Sample CLEP Policy

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 examinations.

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CLEP Examination	Credit-Granting Score	Credit Hours Granted	Equivalent Course
Composition and Literature
American Literature	50	3 hours	English 105
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature	50	3 hours	English 115
College Composition	50	6 hours	Writing 101, 102
College Composition Modular	50	3 hours	English 101
English Literature	50	3 hours	English 121
Humanities	50	3 hours	Humanities elective
World Languages*
French Language, Level 1	50	6 hours	French 101, 102
French Language, Level 2	62	9 hours	French 101, 102, 201
German Language, Level 1	50	6 hours	German 101, 102
German Language, Level 2	60	9 hours	German 101, 102, 201
Spanish Language, Level 1	50	6 hours	Spanish 101, 102
Spanish Language, Level 2	63	9 hours	Spanish 101, 102, 201
Spanish with Writing, Level 1	50	6 hours	Spanish 101, 102
Spanish with Writing, Level 2	65	12 hours	Spanish 101, 102, 201, 202
History and Social Sciences
American Government	50	3 hours	History 201
History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877	50	3 hours	History 110
History of the United States II: 1865 to the Present	50	3 hours	History 111
Human Growth and Development	50	3 hours	Psychology 103
Introduction to Educational Psychology	50	3 hours	Psychology 104
Introductory Psychology	50	3 hours	Psychology 101
Introductory Sociology	50	3 hours	Sociology 101
Principles of Macroeconomics	50	3 hours	Economics 101
Principles of Microeconomics	50	3 hours	Economics 102
Social Sciences and History	50	6 hours	Social science elective
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648	50	3 hours	History 101
Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present	50	3 hours	History 102
Science and Mathematics
Biology	50	6 hours	Biology 101, 102
Calculus	50	4 hours	Math 111, 112
Chemistry	50	6 hours	Chemistry 101, 102
College Algebra	50	3 hours	Math 103
College Mathematics	50	6 hours	Math 101, 102
Natural Sciences	50	6 hours	Nonlab, science elective
Precalculus	50	3 hours	Math 109
Business
Financial Accounting	50	3 hours	Accounting 201
Information Systems	50	3 hours	Computer science 101
Introductory Business Law	50	3 hours	Business 203
Principles of Management	50	3 hours	Business 101
Principles of Marketing	50	3 hours	Business 201

* 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).