Soviet Union
  • Human Resource Management
  • Introduction to the Modern Middle East
  • Introduction to Law Enforcement
  • Management Information Systems
  • Money and Banking
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Personal Finance
  • Principles of Advanced English Composition
  • Principles of Physical Science I
  • Principles of Finance
  • Principles of Supervision
  • Substance Abuse
  • Technical Writing
  • The Civil War and Reconstruction
  • Western Europe Since 1945

(last updated March 2017)

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