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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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CLEP Exam | Credit-Granting Score | Credit Hours Granted | Equivalent Course |
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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 |
CLEP Exam | Credit-Granting Score | Credit Hours Granted | Equivalent Course |
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French Language Level 1 Proficiency | 50 | 6 hours | French 101, 102 |
French Language Level 2 Proficiency | 62 | 9 hours | French 101, 102, 201 |
German Language Level 1 Proficiency | 50 | 6 hours | German 101, 102 |
German Language Level 2 Proficiency | 60 | 9 hours | German 101, 102, 201 |
Spanish Language Level 1 Proficiency | 50 | 6 hours | Spanish 101, 102 |
Spanish Language Level 2 Proficiency | 63 | 9 hours | Spanish 101, 102, 201 |
Spanish with Writing Level 1 Proficiency | 50 | 6 hours | Spanish 101, 102 |
Spanish with Writing Level 2 Proficiency | 65 | 12 hours | Spanish 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). | |||
CLEP Exam | Credit-Granting Score | Credit Hours Granted | Equivalent Course |
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American Government | 50 | 3 hours | History 201 |
History of the United States I | 50 | 3 hours | History 110 |
History of the United States II | 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 | 50 | 3 hours | History 101 |
Western Civilization II | 50 | 3 hours | History 102 |
CLEP Exam | Credit-Granting Score | Credit Hours Granted | Equivalent Course |
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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 | 3 hours | Math 101, 102 |
Natural Sciences | 50 | 6 hours | Nonlab, science elective |
Precalculus | 50 | 3 hours | Math 109 |
CLEP Exam | Credit-Granting Score | Credit Hours Granted | Equivalent Course |
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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 |