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 |
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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.