Course Course Summary Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Exam ACE ID: DANT-0039 Organization's ID: SS303, ST303 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: 4/1/2024 - 3/31/2029 8/1/2018 - 3/31/2024 1/1/1990 - 7/31/2018 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Introduction to Geology Credit is recommended for examinees with scores of 400 or above. Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: This exam was developed to enable schools to award credit to students for knowledge equivalent to that learned by students taking the course. This examination includes core knowledge, surface processes, tectonic earth processes and applications. The exam contains 100 questions to be answered in 2 hours. Some of these are pretest questions that will not be scored. Skills Measured: 1. Core Knowledge:Earth materials: minerals and rocks;Igneous rocks: intrusive, extrusive;Sedimentary rocks: characteristics, interpretation; Metamorphic rocks;Rock cycle; Geologic time: planetary geology, relative time, absolute time, field relations.2. Surface Processes:Weathering and soil; Mass wastingStreams and floods; Groundwater and karst; Glaciers and glaciationOceanic and coastal systems; Deserts and wind; Hydrologic cycleClimate Change3. Tectonic Earth Processes:Plate tectonics: geomagnetics, plate boundaries, plate movements;Structural geology: folding, faulting, mountain building; Volcanoes and volcanic hazards; Geophysics: earthquakes and seismology, interior of the earth, gravity and isostasy4. Applications :Mineral and energy resources; Environmental geology Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Other offerings from Prometric Inc, DSST Credit-by-Exam A History of the Vietnam War (DANT-0062) Art of the Western World (DANT-0054) Astronomy (DANT-0057) Business Ethics and Society (DANT-0052) Business Mathematics (DANT-0012) Computing and Information Technology (DANT-0028) Criminal Justice (DANT-0015) Environmental Science (DANT-0058) Ethics in America (DANT-0018) Ethics in Technology (DANT-0077) View All Courses Page Content