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Military Credit

At WSU, the following procedures are used to ensure every veteran receives the maximum amount of college credit for military training possible.

  1. WSU evaluates every military transcript received from active duty military and veterans pursuing a WSU education.
  2. WSU uses the American Council on Education (ACE) “A Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services” as a guide. ACE translates military courses and occupations into academic credit recommendations, and provides guidelines to interpret and recommend credit for college courses.
  3. ACE recommendations for the amount and level of credit (upper or lower division) are followed if the military course is applicable to university or departmental regulations.
  4. ACE credits on transcripts that do not match any courses in any degree of pursuit may be accepted as elective credits if applicable to the student’s degree program
  5. DANTES Credit: Credit for DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSSTs) will be granted for college-level academic subjects (non-vocational/technical courses) using the minimum score and credit amount recommendations of the American Council on Education. Please see Academic Regulation 16 for more details.
  6. Military credit awarded from a Joint Services Transcript (JST), Air University, and DANTES test credit is limited to a maximum of thirty [30] semester credits per Academic Regulation 16.

DANTES/DSST Exams and Equivalencies

Must have a score of 400-500 for credit. Anything below 400 is non-transferable.

SubjectsWSU Equivalencies
Business Ethics and SocietyELECTIVE 1XX
Business MathematicsELECTIVE 1XX
Computing and Information TechnologyELECTIVE 1XX
Human Resource ManagementELECTIVE 1XX
Introduction to BusinessELECTIVE 1XX
Management Information SystemsELECTIVE 1XX
Money and BankingELECTIVE 1XX
Organizational BehaviorELECTIVE 1XX
Personal FinanceELECTIVE 1XX
Principles of FinanceELECTIVE 1XX
Principles of SupervisionELECTIVE 1XX
Business Law IIELECTIVE 1XX
Financial AccountingELECTIVE 1XX

SubjectsWSU Equivalencies
Ethics in AmericaELECTIVE 1XX
Introduction to World ReligionsUCORE 1XX [DIVR]
Principles of Advanced English CompositionELECTIVE 1XX
Principles of Public SpeakingCOM 3XX
RaceELECTIVE 1XX
Environment and HumanityELECTIVE 1XX

SubjectsWSU Equivalencies
Fundamentals of College AlgebraELECTIVE 1XX
Math for Liberal ArtsELECTIVE 1XX
Principles of StatisticsELECTIVE 1XX

SubjectsWSU Equivalencies
AstronomyASTRONOM 1XX [PSCI]
Environmental ScienceELECTIVE 1XX
Health & Human DevelopmentELECTIVE 1XX
Intro to GeologyELECTIVE 1XX
Here's to Your HealthELECTIVE 1XX
Physical GeologyELECTIVE 1XX
Principles of Physical SciencesELECTIVE 1XX

SubjectsWSU Equivalencies
A History of the Vietnam WarHISTORY 1XX [HUM]
Art of the Western WorldUCORE 1XX [ARTS]
Criminal JusticeELECTIVE 1XX
Foundations of EducationELECTIVE 1XX
Fundamentals of CounselingELECTIVE 1XX
General AnthropologyELECTIVE 1XX
History of the Soviet UnionHISTORY 3XX [HUM]
Introduction to GeographyELECTIVE 1XX
Introduction to Law EnforcementELECTIVE 1XX
Lifespan Developmental PsychologyELECTIVE 1XX
Substance AbuseELECTIVE 3XX
The Civil War and ReconstructionELECTIVE 1XX
Human GeographyELECTIVE 1XX
Intro to the Modern Mid EastELECTIVE 1XX
Western Europe Since 1945ELECTIVE 1XX

SubjectsWSU Equivalencies
Ethics in TechnologyELECTIVE 1XX
Fundamentals of CybersecurityELECTIVE 3XX
Technical WritingELECTIVE 1XX
Intro to ComputingELECTIVE 1XX

SubjectsWSU Equivalencies
DANTES/DSST 100-Level ElectiveELECTIVE 1XX
DANTES/DSST 300-Level ElectiveELECTIVE 3XX

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can military credit transcripts be accessed?

Official transcripts for Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy active duty, reserve, and veterans can be requested Joint Services Transcript (JST) website. JST account registration is required to request official transcripts.

Official transcripts from Air University can be requested using the Air University Service Desk system. The Air University Registrar provides detailed information about how to request a transcript using this system.

Please Note: Military transcripts may also list College Level Test Scores such as DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST) or Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT), and credit can be awarded based on the American Council of Education (ACE) recommendation. College Level Examination Program (CLEP) scores may also be evaluated off these transcripts.