College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) provides an opportunity for students to obtain academic credit by obtaining a satisfactory score on nationally standardized examinations prepared by the Educational Testing Service. Students should have their official results sent to the Undergraduate Admissions Office for evaluation. These credits may count towards the overall 120 credit minimum required for a degree in one of three ways:
- Major course credit.
- General Education (LEP) credit.
- Elective credit (i.e. course numbers such as 0100 and 0200 are generally elective credits).
Credit will not be awarded for any CLEP exam that covers material from a college course for which the student has already received credit. A minimum score of 50 is required to earn credits, and each course is awarded 3 credits, unless a different score or credit value is specified below.
Note: The SCSU Code for CLEP exam registration is 3662.
CLEP BUSINESS EXAMS
Topic |
SCSU Course Equivalent |
LEP Requirement Met |
| Financial Accounting | ACC 200 | |
| Information Systems | CSC 200 | Technological Fluency |
| Introductory Business Law | MGT 240 | |
| Principles of Management | MGT 285 | |
| Principles of Marketing | MKT 200 |
CLEP COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE EXAMS
Topic |
SCSU Course Equivalent |
LEP Requirement Met |
| American Literature | ENG 217 | Cultural Expression |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Literature |
Not Accepted | |
| College Composition | Not Accepted | |
| College Composition Modular |
ENG 111 | |
| English Literature | ENG 217 | Cultural Expression |
| Humanities | ART/LIT/MUS/THR 0100 |
Cultural Expression |
CLEP HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES EXAMS
Topic |
SCSU Course Equivalent |
LEP Requirement Met |
| American Government | PSC 260 | American Experience |
| History of the United States I |
HIS 110 | American Experience |
| History of the United States II |
HIS 111 | American Experience |
| Human Growth and Development |
PSY 219 | |
| Introduction to Educational Psychology |
PSY 370 | |
| Introductory Psychology | PSY 100 | Mind and Body |
| Introductory Sociology (min. score 54) |
SOC 100 | |
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ECO 100 | Social Structure, Conflict & Consensus |
| Principles of Microeconomics | ECO 101 | Global Awareness |
| Social Sciences and History | ECO/GEO/HIS/PSC 0100 (6 cr.) |
Time and Place |
| Western Civilization I | HIS 100 | Time and Place |
| Western Civilization II | HIS 101 | Time and Place |
CLEP SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EXAMS
Topic |
SCSU Course Equivalent |
LEP Requirement Met |
| Biology | BIO 100 and 101 (6 cr.) | Natural World II: Life and Environment |
| Calculus | MAT 150 (4 cr.) | Quantitative Reasoning |
| Chemistry | CHE 120 (4 cr.) | Natural World I: Physical Realm |
| College Algebra | MAT 120 | Quantitative Reasoning |
| College Mathematics | MAT 103 | Quantitative Reasoning |
| Natural Sciences | BIO/CHE/ESC/PHY 0100 (6 cr.) |
|
| Precalculus (min. score 61) |
MAT 122 (4 cr.) | Quantitative Reasoning |
CLEP WORLD LANGUAGES EXAMS
Topic |
SCSU Course Equivalent |
LEP Requirement Met |
| French Language Level 1 Proficiency |
FRE 100, 101 (6 cr.) | Multilingual Communication |
| French Language Level 2 Proficiency (min. score 59) |
FRE 100, 101, and 200 (9 cr.) | Multilingual Communication and Cultural Expression |
| German Language Level 1 Proficiency |
GER 100, 101 (6 cr.) | Multilingual Communication |
| German Language Level 2 Proficiency (min. score 63) |
GER 100, 101, and 201 (9 cr.) | Multilingual Communication and Cultural Expression |
| Spanish Language Level 1 Proficiency |
SPA 100, 101 (6 cr.) | Multilingual Communication |
| Spanish Language Level 2 Proficiency (min. score 63) |
SPA 100, 101, and 200 (9 cr.) | Multilingual Communication and Cultural Expression |
For each of the world languages, there is only one exam, and it covers both Level 1 and 2 content. SCSU awards 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.)