AP/CLEP/IB/DSST Equivalencies

DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)

Please use the chart below to reference your DSST examinations and test scores that are accepted by Messiah University.

DANTES (DSST) Examination	Minimum Required Score Prior to 2008	Minimum Required Score 2008 to Present	Credits	Messiah Course
Art of the Western World	44	400	3	ART 100*
Astronomy	44	400	3	ELET 100
Business Ethics and Society	44	400	3	ELET 100
Business Mathematics	44	400	3	MATH 107*
Criminal Justice	44	400	3	CRIJ 103*
Computing and Information Technology	44	400	3	CIS 100*
Environmental Science	44	400	3	BIOL/SUST 140*
Ethics in America	44	400	3	ELET 100
Foundations of Education	44	400	3	ELET 100
Fundamentals of College Algebra	44	400	3	MATH 102*
Fundamentals of Counseling	44	400	3	PSYC 323

General Anthropology	44	400	3	ELET 100
Health and Human Development	44	400	3	PSYC 200
History of the Soviet Union	44	400	3	ELET 100
A History of the Vietnam War	44	400	3	ELET 100
Human Resource Management	44	400	3	HRM 301
Introduction to Business	44	400	3	ELET 100
Introduction to Geology	44	400	3	GEOL 201*
Introduction to Law Enforcement	44	400	3	SOAN 200
Introduction to World Religions	44	400	3	RELI 205*
Lifespan Development Psychology	44	400	3	PSYC 209
Management Information Systems	44	400	3	ELET 100
Math for Liberal Arts	44	400	3	MATH 102*
Money and Banking	44	400	3	ELET 100
Organizational Behavior	44	400	3	HRM 311
Personal Finance	44	400	3	BUSA 130
Principles of Advanced English Composition	44	400	3	ELET 100
Principles of Finance	44	400	3	FINA 305
Principles of Public Speaking	44	400	3	COMM 105*
Principles of Statistics	44	400	3	STAT 269*
Principles of Supervision	44	400	3	BUSA 120
Substance Abuse	44	400	3	PSYC 365
Technical Writing	44	400	3	ELET 100
The Civil War and Reconstruction	44	400	3	ELET 100

*May be counted toward General Education
A maximum of 32 credits may be earned by all forms of testing which includes, AP, CLEP, DSST and IB.

As of Spring 2024