DSST Exams | Articulation and Evaluation | SIU

DSST exams are available to anyone who is seeking college credit outside the traditional classroom, including college students, adult learners, high school students and military personnel.

For more information, please see the DSST website: getcollegecredit.com.

SIU awards proficiency credit to students who have passed DSST exams with the ACE recommended score, which is 400 for all exams. Upon receipt of the test scores, the appropriate course articulation will be awarded to the student's record. If test scores for new freshman are received after orientation/registration, the student will need to work with their academic advisor to ensure duplicate courses are not taken. DSST proficiency credit does not carry a grade, and is not used in computing the student's grade point average. SIU policy limits the amount of proficiency credit to 30 hours.

Scores listed below are for the current catalog year. To see historical data on scores from previous catalog years, click here.

Prometric transcripts may be ordered here.

Prometric transcript scores should be sent to:

Articulation & Evaluation
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Student Services Building 0251, Mailcode 4725
1263 Lincoln Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901

SIU Carbondale DSST Code: 9318

DANTES/DSST Exam Articulations

Category	Exam Title	Score	Course Equivalent	UCC Category	Hours
Business	Business Ethics and Society	400	ACCT 414: Business Ethics		3
	Business Mathematics	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Human Resource Management	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Introduction to Business	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Computing and Information Technology (Formerly Introduction to Computing) Test no longer offered	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Management Information Systems	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Money and Banking	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Organizational Behavior	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Personal Finance	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Principles of Finance	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Principles of Supervision	400	MGMT 304: Intro to Management		3
Humanities	Ethics in America	400	PHIL 104: Ethics	Humanities	3
	Introduction to World Religions	400	HIST 202: America's Religious Diversity	Multicultural	3
	Principles of Advanced English Composition	400	ENGL 102: English Composition II	English Composition	3
	Principles of Public Speaking	400	CMST 101: Intro to Oral Communication	Speech	3
Math	Fundamentals of College Algebra	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Math for Liberal Arts	400	MATH 101: Intro to Contemporary Math	Math	3
	Principles of Statistics	400	MATH 282: Intro to Statistics	Math	3
Physical Science	Astronomy	400	PHYS 103: Astronomy	Physical Science	3
	Health and Human Development (Formerly Here's to Your Health)	400	PH 101: Foundations of Human Health	Human Health	3
	Environmental Science (Formerly, Environment and Humanity:The Race to Save the Planet)	400	GEOG 100: Environmental Conversation	Social Science / Interdisciplinary* *If student needs interdisciplinary credit, contact transferservices@siu.edu	3
	Introduction to Geology	400	GEOL 220: The Dynamic Earth	Physical Science	3
	Principles of Physical Science I Test no longer offered	400	UCC PHYSICAL SCIENCE SUBSTITUTION	Physical Science	3
Social Science	A History of the Vietnam War	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Art of the Western World	400	UCC HUMANITIES OR FINE ARTS SUBSTITUTION	Humanities or Fine Arts	3
	Criminal Justice	400	CCJ 101: Introduction to The Criminal Justice System		3
	Foundations of Education	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Fundamentals of Counseling	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	General Anthropology	400	ANTH 104: The Human Experience	Social Science	3
	History of the Soviet Union (Formerly, The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union)	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Introduction to Geography (Formerly, Human/Cultural Geography)	400	GEOG 103: World Geography	Social Science	3
	Introduction to Law Enforcement	400	CCJ 306: Policing in America		3
	Lifespan Developmental Psychology	400	PSYC 250: Lifespan Development		3
	Substance Abuse	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	The Civil War and Reconstruction	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
Technology	Ethics in Technology	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Fundamentals of Cybersecurity	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3
	Technical Writing	400	GENERAL ELECTIVE		3

DSST scores were converted from 2-digit to 3-digit scores beginning in 2008. Minimum passing 2-digit scores for credit ranged from 44-49 depending upon the exam. Please contact transferservices@siu.edu with questions regarding 2-digit exam scores.