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CLEP Testing & Policy

What is CLEP?

The College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) is a series of computer-based exams that allows individuals an opportunity to demonstrate prior learning and earn college credit for that knowledge. The exams are composed of multiple-choice questions and are approximately 90 minutes long.

CLEP Subject Exams and Course Equivalents

CLEP Subject Examinations currently approved for credit at 蜜桔直播 and the 蜜桔直播 course equivalents are listed below. Please click on exam title for a detailed description.

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CLEP Subject Exam Title	蜜桔直播 Course Equivalent	Passing Score	Credit Hours
Financial Accounting*	Accounting 2030	50	3
Biology	Biology 1001/1002	50	4
Introductory Business Law	Business Law 4001	50	3
Chemistry	Chemistry 1007/1008/1009/1010	50	8
Information Systems	Computer Information Systems 3050	50	3
Principles of Macroeconomics	Economics 2001	50	3
Principles of Microeconomics	Economics 2002	50	3
English Literature	English 2001/2002	50	6
American Literature	English 2005/2006	50	6
College Composition听	English 1001 English 1001/1002	55 68	3 6
College Composition Modular	English 1001	50	3
French Language	French 1001/1002 French 1001/1002/2001/2002	60 69	6 12
German Language	German 1001/1002 German听1001/1002/2001/2002	60 69	6 12
Spanish Language	Spanish 1001/1002 Spanish听1001/1002/2001/2002	56 68	6 12
Spanish with Writing	Spanish 1001/1002	65	6
American Government	Political Science 2001	50	3
Western Civilization I	History 1011	50	3
Western Civilization II	History 1012	50	3
History of U.S. I	History 2001	50	3
History of U.S. II	History 2002	50	3
Humanities	Humanities 2001	50	3
Principles of Management	Management 3001	50	3
Principles of Marketing	Marketing 3001	50	3
College Mathematics	Mathematics 1018	50	3
College Algebra	Mathematics 1011	50	3
Precalculus听	Mathematics 1011/1012 or听Mathematics 1013	50 50	6 3
Calculus	Mathematics 1031	50	4
Introductory Psychology	Psychology 2001	50	3
Human Growth and Development**	Psychology 2078	50	3
Introduction to Educational Psychology	Psychology 3001	50	3
Introductory Sociology	Sociology 1001	50	3

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蜜桔直播 policy prohibits a student from earning credit through CLEP during the semester in which they are scheduled to graduate.听 Therefore, all CLEP exams MUST be completed and credit posted prior to a student's final semester.

Examinations may be taken at any offering CLEP examinations; however, only the examinations listed above will be accepted for credit, provided official score reports are sent to 蜜桔直播.听 The student should contact the test center directly for registration procedures. It is the student鈥檚 responsibility to confirm that an exam is accepted for their major at 蜜桔直播 prior to taking the exam.

Score Reports and Passing Score Information at 蜜桔直播

Official student score reports are available immediately after the test administration, with the exception of the College Composition exam. The College Composition exam includes two essays, which have to be scored by CLEP, and score reports are available within four weeks of the test date.听 It is the student鈥檚 responsibility to have official scores sent to 蜜桔直播 at the time of the test or by requesting an official score report from .

Each institution awarding credit based on CLEP examinations sets its own passing scores. The passing scores for CLEP examinations are listed with the exams. Course credit is awarded for CLEP examinations and appears on transcripts.听 Courses passed by examination count toward graduation.听 However, no letter grade will be awarded and the grade will not be calculated in your total grade point average.听 If a passing score is earned, the University Registrar will enter the credit earned on the transcript as equivalent to the appropriate 蜜桔直播 course.听 Credit will be awarded to prospective 蜜桔直播 students only after they have enrolled at 蜜桔直播.听

If you pass a CLEP subject examination for a course you are taking, you may (1) stay in the course and get the grade earned in class or (2) drop the course and receive credit by examination. If you drop the course to receive credit by examination, it must be dropped with a 鈥淲鈥� by the official 蜜桔直播 catalog final day for dropping a subject for that semester or summer session. If the subject examination passed covers two courses, including a course you are taking, you may finish the course to earn a letter grade and quality points, and still receive credit by examination for the course you have not taken.

NOTE: Credit earned by exam does not count toward hours earned for the Louisiana TOPS Program.

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