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Policies and Procedures Manual 
    
Policies and Procedures Manual

04:03:03 College Level Examination Program (CLEP)


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