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DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)

DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST) are a way to earn college credit by examination, often through the military. Students may request official DSST transcripts on the DSST exam program website.

Mt. Hood Community College awards credit in the following courses based of the DSST and associated scores. 

Exam Title Minimum score required, 2008 onward Minimum score required, prior to 2008 MHCC Credit Awarded MHCC Award Posted on Transcript
Business / Technology 

Business Ethics & Society

400

X

3

HUM202 Ethics in the Workplace

Business Law II

X

44

3

BA226 Introduction to Business Law

Business Mathematics

400

48

4

College-Level Math

Computing and Information Technology

400

X

4

BA231 Information Technology/Business

Introduction to Computing

X

45

4

BA131 Introduction to Business Computing

Ethics in Technology

400

X

3

Business elective, for Business Management or Entrepreneurship majors

Fundamentals of Cybersecurity

400

X

3

ISTM183C Fundamentals of Cybersecurity

Human Resource Management

400

46

3

BA224 Human Resource Management

Introduction to Business

400

46

4

BA101 Introduction to Business

Management Information Systems

400

46

3

Business elective, for Business Management or Entrepreneurship majors

Money and Banking

X

X

X

N/A (intended for upper division)

Organizational Behavior

400

48

3

Business elective, for Business Management or Entrepreneurship majors

Personal Finance

400

46

3

BA218 Personal Finance

Principles of Finance

400

46

3

BA222 Finance

Principles of Financial Accounting

X

47

4

BA211 Financial Accounting I

Principles of Supervision

400

46

4

BA206 Management Fundamentals

Mathematics

Fundamentals of College Algebra

400

47

4

College-Level Math

Math for Liberal Arts

400

X

4

MTH105Z Math in Society

Principles of Statistics

400

48

4

STAT243Z Statistics I

Oral Communication

Principles of Public Speaking

400

47

4

COMM111Z Public Speaking

Written Communication

Principles of Advanced English Composition

400

X

4

WR121Z Composition I

Technical Writing

400

46

4

WR227Z Technical Writing

Science

Astronomy

400

48

4

PH104 Descriptive Astronomy

Environment and Humanity

X

46

3

Lab Science

Environmental Science

400

X

3

Lab Science

Introduction to Geology

400

X

4

GS106 Physical Science: Geology

Arts & Letters

Art of the Western World

400

48

3

Arts & Letters

Ethics in America

400

46

4

PHL202 Fundamental Ethics

Introduction to World Religions

400

48

3

R210 World Religions

Social Science

A History of the Vietnam War

400

44

3

HST195 History of the Vietnam War

General Anthropology

400

47

3

Social Science

History of the Soviet Union

400

X

3

Social Science

Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union

X

45

3

Social Science

Human/Cultural Geography

X

48

3

Social Science

Introduction to Geography

400

X

3

Social Science

Introduction to the Modern Middle East

X

47

3

Social Science

Lifespan Developmental Psychology

400

46

4

PSY237 Human Development

The Civil War & Reconstruction

400

47

4

HST202 U.S. History: 1840-1917

Western Europe Since 1945

X

45

3

Social Science

Other

Criminal Justice

400

49

3

CJA112 Intro to Criminal Justice: The Court System

Introduction to Law Enforcement

400

45

3

CJA111 Intro to Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Agencies

Foundations of Education

400

46

3

ED200 Introduction to Education

Health & Human Development

400

X

3

HPE295 Health & Fitness for Life

Here’s to Your Health

X

48

3

HPE295 Health & Fitness for Life

Drug and Alcohol Abuse

X

49

3

Health/PE

Substance Abuse

400

X

3

Health/PE

Fundamentals of Counseling

X

X

X

N/A (intended for upper division)

 

Get Credit for your DANTES Subject Standardized Tests

If you’ve previously taken a DSST and have your test transcripts, you can get the appropriate registration form from the student services hub in Room AC2253 to request credit.

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