Tuesday, February 19, 2013

How many hours of credit are your awarded for CLEP?

How many hours of college credit do you get for a CLEP test?

Good question. :) It depends on the test. Most tests will give you three credit hours - most will give you between 3-6.

CLEP TEST SCORE CREDIT RECEIVED
Composition and Literature Tests
American Literature 50 6 credits
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature 50 6 credits
College Composition 50 6 credits
College Composition Modular 50 3-6 credits*
English Literature 50 6 credits
Humanities 50 6 credits
Foreign Languages
French Language 50, 62** 6-12 credits*
German Language 50, 63** 6-12 credits*
Spanish Language 50, 66** 6-12 credits*
History and Social Sciences
American Government 50 3 credits
Human Growth & Development 50 3 credits
Introduction to Educational Psychology 50 3 credits
Principles of Macroeconomics 50 3 credits
Principles of Microeconomics 50 3 credits
Introductory Psychology 50 3 credits
Introductory Sociology 50 3 credits
Social Sciences and History 50 3-6 credits*
U.S. History I: Early Colonization's to 1877 50 3 credits
U.S. History II: 1865 to the Present 50 3 credits
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 50 3 credits
Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present 50 3 credits
Science and Mathematics
Biology 50 3-6 credits*
Calculus 50 3 credits
Chemistry 50 3-6 credits*
College Algebra 50 3 credits
College Mathematics 50 3-6 credits*
Natural Sciences 50 3-6 credits*
Precalculus 50 3 credits
Business
Information Systems and Computer Applications 50 3 credits
Introductory Business Law 50 3 credits
Financial Accounting 50 3 credits
Principles of Management 50 3 credits
Principles of Marketing 50 3 credits

*Depends on your school/university policy (at least 3 credits, but usually you will receive 6 credits)
**On foreign language tests, you can get more credit if you get a higher score. These are the ACE recommended scores to get 12 credit hours.

-The PassYourClass Team
www.passyourclass.com

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