University of Minnesota  Crookston Campus Policy

Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (Dantes/DSST) Credit Award: Crookston

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Policy Statement

The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) offers students the opportunity to submit the results of DSST Subject Examinations for credit. DSST exams are recommended for credit by the American Council on Education (ACE) and cover upper and lower level baccalaureate courses. UMC follows recommendations of the ACE College Credit Recommendation Service for amount of credit, area or course equivalent, level, and the minimum acceptable standard score, Credit earned through DSST Subject Exams may be used to fulfill liberal education requirements, to fulfill specific course requirements, or used as elective credits.

The following guidelines have been established for utilization of the Subject Examinations:

  1. A DSST Subject Examination may not be taken to establish credit for a course in which the student has earned credit in a higher-level sequential course.
  2. A student with previously earned credit in one course of a two-semester course sequence must petition the Academic Standards and Policy Committee (AS&P Committee) for approval before taking a DSST Subject Examination to receive credit for the second course in the sequence.
  3. A Subject Examination may be repeated no sooner than six months after the date of the last testing. Students should submit a petition to the AS&P Committee for permission to repeat an examination.
  4. A Subject Examination may not be used to establish credit in a subject that the student has previously failed.
  5. DSST credits awarded at another institution are not automatically accepted by UMC. The student must submit an original transcript of DSST scores for evaluation. All scores are evaluated according to UMC policy.

Reason for Policy

To provide credit for DSST exams.

Contacts

Subject Contact Phone Fax/Email
Primary Contact(s) Jason Tangquist 218-281-8424 [email protected]
Responsible Individuals
Policy Owner Primary Contact
  • Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs

Procedures

There are no procedures supporting this policy.

Other Information

DSST Subject Examinations

Business
Subject Examination Credit Granting Score Recommended Credit Recommended Level
Business Ethics and Society (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Business Mathematics (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Computing and Information Technology (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Human Resource Management (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Introduction to Business (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Management Information Systems (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Money and Banking (PDF) 400 3 3xxx
Organizational Behavior (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Personal Finance (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Principles of Finance (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Principles of Supervision (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Humanities
Subject Examination Credit Granting Score Recommended Credit Recommended Level
Ethics in America (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Introduction to World Religions (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Principles of Public Speaking (PDF) 400 3 3xxx
Principles of Advanced English Composition (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Math
Subject Examination Credit Granting Score Recommended Credit Recommended Level
Fundamentals of College Algebra (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Math for Liberal Arts (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Principles of Statistics (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Physical Science
Subject Examination Credit Granting Score Recommended Credit Recommended Level
Astronomy (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Environmental Science (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Health and Human Development (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Introduction to Geology (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Social Sciences
Subject Examination Credit Granting Score Recommended Credit Recommended Level
A History of the Vietnam War (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Art of the Western World (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Criminal Justice (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Foundations of Education (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Fundamentals of Counseling (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
General Anthropology (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
History of the Soviet Union (PDF) 400 3 3xxx
Introduction to Geography (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Introduction to Law Enforcement (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Lifespan Developmental Psychology (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Substance Abuse (PDF) 400 3 3xxx
The Civil War and Reconstruction (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Technology
Subject Examination Credit Granting Score Recommended Credit Recommended Level
Ethics in Technology (PDF) 400 3 1xxx
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity (PDF) 400 3 3xxx
Technical Writing (PDF) 400 3 1xxx

Policy History

Effective:
December 2019

Approved by Faculty Assembly on 11/15/2019.