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The following is a sample CLEP policy for an institution that grants credit for all CLEP exams. The credit-granting scores and credit hours listed are those recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE).

CLEP Policy at XYZ University

XYZ University welcomes students from a wide variety of backgrounds and learning experiences. Many students come to our institution with a firm grounding in a particular discipline. We recognize their prior learning by accepting a full range of College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP®) exams, which measure mastery of college-level, introductory course content.

Students who achieve required credit-granting scores on these exams can earn the credits and course exemptions listed below. Our institution will grant a total of 60 credits for successful performance on CLEP exams.

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Composition and Literature
CLEP ExamCredit-Granting ScoreCredit Hours GrantedEquivalent Course
American Literature503 hoursEnglish 105
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature503 hoursEnglish 115
College Composition506 hoursWriting 101, 102
College Composition Modular503 hoursEnglish 101
English Literature506 hoursEnglish 121
Humanities503 hoursHumanities elective
World Languages*
CLEP ExamCredit-Granting ScoreCredit Hours GrantedEquivalent Course
French Language Level 1 Proficiency506 hoursFrench 101, 102
French Language Level 2 Proficiency629 hoursFrench 101, 102, 201
German Language Level 1 Proficiency506 hoursGerman 101, 102
German Language Level 2 Proficiency609 hoursGerman 101, 102, 201
Spanish Language Level 1 Proficiency506 hoursSpanish 101, 102
Spanish Language Level 2 Proficiency639 hoursSpanish 101, 102, 201
Spanish with Writing Level 1 Proficiency506 hoursSpanish 101, 102
Spanish with Writing Level 2 Proficiency6512 hoursSpanish 101, 102, 201, 202
* For each of the world languages, there is only one exam covering both Level 1 and 2 content. ACE recommends 6 semester hours of credit for mastery of Level 1 content (a score of 50) and 9 semester hours of credit for mastery of both Levels 1 and 2 (a score of 59 on French Language, 60 on German Language, 63 on Spanish Language, and 65 on Spanish with Writing).
History and Social Sciences
CLEP ExamCredit-Granting ScoreCredit Hours GrantedEquivalent Course
American Government503 hoursHistory 201
History of the United States I503 hoursHistory 110
History of the United States II503 hoursHistory 111
Human Growth and Development503 hoursPsychology 103
Introduction to Educational Psychology503 hoursPsychology 104
Introductory Psychology503 hoursPsychology 101
Introductory Sociology503 hoursSociology 101
Principles of Macroeconomics503 hoursEconomics 101
Principles of Microeconomics503 hoursEconomics 102
Social Sciences and History506 hoursSocial science elective
Western Civilization I503 hoursHistory 101
Western Civilization II503 hoursHistory 102
Science and Mathematics
CLEP ExamCredit-Granting ScoreCredit Hours GrantedEquivalent Course
Biology506 hoursBiology 101, 102
Calculus504 hoursMath 111, 112
Chemistry506 hoursChemistry 101, 102
College Algebra503 hoursMath 103
College Mathematics503 hoursMath 101, 102
Natural Sciences506 hoursNonlab, science elective
Precalculus503 hoursMath 109
Business
CLEP ExamCredit-Granting ScoreCredit Hours GrantedEquivalent Course
Financial Accounting503 hoursAccounting 201
Information Systems503 hoursComputer science 101
Introductory Business Law503 hoursBusiness 203
Principles of Management503 hoursBusiness 101
Principles of Marketing503 hoursBusiness 201