DSST Standards at Mercy College

To be awarded college credit for successful completion of a DSST exam, a student must obtain a specific score based on the DSST Examination Criteria. These exams may be attempted if a student has not already audited or failed the course at any college or university. Exams taken through the DSST are reflected on the student’s Mercy College transcript but not included in calculating the student’s cumulative grade point average.

DSST Examination	DSST Score	Mercy College Equivalent	Semester Credits Earned
A History of The Vietnam War	400	Arts, Humanities, Culture and Diversity GE	3
Art of The Western World	400	Arts, Humanities, Culture and Diversity GE	3
Astronomy	400	Natural Sciences, Technology, and Innovation GE	3
Business Ethics and Society	400	Arts, Humanities, Culture and Diversity GE	3
Business Mathematics	400	N/A	3
Computing and Information Technology	400	N/A	3
Criminal Justice	400	Social and Behavioral Sciences GE	6
Environment and Humanity	400	Natural Sciences, Technology, and Innovation GE	3
Ethics in America	400	Arts, Humanities, Culture and Diversity GE	3
Foundations of Education	400	N/A	3
Fundamentals of College Algebra	400	Math, Statistics, and Logic GE	3
Fundamentals of Counseling	400	N/A	3
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity	400	N/A	3
General Anthropology	400	Social and Behavioral Sciences GE	3
Health and Human Development	400	N/A	3
History of The Soviet Union	400	Arts, Humanities, Culture and Diversity GE	3
Human Resource Management	400	N/A	3
Human/Cultural Geography	400	Social and Behavioral Sciences GE	3
Intro to Law Enforcement	400	N/A	3
Introduction to Business	400	N/A	3
Introduction to World Religion	400	Arts, Humanities, Culture and Diversity (Religion) GE	3
Life Span Develop. Psychology	400	PSY 201	3
Management Info Systems	400	N/A	3
Math for Liberal Arts	400	Math, Statistics, and Logic GE	3
Money and Banking	400	N/A	3
Organizational Behavior	400	N/A	3
Personal Finance	400	N/A	3
Principles of Advanced English Composition	400	ENG 101	3
Principles of Finance	400	N/A	3
Principles of Physical Science	400	Natural Sciences, Technology, and Innovation GE	3
Principles of Public Speaking	400	Arts, Humanities, Culture and Diversity GE	3
Principles of Statistics	400	MTH 140	3
Principles of Supervision	400	N/A	3
Substance Abuse	400	N/A	3
Technical Writing	400	N/A	3
The Civil War and Reconstruction	400	Arts, Humanities, Culture and Diversity GE	3

*DSST exams are subject to revision on a yearly basis. Mercy College of Ohio reserves the right to change, at any time, the criteria for awarding DSST credit in any or all subject areas.