College Level Exam Program (CLEP)

College Level Examination Program - The College Board

  • All CLEP Examinations must be the SUBJECT exam
  • Many of these examinations have an optional Essay section; ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State students must take the essay section to be eligible to receive credit.

CLEP is a national program of credit-by-examination that offers students the opportunity to obtain recognition for college-level achievement. Personal reading, on-the-job experience, adult school or correspondence courses, or televised or taped courses may have prepared these students to earn college credit.

Course Name Grade Required ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State Equivalent
Composition & Literature
American Literature 50+ LITR 3233-Surv of American Literature I (3cr)
Analysis & Interpreting Literature 50+ LITR 2603-Intro to Literature (3cr)
College Composition 50+ COMP 1503-Freshman Composition (3cr)
College Composition Modular 50+ COMP 1503-Freshman Composition (3cr)
English Literature 50+

LITR 2603-Introduction to Literature (3cr) &

LITR 8800-Literature Elective (3cr)

Humanities 50+ GEHU 9100-Gen Ed Humanities Elective (3cr)
World Languages
French Language: Levels 1 & 2 50-62 GEWL 9100-Gen Ed World Lang Elective (3cr)
  63+ GEWL 9100-Gen Ed World Lang Elective (6cr)
German Language: Levels 1 & 2 50-62 GEWL 9100-Gen Ed World Lang Elective (3cr)
  63+ GEWL 9100-Gen Ed World Lang Elective (6cr)
Spanish Language 50-62 SPAN 1203-Spanish I (3cr)
  63+

SPAN 1203-Spanish I (3cr) & 

SPAN 2203-Spanish II (3cr)

History & Social Science
American Government 50+ PLSC 1043-American Government (3cr)
History of the US I: Early Col to 1877 50+ HIST 1143-Surv of American Hist I (3cr)
History of the US II: 1865 to Present 50+ HIST 2153-Surv of American Hist II (3cr)
Human Growth & Development 50+ PSYC 1023-Human Development (3cr)
Introduction to Educational Psychology 50+ TE 8800-Open Transfer Elective (3cr)
Principles of Macroeconomics 50+ ECON 1013-Macroeconomics (3cr)
Principles of Microeconomics 50+ ECON 2023-Microeconomics (3cr)
Introductory Psychology 50+ PSYC 1013-General Psychology (3cr)
Introductory Sociology 50+ SOCI 1163-General Sociology (3cr)
Social Sciences and History 50+ TE 8800-Open Transfer Elective (3cr)
Western Civ I: Ancient Near East to 1648 50+ GEWH 9100 – Gen Ed World Hist Elective (3cr)
Western Civilization II: 1648 to Present 50+ HIST 1113 - Hist of Western Civ Since 1648 (3cr)
Science and Mathematics
Biology 50-59 BIOL 1104-General Biology I (4cr)
  60+ BIOL 1104 & 2204-General Biology I & II (8cr)
Calculus 50-59 MATH 1084-Calculus I (4cr)
  60+ MATH 1084 & 2094-Calculus I & II (8cr)
Chemistry 50-59 CHEM 1984-Chem Principles I (4cr)
  60+ CHEM 1984- & 2984-Chem Principles I & II (8cr)
College Algebra 50+ MATH 1033-College Algebra (3cr)
College Mathematics 50+ MATH 1143 - Liberal Arts Math I (3cr)
Natural Sciences 50+ GENS 9100-Gen Ed Natural Sci Elective (3cr)
Precalculus 50+ MATH 1054-Precalculus (4cr)
Business
Financial Accounting 60+

ACCT 1124-Financial Accounting (4cr) &

ACCT 2224-Managerial Accounting (4cr)

Information Systems and Computer Applications 50+ CISY 8800 - Computer Info Systems Elective (3cr)
Introductory Business Law 50+ BUAD 3043-Business Law I (3cr)
Principles of Management 50+ BUAD 3153-Fundamentals of Management (3cr)
Principles of Marketing 50+ MKTG 2073-Principles of Marketing (3cr)

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