CLEP (College Level Examination Program) is a program developed to provide learners possibilities to obtain higher education degree credit for certain academic places of study by testing their knowledge through specific placement assessments. CLEP is the abbreviation for College Level Examination Program. CLEP is developed for learners to accomplish higher education credit by passing exams for the appropriate undergrad college programs. Most institutions provide credit and/or placement for passing CLEP exams provided by the College Board.
CLEP exams involve a sequence of multiple-choice questions that are evaluated on a range of 20-80. Most institutions consider a score of 50 a passing grade. However, some academic institutions provide more or less credit according to your ranking and the subject. For example, a score of 50 in Spanish might compensate 6 credits to a college student while a grade of 65 might give 12 credits. Consult with a consultant or CLEP professional at your preferred university to find out the range of credit given for a particular discipline.
As of 2007, CLEP exams are provided in the following areas:
Business
- Financial Accounting
- Intro Business Law
- Information Systems & Computer Applications
- Principles of Management
- Principles of Marketing
Composition & Literature
- American Literature
- Analyzing & Interpreting Literature
- English Composition
- English Literature
- Freshman College Composition
- Humanities
Foreign Languages
- (Check with the school for foreign language CLEP exams offered)
History & Social Sciences
- American Government
- Intro to Educational Psychology
- History of the United States I, II (Early Colonization to 1877 / 1877 to Present)
- Human Growth & Development
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Intro to Psychology
- Social Sciences & History
- Intro to Sociology
- Western Civilization I, II (Ancient Near East to 1648 / 1648 to Present)
Science & Mathematics
- Biology
- Calculus
- Chemistry
- College Algebra
- College Mathematics
- Pre-calculus
- Natural Sciences