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DANTES Examinations

(Defense Activity for Nontraditional Educational Support)

For students completing the AAGS or BGS degrees

General Studies Degree students may take DANTES exams in the General Studies office.  The cost per exam is $85.00, which includes:
  • $70.00 exam fee, payable to The Chauncey Group by credit card (VISA, MasterCard or American Express) or money order
  • $15.00 service fee, payable to IUSB General Studies by money order or check

Dantes exams are offered in the General Studies office in the following formats:

  • Paper and Pencil (Exams must be ordered three weeks prior to taking exam)
  • Online ($70 Exam fee must be paid with credit card online)

Fact Sheets outlining the topics covered, a sample test, and a bibliography for each test are available at:

Thanks to the generous donations of students and alumni, we have placed study materials for the following exams on reserve at the IUSB Schurz Library.  You may find these resources helpful as supplements to your other study materials.  Likewise, if you would like to donate materials you have found helpful in preparing for a Dantes exam, we would be happy to add them to our collection for other students to use.

  • #450 Principles of Statistics
  • #483 The Civil War and Reconstruction
  • #495 Drug and Alcohol Abuse
  • #508 Here's To Your Health
  • #532 Principles of Supervision
  • #536 Introduction to Computing
  • #551 Management Information Systems
  • #562 Fundamentals of Counseling
  • #815 Principles of Public Speaking

Test order forms are available in the reception area outside room A232; allow three weeks for receipt of exam.  You can also order on-line.  Orders are placed weekly; orders received by 5:00 pm on Thursday will be processed on Friday.  Test sessions can be scheduled by contacting the General Studies office at 520-4260.  Payment is due at the time of the exam.  Please be aware that receipt of exam scores can take up to six weeks; plan your needs accordingly.  It is not necessary to order online exams.

These exams are considered transfer credit.  The grade of S (Satisfactory) is recorded on your transcript; failures are not recorded.  Examinees must wait six months from the last test date to retake a failed exam.

DANTES Examinations
DANTES Exam Number

Title

 Minimum Score Required Credits IU Subject Area Course Number
Arts and Humanities
461 Art of the Western World 48 3 FINA-UN 100
465 Western Europe since 1945 (fulfills World Culture requirement) 48 3 HIST-UN 100
469 Introduction to the Modern Middle East (fulfills World Culture requirement) 44 3 HIST-UN 100
473 A History of the Vietnam War (fulfills World Culture requirement) 49 3 HIST-UN 100
471 Rise and Fall of Soviet Union (fulfills World Culture requirement) 45 3 HIST-UN 300
483 The Civil War and Reconstruction 47 3 HIST-UN 300
474 Ethics in America 46 3 PHIL-UN 100
496 Introduction to World Religions (fulfills World Culture requirement) 48 3 REL-UN 100
815 Principles of Public Speaking (requires preparation & presentation of a speech recorded on tape)     Not available online 47 3 SPCH-UN 100
Science and Mathematics
500 Astronomy 48 3 AST-UN 100
536 Introduction to Computing (fulfills Computer Literacy requirement) 45 3 CSCI-UN 100
519 Physical Geology 46 3 GEOL-UN 100
450 Principles of Statistics (fulfills Quantitative Reasoning requirement) 48 3 MATH-UN 300
512 Principles of Physical Science I 47 3 PHYS-UN 100
Social and Behavioral Sciences
494 General Anthropology (fulfills World Culture requirement) 47 3 ANTH-UN 100
470 Human/Cultural Geography 48 3 GEOG-UN 100
490 Lifespan Developmental Psychology 46 3 PSY-UN 300
Professional School Electives
525 Principles of Financial Accounting 49 3 BUS-UN 100
530 Human Resource Management 46 3 BUS-UN 100
531 Organizational Behavior 48 3 BUS-UN 100
543 Introduction to Business 46 3 BUS-UN 100
550 Personal Finance 46 3 BUS-UN 100
812 Business Mathematics 48 3 BUS-UN 100
524 Principles of Finance 46 3 BUS-UN 300
532 Principles of Supervision 46 3 BUS-UN 300
534 Business Law II 52 3 BUS-UN 300
548 Money and Banking 48 3 BUS-UN 300
551 Management Information Systems 46 3 BUS-UN 300
489 Foundations of Education 46 3 EDUC-UN 100
562 Fundamentals of Counseling 45 3 EDUC-UN 100
495 Drug and Alcohol Abuse 49 3 HPER-UN 300
508 Here's To Your Health 48 3 HPER-UN 300
497 Introduction to Law Enforcement 45 3 SPEA-UN 100
498 Criminal Justice 49 3 SPEA-UN 100
511 Environment and Humanity 46 3 SPEA-UN 100
820 Technical Writing 46 3 UNDI-UN 100
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