The nationally recognized DSST Credit-by-Exam Program helps you receive college credits for learning acquired outside the traditional classroom.
A form of prior learning assessment, DSSTs offer students a cost effective, time saving way to use their knowledge acquired outside of the classroom to accomplish their educational goals. Visit: https://getcollegecredit.com/about for additional information.
The American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT) has evaluated and recommended college credit. Missouri Southern State University accepts the DSST credits as transfer credits indicated below:
| DSST Exam | Minimum Score | MSSU Course Satisfied |
| Technical Writing | 500 | ENG 313 (lower division) |
| Ethics in America | 400 | PHIL 212 |
| Art of the Western World | 400 | ART 302 (lower division) |
| Astronomy | 400 | PHYS 125 |
| Foundation of Education | 400 | EDUC 100 |
| Fundamentals of College Algebra | 400 | MATH 30 |
| Health and Human development | 400 | KINE 103 |
| Human Resource Management | 400 | MGMT 352 (lower division) |
| Introduction to Computing | 400 | CIS 202 |
| Introduction to Cybersecurity | 400 | CIS 298 |
| Management Information Systems | 400 | MGMT 337 (lower division) |
| Money and Banking | 400 | ECON 300 |
| Organizational Behavior | 400 | MGMT 441 (lower division) |
| Personal Finance | 400 | FIN 101 |
| Principles of Finance | 400 | FIN 350 |
| Principles of Statistics | 400 | MATH 310 (lower division) |
| Principles of Supervision | 400 | MGMT 350 (lower division) |
Lower division - course will not count toward the 39 hours of upper division credit requirement.
