ACE Credit Recommendations
ACE, B-Level and C-Level Credit-Granting Scores for CLEP Exams
The scores and semester hours that appear in this table are the credit-granting scores and semester hours recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE). They are equivalent to a grade of C in the corresponding course.
The American Council on Education (ACE) recommends a credit-granting score of 50 for each CLEP exam. This is a scaled score, equivalent to earning a C in the relevant course; the corresponding raw score is determined after the panel of college faculty who teach the equivalent course perform a detailed and rigorous review of exam content. The review needs to be approved by the test development committee that oversees each CLEP exam.
In addition to determining the recommended credit-granting score of 50, college faculty members also recommend a scaled score that is equivalent to a grade of B. While ACE has not endorsed this B score, it is useful to those schools that print grade equivalents for CLEP exams on student transcripts, or those specialized programs that require a minimum grade of B on all transferred credit.
| Computer Based Testing (CBT) and Paper and Pencil Testing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam Title | ACE Recommended Score Weighting | Semester Hours | B-Level | C-Level |
| Business | ||||
| Financial Accounting | 50 | 3 | 65 | 50 |
| Information Systems and Computer Applications | 50 | 3 | 59 | 50 |
| Introductory Business Law | 50 | 3 | 60 | 50 |
| Principles of Management | 50 | 3 | 63 | 50 |
| Principles of Marketing | 50 | 3 | 65 | 50 |
| Composition & Literature | ||||
| American Literature | 50 | 6 | 58 | 50 |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Literature | 50 | 6 | 60 | 50 |
| College Composition | 50 | 6 | 59 | 50 |
| College Composition Modular | 50 | 3/6 | 60 | 50 |
| English Literature | 50 | 6 | 62 | 50 |
| Humanities | 50 | 6 | 56 | 50 |
| History & Social Sciences | ||||
| American Government | 50 | 3 | 63 | 50 |
| History of the United States I | 50 | 3 | 56 | 50 |
| History of the United States II | 50 | 3 | 57 | 50 |
| Human Growth and Development | 50 | 3 | 63 | 50 |
| Introduction to Educational Psychology | 50 | 3 | 62 | 50 |
| Introductory Psychology | 50 | 3 | 59 | 50 |
| Introductory Sociology | 50 | 3 | 59 | 50 |
| Principles of Macroeconomics | 50 | 3 | 62 | 50 |
| Principles of Microeconomics | 50 | 3 | 64 | 50 |
| Social Sciences and History | 50 | 6 | 62 | 50 |
| Western Civilization I | 50 | 3 | 57 | 50 |
| Western Civilization II | 50 | 3 | 56 | 50 |
| Science & Mathematics | ||||
| Biology | 50 | 6 | 57 | 50 |
| Calculus | 50 | 3 | 64 | 50 |
| Chemistry | 50 | 6 | 65 | 50 |
| College Algebra | 50 | 3 | 63 | 50 |
| College Mathematics | 50 | 6 | 62 | 50 |
| Natural Sciences | 50 | 6 | 62 | 50 |
| Precalculus | 50 | 3 | 61 | 50 |
| World Languages | ||||
| French Language Level 1 | 50 | 6 | 64 | 50 |
| French Language Level 2 | 59 | 12 | 69 | 59 |
| German Language Level 1 | 50 | 6 | 59 | 50 |
| German Language Level 2 | 60 | 12 | 67 | 60 |
| Spanish Language Level 1 | 50 | 6 | 56 | 50 |
| Spanish Language Level 2 | 63 | 12 | 68 | 63 |