Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Exam

ACE ID:

DANT-0058

Organization's ID:

SS510; ST510

Organization:

Prometric Inc, DSST Credit-by-Exam

Location:

Prometric DSST exams are offered at colleges, universities or military bases that are not owned by Prometric.

Length:

2 hours

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	environmental science

Credit is recommended for candidates scoring 400 or above

Description

Objective:

This exam was developed to enable schools to award credit to students for knowledge equivalent to that learned by student taking the course. This is a multiple-choice exam designed to evaluate whether candidates possess the knowledge and understanding that would be gained by taking a lower level college course in physical science which includes ecological concepts (ecosystems, global ecology, food chains and webs); habitat destruction; environmental management and conservation; and social processes and the environment

Skills Measured:

The skills measured include ecological concepts (30 percent); environmental impacts (25 percent); environmental management and conservation (25 percent); social processes and the environment (20 percent).

Instruction & Assessment