West  Virginia State Career Services & Cooperative education

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DANTES Standardized Subject Tests

The DSST tests allow you to receive college credit by taking a standardized test in a specific subject area. These tests are given each month at West Virginia State University. You may register on-line or a form stop by the Office of Career Services and Cooperative Education at 216 Wallace Hall to pick up a registration form.

The cost of each test is $70.00 plus an administration fee of $15.00. These fees will be collected on the test day. Do not include fees with your registration form. Test scores will be mailed by DANTES in four to six weeks. For more information about tests visit DSST Website.

 

 

The following is a list of DSST exams approved by DANTES.

Business

· Business Law II

· Business Mathematics

· Human Resource Management

· Introduction to Business

· Introduction to Computing

· Management Information Systems

· Money and Banking

· Organizational Behavior

· Personal Finance

· Principles of Finance

· Principles of Financial Accounting

· Principles of Supervision

 

Humanities

· Ethics in America

· Introduction to World Religions

· Principles of Public Speaking*

                * In addition to a minimum score of 47 on the multiple choice test, an examinee must also receive a passing grade on the required speech section. A special test date/time will be scheduled for this test on an individual basis.

 

 

Applied Technology

· Technical Writing

 

Mathematics

· Fundamentals of College Algebra

 

Physical Science

· Astronomy

· Environment and Humanity: The Race to Save the Planet

· Here's to Your Health

· Physical Geology

· Principles of Physical Science I

· Principles of Statistics

 

Social Sciences

· A History of the Vietnam War

· An Introduction to the Modern Middle East

· Art of the Western World

· Western Europe: Since 1945

· Criminal Justice

· Substance Abuse

· Foundations of Education

· Fundamentals of Counseling

· General Anthropology

· Human Cultural Geography

· Introduction to Law Enforcement

· Lifespan Developmental Psychology

· Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union

· The Civil War and Reconstruction

To contact us:

WVSU Career Services and

Cooperative Education

 

216 Wallace Hall

PO Box 1000

Institute, WV  25112

 

Phone: 304-766-3250

Fax: 304-766-5195

E-mail: careerserv@wvstateu.edu