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Credit via DSST Exams (formerly DANTES)

Labouré College of Healthcare accepts a total of 24 DSST credits toward a degree. Once enrolled at Labouré, a student must obtain the approval of an academic advisor and the Registrar prior to taking any - or additional - DSST examinations. Credit will be given only if credit has not already been awarded or earned for the related course content. Labouré College of Healthcare accepts a total of 30 credits from all testing sources combined.

Credit by DSST examination is subject to the following policies: 

  • Students cannot receive DSST credit for an exam that is equivalent to a course they have already completed
  • Credit awarded through DSST is considered transfer credit, not residence credit

Possible DSST exams and equivalencies:

 

  Category   DSST Exam    Minimum
  Score
  Credits   Labouré Course
  ETHICS   Ethics in America   48/400

  3

  ETH 1010: Healthcare Ethics
  HISTORY

  A History of the Vietnam War

  History of the Soviet Union

  The Civil War and Reconstruction

  Art of the Western World

  Principles of Public Speaking

  48/400   3   HUM 2000: Humanities Elective
  PSYCHOLOGY

  Introductory Psychology 

  48/400

  3

  PSY 1010: Introductory Psychology

  Lifespan Developmental Psychology

  Health and Human Development
  (TBD)

  48/400  3   PSY 2010: Human Growth & Behavior
  MATH   Principles of Statistics   48/400   3   MAT 3410: Essentials of Statistics
  RELIGION   Introduction to World Religions   48/400   3   THE 2050: Religions of the World
  SCIENCE

  Astronomy/Environmental Sciences

  48/400   3   SCI 3000 - SCI 4000: Natural Science Elective
  SOCIAL
  SCIENCE

  Substance Abuse

  Foundations of Education

  Human/Cultural Geography

  Fundamentals of Counseling

  48/400   3   SSC 3000 - SSC 4000: Social Science Elective