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The University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) grants college credit for specific DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST) Exams with an acceptable score.

The current UNO policies regarding specific subject areas accepted and scores required are in the table below.

Students must have official copies of their scores submitted to the Registrar's Office by DSST in order for credit to be awarded. To obtain copies of official grade reports, you can visit the DSST website.

DSST exams are given by appointment in the UNO Testing Center. Information on DSST testing

UNO grants credit based on the table below:

DSST Exam Equivalent UNO Course Required Score Credit Hours Granted
A History of the Vietnam War HIST Lower Level Elective 400 3
Art of the Western World ART 2050 Survey of Western Art History 400 3
Astronomy

PHYS 1350 Principles of Astronomy

400 3
Business Ethics & Society BSAD Lower Level Elective 400 3
Business Mathematics

Quantitative Literacy MavEd General Education Equivalent

400 3
Computing & Information Technology CSCI Lower Level Elective 400 3
Criminal Justice CRCJ 1010 Survey of Criminal Justice 400 3
Environment Science (formerly Environment and Humanity) Natural Science Lecture MavEd General Education Equivalent 400 3
Ethics in America Humanities MavEd General Education Equivalent 400 3
Ethics in Technology CIST Lower Level Elective 400 3
Foundations of Education TED 2100 Educational Foundations 400 3
Fundamentals of College Algebra

Quantitative Literacy MavEd General Education Equivalent

400 3
Fundamentals of Counseling COUN 2020 Introduction to Counseling Theory and Psychotherapy 400 3
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity CYBR 1100 Introduction to Information Security 400 3
General Anthropology

ANTH 1050 Introduction to Anthropology

400 3
Health & Human Development HED Lower Level Elective 400 3
History of the Soviet Union (formerly The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union) HIST 2720 Russia: From The Crimean War To The Present 400 3
Human Resource Management MGMT Lower Level Elective 400 3
Introduction to Business MGMT Lower Level Elective 400 3
Introduction to Geography (formerly Human/Cultural Geography) GEOG 1020 Intro to Human Geography 400 3
Introduction to Geology Natural Science Lecture MavEd General Education Equivalent 400 3
Introduction to Law Enforcement CRCJ 2030 Police and Society 400 3
Introduction to World Religions RELI 1010 Intro to World Religions 400 3
Lifespan Developmental Psychology PSYC2500 Lifespan Psychology 400 3
Management Information Systems MGMT Lower Level Elective 400 3
Math for Liberal Arts Quantitative Literacy MavEd General Education Equivalent 400 3
Money and Banking FNBK Upper Level Elective 400 3
Organizational Behavior MGMT Lower Level Elective 400 3
Personal Finance FNBK 2280 Personal Finance 400 3
Principles of Advanced English Composition ENGL Lower Level Elective 400 3
Principles of Finance FNBK Lower Level Elective 400 3
Principles of Public Speaking CMST 1110 Public Speaking Fund 400 3
Principles of Statistics STAT 1530 Elementary Statistics 400 3
Principles of Supervision MGMT Lower Level Elective 400 3
Substance Abuse (formerly Drug and Alcohol Abuse) Public Health & Behavior Lower Level Elective 400 3
Technical Writing ENGL Lower Level Elective 400 3
The Civil War and Reconstruction HIST Lower Level Elective 400 3
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UNO accepts the following types of credit:

Transfer Credit from Post Secondary Institutions (Transfer Articulation Guide)

Advanced Placement (AP) Credit

Cambridge International

College Level Examination Program (CLEP)

Credit by Department

DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)

International Baccalaureate (IB)

Military Credit

Retroactive Credit

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