2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

DANTES Credit

DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST) may be used to fulfill some course requirements.  The Northwest course numbers below that end with -920 indicate Lower Division Elective credit.  Northwest course numbers below that end with -990 indicate Upper Division Elective credit.

 DSST Exam

ACE Score
Required

Hours
Granted

A History of the Vietnam War (33-990)

400 3

Art of the Western World (13-910)

400
3

Astronomy (40-122)

400
3

Business Ethics and Society (39-275)

400 3

Business Mathematics (54-920)

400 3
      Computing and Information Technology (44-130) 400 3

Criminal Justice (46-205, 46-920)

400
6

Environment Science (27-911)

400 3

Ethics in America (39-909)

400
3

Foundations of Education (61-461)

400
3

Fundamentals of College Algebra (17-118)

400 3

Fundamentals of Counseling (08-920)

400 3

Fundamentals of Cybersecurity (44-990)

400 3

General Anthropology (35-108)

400 3

Health and Human Development (22-114)

400 3
      History of the Soviet Union (33-990) 400 3

Human Resource Management (54-920)

400 3

Human/Cultural Geography (32-101)

400
3

Introduction to Business (54-920)

400
3

Introduction to Law Enforcement (46-990)

400 3

Introduction to World Religions (26-162)

400 3

Lifespan Developmental Psychology (08-333)

400 3

Management Information Systems (54-920)

400
3
      Math for Liberal Arts (17-912) 400 3

Money and Banking (53-990)

400 3

Organizational Behavior (54-920)

400 3

Personal Finance (53-920)

400 3
      Principles of Advanced English Composition (10-111) 400 3

Principles of Finance (53-990)

400
3

Principles of Physical Science I (40-102)

400 3

Principles of Public Speaking (29-102)

400
3

Principles of Statistics (17-114)

400 3

Principles of Supervision (54-920)

400
3

Substance Abuse (08-920)

400
3

The Civil War and Reconstruction (33-534)

400
3