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Apr 04, 2025
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Policies and Procedures Manual
04:03:03 College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
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| Revision Responsibility: |
Vice President for Student Services |
| Responsible Executive Officer: |
Vice President for Student Services |
Purpose
To provide guidance on awarding of academic credit for the College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
Policy
The College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) is a credit by examination program which tests mastery of college-level material acquired in a variety of ways including academic instruction, independent study, or extracurricular work. When credit is awarded for satisfactory scores on CLEP exams, the grade will show as “P” on the student transcript and will not affect the student’s quality point average. 07/92; 08/04; 0812; 05/16; 04/18
See Chart below:
| CLEP EXAMINATION |
SCORE ACCEPTED |
GRANTED CREDIT |
EQUIVALENT Walters State Course |
| American Government |
50 |
3 |
POLS 1030 |
| American Literature |
50 |
6 |
ENGL 2110 & 2120 |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Literature |
50 |
6 |
Credit for literature requirements or specific ENGL course |
| Biology |
50 |
8 |
BIOL 1110/1011 & 1120/1121 |
| Calculus |
50 |
4 |
MATH 1910 |
| Chemistry |
50 |
8 |
CHEM 1110 & 1120 |
| College Algebra |
50 |
3 |
MATH 1630 |
| College Composition (also freshman) |
50 |
6 |
ENGL 1010 & 1020 |
| College Mathematics |
50 |
3 |
MATH 1010 Math for Liberal Arts or Credit for college-level mathematics requirement |
| English Literature |
50 |
6 |
ENGL 2210 & 2220 |
| Financial Accounting |
50 |
3 |
ACCT 1010 |
| French Language, Level I |
50 |
6 |
FREN 1010 & 1020 |
| French Language, Level II |
50 |
12 |
FREN 1010, 1020, & 2020 |
| German Language, Level I |
50 |
6 |
GERM 1010 & 1020 |
| German Language, Level II |
60 |
12 |
GERM 1010, 1020, 2010 & 2020 |
| History of United States I |
50 |
3 |
HIST 2010 |
| History of United States II |
50 |
3 |
HIST 2020 |
| Human Growth and Development |
50 |
3 |
PSYC 2130 |
| Humanities |
50 |
6 |
HUM 1010 & 1020 |
| Information Systems and Computer Applications |
50 |
3 |
INFS 1010 |
| Introductory Business Law |
50 |
3 |
BUSN 2510 |
| Introductory Psychology |
50 |
3 |
PSYC 1030 |
| Introductory Sociology |
50 |
3 |
SOCI 1010 |
| Natural Sciences |
50 |
8 |
BIOL 1010/1011 & BIOL 1020/1021 |
| Precalculus |
50 |
3 |
MATH 1710 |
| Principles of Macroeconomics |
50 |
3 |
ECON 2100 |
| Principles of Mangement |
50 |
3 |
MGMT 2300 |
| Principles of Marketing |
50 |
3 |
MKTG 1010 |
| Principles of Microeconomics |
50 |
3 |
ECON 2200 |
| Spanish Language, Level I |
50 |
3 |
SPAN 1010 & 1020 |
| Spanish Language, Level II |
63 |
12 |
SPAN 1010, 1020, 2010 & 2020 Intermediate Spanish I & II |
| Western Civilization I |
50 |
3 |
HIST 2310 |
| Western Civilization II |
50 |
3 |
HIST 2320 |
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