College-Level Exam Program (CLEP)

CLEP exams help students save money, save time, and achieve their college goals. CLEP exams cover intro-level college course material in 33 different subjects. With one qualifying CLEP score, earn 3 or more college credits.

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Score and Credit Information by Exam

The ‘minimum score for awarding credit’ are the credit-granting scores recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE).

CLEP Exam Min Score for Awarding Credit Course Credit NCC Course Equivalent
Composition & Literature
American Literature 50 3 ENG 221
Analysis & Interpretation of Literature 50 3 ENG 102
English Literature 50 3 ENG 231
English Composition with 2 essays 50 3 ENG 101
Humanities (General) 50 3 HUMANITY  ELECTIVE
Language – all languages can also be uses as open Humanity Electives
College French I 50 6 FRE 111 & FRE 112
College French II 59 9 FRE 201
College German I 50 6 OPEN ELECTIVE OR HUMANITIES ELECTIVE
College German II 60 9 OPEN ELECTIVE OR HUMANITIES ELECTIVE
College Spanish I 50 6 SPA 111 & SPA 112
College Spanish II 63 9 SPA 201
Social Science & History
American Government 50 3 POL 111
American  History I: Early Colonization’s to 1877 50 3 HIS 201
History of the U.S. II: 1865 to the Present 50 3 HIS 202
Human Growth & Development 50 3 PSY 100
Introduction to Education Psychology 50 3 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE
Introductory Psychology 50 3 PSY 111
Introductory Sociology 50 3 SOC 101
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 50 3 HIS 101
Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present 50 3 HIS 102
Science & Mathematics
College Mathmatics 50 3 MATH ELECTIVE
Calculus 50 4 MAT 254
College Algebra 50 3 MAT 172
Precalculus 50 3 MAT 186
 Biology 50 6 2 SCIENCE  ELECTIVES (no lab)
Chemistry 50 6 2 SCIENCE  ELECTIVES (no lab)
Natural Science 50 6 2 SCIENCE  ELECTIVES (no lab)
Business
Information System 50 3 CSA 105
Principles of Management 50 3 BMG 202
Principles of Financial Accounting 50 3 ACC 113
Business Law 50 3 BBG 231
Principles of Marketing 50 3 BMK 201
Principles of Macroeconomics 50 3 ECN 101
Principles of Microeconomics 50 3 ECN 102