CLEP – Credit by Examination

How would you like to get college credit for what you already know?

The College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP) helps you receive college credit for what you already know, for a fraction of the cost of a college course. Developed by the College Board, CLEP is the most widely accepted credit-by-examination program. Passing many of the available CLEP exams can help you achieve your college and career goals here at CCBC.

CLEP @ CCBC can help you

  • Save Time - Accelerate your degree program by moving directly into higher-level courses
  • Save Money - Avoid the rising cost of higher education
  • Move Ahead - Place into the right classes and avoid repeating material that you’ve already learned
  • Graduate on Time - Complete your degree program if you’re a few credits shy of graduation
  • Maximize Military Educational Benefits - CLEP for Military and Veterans illustrates how military-friendly CLEP really is

CCBC's World Languages and CLEP

  • CCBC students who did not study a world language in a U.S. high school may have developed competency in a language due to other life learning experiences and may take the CLEP to receive college credit for prior learning.
  • CCBC students who are native speakers of a foreign language may take the CLEP to receive college credit for prior learning.


CLEP Exams available @ CCBC

Business

CCBC Course CLEP Exam Minimum Required Score Credits
ACCT 101
 Financial Accounting
 50
 3
CSIT 101
 Information Systems
 50
 3
MNGT 105
 Principles of Management
 50
 3
MNGT 140
 Introduction to Business Law
 50
 3
MNGT 150
 Principles of Marketing 50 3

Composition and Literature

CCBC Course CLEP Exam Minimum Required Score Credits
Not accepted  College Composition  - -
ENGL 101  College Composition Modular
 50 3
ENGL 201
 English Literature
 50
 3
ENGL 203   American Literature
 50
 3
FAPA 101
 Humanities
 50
 3
Not accepted Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
 -
 -

History and Social Sciences


CCBC Course CLEP Exam Minimum Required Score Credits
ECON 201
 Principles of Macroeconomics
 50
 3
ECON 202
 Principles of Microeconomics
 50
 3
HIST 101
 Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648
 50
 3
HIST 102
 Western Civilization II: 1648 to the present
 50
 3
HIST 111
 History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877
 50
 3
HIST 112
 History of the United States II: 1865 to the present
 50
 3
POLS 101
 American Government
 50
 3
PSYC 101
 Introductory Psychology
 50
 3
PSYC/EDTR 103
 Human Growth and Development
 50
 3
PSYC/EDTR 215
 Introduction to Educational Psychology
 50
 3
SOCL 101
 Introductory Sociology
 50
 3
Not accepted Social Sciences and History
 -
 -

Science and Mathematics


CCBC Course CLEP Exam Minimum Required Score Credits
Math Lower Elective 
(Not Gen Ed)		 College Mathematics 50 3
MATH General Education Elective 
 College Algebra
 50
 3
MATH 163
 Precalculus
 50
 3
MATH 251
 Calculus
 50
 4
BIOL 108
 Biology
 50
 4
CHEM 107 and CHEM 108
 Chemistry
 50 4
ARSC 103
 Natural Sciences
 50
 3

World Languages


CCBC Course CLEP Exam Minimum Required Score Credits
WLFR 101 and 102
WLFR 101, 102 and 201
 French Language
 50
59		 6
9
WLGR 101 and 102
WLGR 101, 102 and 201
 German Language
 50
59		 6
9
WLSP 101 and 102
WLSP 101, 102 and 201
 Spanish Language
 50
59		 6
9
WLSP 101 and 102
WLSP 101, 102, 201 and 202
 Spanish with writing 50
65 		 6
12