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 |