CLEP and DANTES 2026-2027
College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
DANTES Subject Standard Test (DSST)
For Hokies Entering Summer 2026 – Spring 2027
CLEP is a national program which offers students credit by computer-based examination. This allows students to have the opportunity to obtain recognition for achievement in specific college courses. Students should request their official CLEP exam results directly from the
DSST exams are a form of assessing prior learning through credit-by-exam. Students may have scores sent to Virginia Tech directly from DSST by contacting DSST at 1-877-471-9860. Virginia Tech’s school code is 5859.
Awarded credit for both exams can be viewed on Hokie SPA under the grades menu. A maximum of 12 hours of CLEP and DSST credit may be awarded.
| CLEP/DSST Exam Subject | CLEP/DSST Exam Title | CLEP/DSST Exam Comments | CLEP/DSST Exam Min. Score | VT Course Number | Virginia Tech Course Equivalent | VT Credits |
| ACCT | Financial Accounting | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| ACIS | Information Systems | 50 | ACIS 1504 | Introduction to Business Analytics & Business Intelligence | 3 | |
| BIOL | Natural Sciences | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| BIOL | Biology | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| CHEM | Chemistry | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| ECON | Principles of Microeconomics | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| ECON | Principles of Macroeconomics | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| ENGL | College Composition | 50 | ENGL 1105 | First-Year Writing | 3 | |
| ENGL | College Composition Modular | 50 | ENGL 1XXX | English Elective | 3 | |
| ENGL | Analyzing & Interp. Literature | 50 | ENGL 1XXX | English Elective | 3 | |
| ENGL | American Literature | 50 | ENGL 1XXX | English Elective | 3 | |
| ENGL | English Literature | 50 | ENGL 1XXX | English Elective | 3 | |
| FIN | Introductory Business Law | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| FREN | French Language Level 1 | 50 | FR 1XXX + FR 1XXX | French Elective + French Elective | 3+3 | |
| FREN | French Language Level 2 | 59 | FR 2XXX + FR 2XXX | French Elective + French Elective | 3+3 | |
| GER | German Language Level 1 | 50 | GER 1XXX + GER 1XXX | German Elective + German Elective | 3+3 | |
| GER | German Language Level 2 | 60 | GER 2XXX + GER 2XXX | German Elective + German Elective | 3+3 | |
| HD | Human Growth & Development | 50 | HD 1004 | Childhood and Adolescence | 3 | |
| HIST | History of the United States I | 50 | HIST 1115 | History of the United States | 3 | |
| HIST | History of the United States II | 50 | HIST 1116 | History of the United States | 3 | |
| HIST | Western Civilization I | 50 | HIST 1025 | Intro. to European History | 3 | |
| HIST | Western Civilization II | 50 | HIST 1026 | Intro. to European History | 3 | |
| HIST | Social Sciences & History | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| HUM | Humanities | 50 | HUM 1604 | Intro. to Humanities and the Arts | 3 | |
| MATH | College Algebra | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| MATH | College Mathematics | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| MATH | Calculus | 50 | MATH 1025 + MATH 1026 | Elementary Calculus + Elementary Calculus | 3+3 | |
| MATH | Calculus | 64 | MATH 1225 + MATH 1026 | Calculus of a Single Variable (Calculus I) + Elementary Calculus | 4+3 | |
| MATH | Precalculus | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| MGT | Principles of Management | Credit applicable to non-PCOB majors | 50 | MGT 3304 | Management Theory and Leadership Practice | 3 |
| MGT | Principles of Management | Credit applicable to PCOB majors | 50 | MGT 3404 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MKTG | Principles of Marketing | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| PSCI | American Government | 50 | PSCI 1XXX | Political Science Elective | 3 | |
| PSYC | Intro Educational Psychology | 50 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| PSYC | Introductory Psychology | 50 | PSYC 1004 | Introductory Psychology | 3 | |
| SOC | Introductory Sociology | 50 | SOC 1004 | Introductory Sociology | 3 | |
| SPAN | Spanish Language Level 1 | 50 | SPAN 1105 + SPAN 1106 | Elementary Spanish + Elementary Spanish | 3+3 | |
| SPAN | Spanish Language Level 2 | 63 | SPAN 1105 + SPAN 1106 + SPAN 2105 | Elementary Spanish + Elementary Spanish + Intermediate Spanish | 3+3+3 | |
| SPAN | Spanish with Writing Level 1 | 50 | SPAN 1105 + SPAN 1106 | Elementary Spanish + Elementary Spanish | 3+3 | |
| SPAN | Spanish with Writing Level 2 | 50 | SPAN 1105 + SPAN 1106 | Elementary Spanish + Elementary Spanish | 3+3 | |
| SPAN | Spanish with Writing Level 2 | 65 | SPAN 1105 + SPAN 1106 + SPAN 2105 + SPAN 2106 | Elementary Spanish + Elementary Spanish + Intermediate Spanish + Intermediate Spanish | 3+3+3+3 | |
| DSST | A History of the Vietnam War | 400 | HIST 2124 | Topics & Critical Issues in World History | 3 | |
| DSST | Business, Ethics, and Society | 400 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | ||
| DSST | Criminal Justice | 400 | CRIM 1XXX | Criminology Elective | 3 | |
| DSST | Environmental Science | 400 | ENSC 1015 | Found. of Environmental Science | 3 | |
| DSST | Fundamentals of College Algebra | 400 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| DSST | Health & Human Development | 400 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| DSST | Human Resource Management | 400 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| DSST | Introduction to Business | 400 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| DSST | Introduction to Geography | 400 | GEOG 1004 | Introduction to Human Geography | 3 | |
| DSST | Introduction to Geology | 400 | GEOS 1004 | Earth Science: Our Past, Present and Future | 3 | |
| DSST | Introduction to World Religion | 400 | RLCL 1XXX | Religion and Culture Elective | 3 | |
| DSST | Organizational Behavior | 400 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| DSST | Personal Finance | 400 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| DSST | Principles of Finance | 400 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| DSST | Principles of Physical Science I | 400 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| DSST | Principles of Supervision | 400 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 | |
| DSST | Physical Geology | 400 | GEOS 1004 | Earth Science: Our Past, Present and Future | 3 | |
| DSST | Substance Abuse | 400 | VT 1XXX | Virginia Tech Elective | 3 |