DSST and IB Credits

Defense of Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES)

  • DSST is a credit by exam program sponsored by the Department of Defense to facilitate the awarding of college credit for military and non-service members.

  • In order to receive credit for DSST exams, incoming student should request their DSST results be sent directly to Kutztown University 

  • Use the drop down menu below to see a list of the DSST courses accepted by Kutztown, the required minimum score, the course equivalent and the number of credits that will be awarded if the minimum score is attained.

  • DSST Credit Equivalencies
    Source Courses Required Score  KU Course Course Title  Transferred Credits
    DSST 0100 - A History of the Vietnam War 400 HIST 880   HISTORY ELECTIVE 3
    DSST 0200 - Art of the Western World 400 ARTH 880   ART HISTORY ELECTIVE 3
    DSST 0300 - Astronomy 400 ASTR 026   ELEMENTS OF MODERN AST 3
    DSST 0500 - Business Mathematics 400 MATH 880   MATHEMATICS ELECTIVE 3
    DSST 0600 - Criminal Justice 400 CRJU 010   INTRO TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE 3
    DSST 0700 - Substance Abuse(formerly Drug and Alcohol Abuse) 400 GEST 880   GENERAL ED ELECTIVE 3
    DSST 0900 - Ethics in America 400 PHIL 040  INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS 3
    DSST 1100 - Fundamentals of College Algebra 400 MATH 105 College Algebra 3
    DSST 1200 - Fundamentals of Counseling 400 PSYC 880   PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3
    DSST 1500 - Human Resource Management 400 MGMT 335  HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 3
    DSST 1600 - Introduction to Geography  400 GEOG 101   WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY 3
    DSST 1700 - Introduction to Business 400 BUSN 001   UNIV STUD: 1ST YR SEMINAR 3
    DSST 1900 - Introduction to Law Enforcement 400 CRJU 880   CRIMINAL JUSTICE ELECTIVE 3
    DSST 2100 - Introduction to World Religions 400 SOCI 213  WORLD RELIGIONS 3
    DSST 2200 - Lifespan Developmental Psychology 400 PSYC 125   LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT 3
    DSST 2300 - Management Information Systems 400 BUSN 880   BUSINESS ELECTIVE 3
    DSST 2400 - Money and Banking 400 FINA 880   FINANCE ELECTIVE 3
    DSST 2600 - Personal Finance 400 FINA 351   PERSNL FINANCIAL PLANNING 3
    DSST 2800 - Principles of Finance 400 FINA 200   INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE 3
    DSST 3300 - Principles of Supervision 400 MGMT 210   PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 3
    DSST 3400 - History of the Soviet Union (formerly Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union) 400 HIST 210   HIS OF RUSSIA/SOV UNION 3
    DSST 3500 - Technical Writing 400 PRWR 120  TECHNICAL WRITING/COMMUN 3
    DSST 3600 - The Civil War and Reconstruction 400 HIST 026   HIS US:EMERG OF MOD AMER 3
    DSST 3800 - Business Ethics and Society 400 PHIL 080  BUSINESS ETHICS 3
    DSST 3900 - Computing and Information Technology 400 CPSC 101   COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 3
    DSST 4000 - Environmental Science 400 BIOL 890   BIO ELECTIVE(NON-LAB) 3

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) TEST CREDIT

  • - Credit received from International Baccalaureate programs may be applied towards credit requirements for graduation based on the equivalencies outlined below.

  • -Use the drop down menu below to see a list of the IB courses accepted by Kutztown, the required minimum score, the course equivalent and the number of credits that will be awarded if the minimum score is attained.

  • - Further information regarding IB can be found at IBO.org.

  • IB Credit Equivalencies
    Source Courses Required Score  My Courses Transferred Credits
    IB 0101 - Biology HL 5 BIOL 104 - PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY 4
    IB 0111 - Business and Management HL 4 MGMT 880 - MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3
    IB 0111 - Business and Management HL 5 MGMT 210 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 3
    IB 0131 - Computer Science HL 5 CPSC 135 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I 3
    IB 0141 - Design Tech. HL 5 ART 880 - ART ELECTIVE 3
    IB 0151 - Economics HL 4 ECON 880 - ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 3
    IB 0161 - English A1 HL  4 ENGL 101 - WORLD LITERATURE I  3
    IB 0181 - Film HL  4 CTME 880 - CINEMA TV & MEDIA ELECTIVE 3
    IB 0211 - French B HL 5 FREN 101 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH I 3
    IB 0211 - French B HL 6 FREN 101 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH I
    FREN 102 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH II    		 6
    IB 0221 - Geography HL 5 GEOG 101 - WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY 3
    IB 0251 - German B HL 5 GERM 101 - ELEMENTARY GERMAN I 3
    IB 0251 - German B HL 6 GERM 101 - ELEMENTARY GERMAN I
    GERM 102 - ELEMENTARY GERMAN II    		 6
    IB 0261 - History HL 4 HIST 880 - HISTORY ELECTIVE 3
    IB 0271 - Information Technology in Global Society HL 5 CPSC 130 - INFO TECH FUNDAMENTALS 3
    IB 0291 - Latin HL 5 MLST 880 - MODERN LANGUAGE ELECTIVE 3
    IB 0291 - Latin HL 6 MLST 880 - MODERN LANGUAGE ELECTIVE
    MLST 880 - MODERN LANGUAGE ELECTIVE    		 6
    IB 0301 - Mathematics HL 5 MATH 181 - CALCULUS I 4
    IB 0311 - Music HL 4 MUSC 880 - MUSIC ELECTIVE 3
    IB 0311 - Music HL 5 MUSC 010 - INTRO TO MUSIC  3
    IB 0321 - Philosophy HL 5 PHIL 880 - PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3
    IB 0331 - Physics HL 5 PHYS 880 - PHYSICS ELECTIVE(LAB) 3
    IB 0341 - Psychology HL 5 PSYC 880 - PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3
    IB 0351 - Social and cultural anthropology HL 5 ANTH 10CD - CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3
    IB 0381 - Spanish B HL 5 SPAN 101 - ELEMENTARY SPANISH I 3
    IB 0381 - Spanish B HL 6 SPAN 101 - ELEMENTARY SPANISH I
    SPAN 102 - ELEMENTARY SPANISH II    		 6
    IB 0391 - Theatre HL 5 COMM 102 - INTRO TO THE THEATRE 3
    IB 0411 - Visual Arts HL 4 ART 880 - ART ELECTIVE 3
    IB 0421 - Greek (Ancient Greek) HL 5 MLST 101 - SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LANG 3
    IB 0421 - Greek (Ancient Greek) HL 6 MLST 101 - SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LANG
    MLST 102 - SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LANG    		 6
    IB 0431 - Italian B HL 5 MLST 101 - SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LANG 3
    IB 0431 - Italian B HL 6 MLST 101 - SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LANG
    MLST 102 - SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LANG    		 6
    IB 0451 - History SL 4 HIST 880 - HISTORY ELECTIVE 3
    IB 0601 - Further Mathematics HL 4 MATH 181 - CALCULUS II 4
    IB 0601 - Further Mathematics HL 5 MATH 181 - CALCULUS I
    MATH 182 - CALCULUS II    		 8
    IB 0631 - Sports, Exercise & Health Science HL 5 SPRT 880 - SPORT ELECTIVE 3
    IB 0641 - English A: Literature HL 5 ENGL 110 - INTRO TO LITERATURE 3