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 |
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Composition and Literature |
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50 |
3 hours |
English 105 |
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50 |
3 hours |
English 115 |
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50 |
6 hours |
Writing 101, 102 |
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50 |
3 hours |
English 101 |
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50 |
3 hours |
English 121 |
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50 |
3 hours |
Humanities elective |
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World Languages * |
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50 |
6 hours |
French 101, 102 |
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62 |
9 hours |
French 101, 102, 201 |
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50 |
6 hours |
German 101, 102 |
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60 |
9 hours |
German 101, 102, 201 |
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50 |
6 hours |
Spanish 101, 102 |
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63 |
9 hours |
Spanish 101, 102, 201 |
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History and Social Sciences |
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50 |
3 hours |
History 201 |
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50 |
3 hours |
History 110 |
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50 |
3 hours |
History 111 |
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50 |
3 hours |
Psychology 103 |
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50 |
3 hours |
Psychology 104 |
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50 |
3 hours |
Psychology 101 |
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50 |
3 hours |
Sociology 101 |
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50 |
3 hours |
Economics 101 |
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50 |
3 hours |
Economics 102 |
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50 |
6 hours |
Social science elective |
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50 |
3 hours |
History 101 |
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50 |
3 hours |
History 102 |
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Science and Mathematics |
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50 |
6 hours |
Biology 101, 102 |
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50 |
4 hours |
Math 111, 112 |
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50 |
6 hours |
Chemistry 101, 102 |
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50 |
3 hours |
Math 103 |
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50 |
6 hours |
Math 101, 102 |
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50 |
6 hours |
Nonlab, science elective |
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50 |
3 hours |
Math 109 |
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Business |
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50 |
3 hours |
Accounting 201 |
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50 |
3 hours |
Computer science 101 |
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50 |
3 hours |
Business 203 |
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50 |
3 hours |
Business 101 |
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50 |
3 hours |
Business 201 |
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* 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, and 63 on Spanish Language).