DSST Examination Credit
The College of Charleston awards credit for selected DSST exams as detailed in the charts below. The passing grade for each examination is the score recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE). When credit is awarded, the student’s record will indicate the credit comes from a DSST examination.
| DSST Exam | Minimum DSST Score | College of Charleston Course(s) | Credit Hours |
| Business Courses | |||
| Business Ethics and Society | 400 | PHIL 175 | 3 |
| Business Mathematics | 400 | MATH 1EE | 3 |
| Computing and Information Technology | 400 | CSCI 110 | 3 |
| Human Resource Management | 400 | MGMT 1EE | 3 |
| Introduction to Business | 400 | MGMT 1EE | 3 |
| Management Information Systems | 400 | CSCI 1EE | 3 |
| Money and Banking | 400 | FINC 360 | 3 |
| Organizational Behavior | 400 | MGMT 1EE | 3 |
| Personal Finance | 400 | FINC 120 | 3 |
| Principles of Finance | 400 | FINC 260 | 3 |
| Principles of Supervision | 400 | MGMT 1EE | 3 |
| Humanities Courses | |||
| Ethics in America | 400 | PHIL 105 | 3 |
| Introduction to World Religions | 400 | RELS 105 | 3 |
| Principles of Advanced English Composition | 400 | ENGL 101 | 3 |
| Principles of Public Speaking | 400 | COMM 104 | 3 |
| Mathematics Courses | |||
| Fundamentals of College Algebra | 400 | MATH 101 | 3 |
| Math for Liberal Arts | 400 | MATH 103 | 3 |
| Principles of Statistics | 400 | MATH 104 | 3 |
| Sciences Courses | |||
| Astronomy | 400 | ASTR 1EE | 3 |
| Environmental Science | 400 | ENVT 200 | 3 |
| Health and Human Development | 400 | HEAL 216 | 3 |
| Principles of Physical Science I | 400 | GEOL 103 | 3 |
| History and Social Sciences Courses | |||
| A History of the Vietnam War | 400 | HIST 210 | 3 |
| Art of the Western World | 400 | ARTH 190 | 3 |
| Criminal Justice | 400 | POLI 203 | 3 |
| Foundations of Education | 400 | No credit | 0 |
| Fundamentals of Counseling | 400 | PSYC 2MM | 3 |
| General Anthropology | 400 | ANTH 101 | 3 |
| History of the Soviet Union | 400 | HIST 241 | 3 |
| Introduction to Geography | 400 | GEOG 101 | 3 |
| Introduction to Law Enforcement | 400 | CRLS 310 | 3 |
| Lifespan Developmental Psychology | 400 | PSYC 224 | 3 |
| Substance Abuse | 400 | PSYC 344 | 3 |
| The Civil War and Reconstruction | 400 | HIST 210 | 3 |
| Technology Courses | |||
| Ethics in Technology | 400 | CSCI 1EE | 3 |
| Fundamentals of Cybersecurity | 400 | CSCI 111 | 3 |
| Technical Writing | 400 | ENGL 334 | 3 |