Physical Geology - Credit by Examination - DANTES

Earn three college semester hours credit in "Physical Geology" by passing DANTES examination SF-519 with a recommended minimum score of 54% using this study guide:

1. Begin your study by downloading the official Fact Sheet for this exam. (If Thompson Prometric has moved these (again) try here.
   
   
2. Assess your current readiness for the exam by reviewing the Content section and answering the sample questions.
   
   
3. Obtain materials to improve your skills in areas where you need additional study from among the following:
   
   

   Annenberg/CPB video course, The Earth Revealed One or more of the texts from the Reference Publications section of the fact sheet, or other suitable textbook. You may wish to use the DANTES Series Physical Geology Guide. (See "rudman.html" first.) Our Bookstore features additional Geology titles, which may be cheaper and easier to use than the "official" texts. Geology: A Self-Teaching Guide The Earth: A Very Short Introduction

   
   
   
4. When you are ready, schedule an examination:
   
   
   • Active duty (U.S.) military personnel contact your command DANTES office.
   • National Guard and Reserve personnel may also be eligible for assistance.
   • Others contact the College or University administering the test.

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DANTES (Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Educational Support) offers credit by examination via a group of standardized tests developed for the voluntary education programs of the U.S. Armed Forces which have now been made available for civilian use. The civilian tests are administered by the Chauncey Group International , a wholly owned subsidiary of the Educational Testing Service.

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The bibliography below is based on the suggested preparation readings for the DANTES tests. It has been updated from the original recommendations with respect to current editions and changes of publisher so far as is practicable.

• Annenberg/CPB video course, The Earth Revealed, also titled The Living Earth, may be used as preparation.
• Hamblin, W. Kenneth. Earth's Dynamic Systems. 10th ed., Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2003.
• Judson, Sheldon and Marvin E. Kauffman. Earth : An Introduction to Geologic Change Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1995.
• Larson, Edwin E. and Peter W. Birkeland. Putnam's Geology. 5th ed., New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
• McGeary, David, et. al. Physical Geology: Earth Revealed. 5th ed., New York : McGraw-Hill, 2003.
• Montgomery, Carla W. Environmental Geology. 5th ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2000.
• Plummer, Charles C., et. al. Physical Geology. 10th ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2004.
• Press, Frank, et. al. Understanding Earth. 4th ed. New York: W. H. Freeman, 2003.
• Skinner, Brian J. and Stephen C. Porter. The Dynamic Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology. 5th ed., New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2003.
• Tarbuck, Edward J., et. al. The Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology. 8th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1995.

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