Exam Readiness Materials

Fact Sheets

Fact Sheets outline the topics covered by each test and includes a list of sample questions, a list of recommended references of books that would be useful for review, and the number of credits awarded for a passing score as recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE®). Please note that some schools require scores that are higher than the minimum ACE-recommended passing score. It is suggested that you check with your college or university to determine what score they require in order to earn credit.

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DSST Exam Fact Sheets

Business
Business Ethics and Society; 3BU
Business Law II; 3BU
Business Mathematics; 3B
Human Resource Management; 3B
Introduction to Business; 3B
Introduction to Computing; 3B
Management Information Systems; 3BU
Money and Banking; 3BU
Organizational Behavior; 3B
Personal Finance; 3B
Principles of Finance; 3BU
Principles of Supervision; 3B
Principles of Financial Accounting; 3B

Humanities
Art of the Western World; 3B
The Civil War and Reconstruction; 3BU
Ethics in America; 3BU
A History of the Vietnam War; 3B
Human/Cultural Geography; 3B
An Introduction to the Modern Middle East; 3B
Introduction to World Religions; 3BU
Principles of Public Speaking; 3B
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union; 3BU
Technical Writing; 3B
Western Europe since 1945; 3B

Natural Science
Astronomy; 3B
Environment and Humanity: The Race to Save the Planet; 3B
Fundamentals of College Algebra; 3B
Here's to Your Health; 3BU
Physical Geology; 3B
Principles of Physical Science I; 3B
Principles of Statistics; 3B

Social Science
Criminal Justice; 3BU
Foundations of Education, 3B
Fundamentals of Counseling; 3B
General Anthropology; 3B
Introduction to Law Enforcement; 3B
Lifespan Developmental Psychology, 3B
Substance Abuse (formerly Drug and Alcohol Abuse); 3BU

B = Baccalaureate, BU = Upper Baccalaureate