DANTES Subject Standardized Tests
The DSST (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests) Program is accepted by The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. Students who have achieved a minimum score of ‘400’ on an examination will be awarded credit as detailed in the chart below.
| DSST Exam | Minimum Score | Citadel Credit | Credit Hours |
| A History of Vietnam War | 400 | HIST 489 | 3 |
| Art of the Western World | 400 | FNAR 250 | 3 |
| Astronomy | 400 | ASTR 201 | 3 |
| Business Ethics & Society | 400 | GNRL 101 | 3 |
| Business Mathematics | 400 | GNRL 101 | 3 |
| Civil War & Reconstruction | 400 | HIST 304 | 3 |
| Computing & Information Technology | — | No credit | 0 |
| Criminal Justice | 400 | CRMJ 201 | 3 |
| Environmental Science (formerly Environment & Humanity) | 400 | BIOL 209 | 3 |
| Ethics in America | 400 | PHIL 290 | 3 |
| Foundations of Education | 400 | GNRL 101 | 3 |
| Fundamentals of College Algebra | 400 | GNRL 101 | 3 |
| Fundamentals of Counseling | 400 | GNRL 101 | 3 |
| Fundamentals of Cybersecurity | 400 | GNRL 101 | 3 |
| General Anthropology | 400 | ANTH 201 | 3 |
| Health & Human Development (formerly Here’s to Your Health) | 400 | RPED 250 | 2 |
| History of the Soviet Union | 400 | HIST 365 | 3 |
| Human Resource Management | 400 | MGMT 311 | 3 |
| Human/Cultural Geography | 400 | GEOG 209 | 3 |
| Intro to Law Enforcement | 400 | CRMJ 270 | 3 |
| Intro to World Religions | 400 | ENGL 208 | 3 |
| Lifespan Developmental Psychology | 400 | PSYC 202 | 3 |
| Management Information Systems | 400 | BADM 417 | 3 |
| Math for Liberal Arts | 400 | MATH 105 | 3 |
| Money & Banking | 400 | ECON 401 | 3 |
| Organizational Behavior | 400 | GNRL 101 | 3 |
| Personal Finance | 400 | FINC 301 | 3 |
| Principles of Advanced English Comp | 400 | ENGL 101 | 3 |
| Principles of Finance | 400 | FINC 301 | 3 |
| Principles of Physical Science I | — | No credit | 0 |
| Principles of Public Speaking | 400 | COMM 205 | 3 |
| Principles of Statistics | 400 | STAT 160 | 3 |
| Principles of Supervision | 400 | GNRL 101 | 3 |
| Substance Abuse (formerly Drug and Alcohol Abuse) | 400 | HLED 302 | 3 |
| Technical Writing | 400 | COMM 260 | 3 |
NOTE: Students will not be awarded duplicate credit in the event acceptable scores for the same subject are presented from Advanced Placement or other subject examinations.