CLEP Credit
If you have taken College-Level Exam Program (CLEP) exams, you may be able to earn Penn State credit.
Score must be equivalent to the American Council on Education (ACE) recommended score to receive credit as indicated in the schedule below.
Business
Accounting, Principles of
This exam is no longer offered by the testing service. Students who have already completed this exam will receive credit as follows:
ACCTG--Introductory Accounting: 3 General Credits
Business Law, Introductory
B LAW--Introductory Business Law: 3 General Credits
Financial Accounting
Credit award to be announced
Information Systems and Computer Applications
CMPSC 100--Computer Fundamentals & Applications: 3 Credits
Management, Principles of
MGMT--Introduction to Management: 3 General Credits
Marketing, Principles of
MKTG--Introductory Marketing: 3 General Credits
Composition and Literature
American Literature
No Credit
Analyzing & Interpreting Literature
No Credit
College Composition
No Credit
College Composition Modular
No Credit
English Composition
No Credit
English Literature
No Credit
Freshman College Composition (replaces College Composition and Freshman English)
No Credit
Humanities
LA--Humanities: 3 General Credits
Foreign Languages
French Language--Level 1
FR 001--Elem French: 4 Credits
FR 001, 002--Elem French: 8 Credits
French Language--Level 2
FR 001, 002, 003--Elementary & Intermediate French: 12 Credits
German Language--Level 1
GER 001--Elem German: 4 Credits
GER 001, 002--Elem German: 8 Credits
German Language--Level 2
GER 001, 002, 003--Elem & Intermediate German: 12 Credits
Spanish Language--Level 1
SPAN 001--Elem Spanish: 4 Credits
SPAN 001, 002--Elem Spanish: 8 Credits
Spanish Language--Level 2
SPAN 001, 002, 003--Elem & Intermediate Spanish: 12 Credits
History and Social Sciences
American Government
PL SC--Political Science: 3 General Credits
Educational Psychology, Introduction to
EDPSY--Educational Psychology: 3 General Credits
History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877
No Credit
History of the United States II: 1865 to the Present
No Credit
Human Growth and Development
HD FS 129 - Human Growth and Development: 3 Credits
Macroeconomics, Principles of
ECON 104--Intro Macroeconomics: Analy/Policy 3 Credits
Microeconomics, Principles of
ECON 102--Intro Microeconomics: Analy/Policy 3 Credits
Psychology, Introductory
PSYCH--General Psychology: 3 General Credits
Social Sciences & History
SO SC 002--Contemporary Society: 3 Credits
Sociology, Introductory
SOC 001--Introductory Sociology: 3 Credits
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648
HIST 001--Western Heritage I: 3 Credits
Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present
HIST 002--Western Heritage II: 3 Credits
Science and Mathematics
Biology
No Credit
Calculus
MATH 140--Calculus with Analy Geom I: 4 Credits
Chemistry
No Credit
College Algebra
MATH 021--College Algebra I: 3 Credits
College Algebra-Trigonometry
This exam is no longer offered by the testing service. Students who have already completed this exam will receive credit as follows
MATH 021, 022--College Algebra I & College Algebra II & Analy Geometry: 6 Credits
College Mathematics
Mathematics: 3 General Credits
Natural Sciences
SC-Natural Science: 3 General Credits
Precalculus
MATH 041--Trigonometry/ Analytic Geometry: 3 Credits
Trigonometry
This exam is no longer offered by the testing service. Students who have already completed this exam will receive credit as follows
MATH 026-- Plane Trigonometry: 3 Credits
More credit information:
Undergraduate students interested in receiving credit for College-Level Exam Program (CLEP) exams should arrange for their official grade reports to be sent directly from College-Level Exam Program (CLEP).
This evaluation of the credits awarded for College-Level Exam Program (CLEP)exams is subject to change and may be reviewed and revised periodically by faculty.
If credit is awarded, a student’s university record will carry notation of credit, but no grade will be recorded. Credit awarded will not affect a student’s grade-point average at Penn State.
Limitations on credit earned through the College-Level Exam Program (CLEP) exams are as follows:
(1) the credit must be useful in a student's program of study;
(2) duplicate credit in the same subject is not awarded in any case.
General credits may be awarded for a (CLEP) examination that covers material that is not the substantial equivalent of material covered in a specific University course. General credits may be used to fulfill degree requirements in any area; such use is not necessarily limited to General Education or elective requirements. General credits are applied to a student’s program of study in accordance with the procedures established by the college of enrollment. Information on the use of general credits or specific course credits earned by the College-Level Exam Program (CLEP) exams in individual programs of study may be obtained from a student’s academic adviser or from the office of the dean of a student’s college.