Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DSST)

DSST credits are awarded when satisfactory scores are attained as determined by the American Council on Education (ACE). All departments reserve the right to reevaluate score and course equivalencies. DSST exams are administered at Tusculum University and other approved testing centers throughout the country. A student who wants to earn credit through DSST must request their official score report be sent to Tusculum University. Currently enrolled students must seek approval from the Tusculum University Registrar prior to taking a DSST examination. The DSST Score Recipient Code for Tusculum University is 8590.

DSST Exam	Tusculum Equivalent	Minimum Score	Credits Awarded
Business
Business Mathematics	Mathematics Elective	400	3
Introduction to Business	BUSN 101	400	3
Computing and Information Technology Formerly Introduction to Computing	CISC 100	400	3
Management Information Systems	BUSN 200 /CISC 200	400	3
Money and Banking	Business Elective¹	400	3
Personal Finance	Business Elective	400	3
Principles of Supervision	Business Elective	400	3
Business Ethics and Society	Business Elective²	400	3
Human Resource Management	BUSN 334 ²	400	3
Organizational Behavior	BUSN 312 ²	400	3
Principles of Finance	BUSN 322 ²	400	3
Elective
Foundations of Education	EDUC 200 ³	400	3
Health
Health and Human Development Formerly Here’s to Your Health	Health Elective⁴	400	3
Substance Abuse	CRJU 211 ⁵	400	3
Humanities
Art of the Western World	ARTS 208	400	3
Ethics in America	Philosophy Elective	400	3
Introduction to World Religions	RELG 201	400	3
Principals of Advanced English Composition	English Elective	400	3
Technical Writing	English Elective	400	3
Math
Fundamentals of College Algebra	MATH 145	400	3
Math for Liberal Arts	MATH 122	400	3
Principles of Statistics	MATH 140	400	3
Physical Science
Astronomy	Science Elective	400	3
Introduction to Geology	GEOL 101 ⁶	400	3
Environmental Science Formerly Environment and Humanity	EVSC 111 ⁷	400	3
Principles of Physical Science I	NSCI 105 ⁷	400	3
Social Sciences
A History of the Vietnam War	History Elective	400	3
The Civil War and Reconstruction	History Elective	400	3
Criminal Justice	CRJU 105	400	3
Fundamentals of Counseling	Psychology Elective*⁵	400	3
General Anthropology	Anthropology Elective	400	3
Introduction to Geography Formerly Human and Cultural Geography	GEOG 200	400	3
Introduction to Law Enforcement	CRJU 200	400	3
Lifespan Developmental Psychology	PSYC 206 ⁸	400	3
History of the Soviet Union Formerly the Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union	History Elective	400	3
Speech
Principles of Public Speaking	SPCH 101	400	3
Technology
Ethics in Technology	CISC Elective	400	3
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity	CISC Elective	400	3

1-Students who have taken MGMT-456 may not take this exam
2-Not accepted in BSBA major
3-Education majors may not take this exam
4-Students who have taken PHED-101, PHED-102 or SPSC 201 may not take this exam
5-Psychology majors may not take this exam
6-No lab, does not satisfy general education
7-No lab, does not satisfy for Education majors or general education
8-Education students entering prior to Fall of 2016 may not take this exam