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CLEP Policy

ACU awards CLEP credit for a variety of subjects. Please see the chart below for information regarding which CLEP exams ACU accepts as well as the scores required for credit. Remember that a total maximum of 30 hours of credit combined may be earned through all methods of credit by examination (CLEP, AP, IB, etc.).

Subject Examination Required Score

(Out of 80)

Equivalent
ACU Course
Credit Hours
American Government 63 GOVT 225 3
American History I 59 HIST 221 3
American History II 60 HIST 222 3
American Literature** 58 ENGL 262 3
66 ENGL 262,263 6
Calculus with Elementary Functions 50 MATH 185 3
College Algebra 50 MATH 109 3
College Composition Modular**

(for new students only)

55*

plus pass on the ACU English Essay

ENGL 111 3
64

without ACU English Essay

ENGL 111 3
64*

plus pass on the ACU Researched Writing Exam

ENGL 112 3
College Mathematics 50 MATH 120 3
English Literature** 55

63

ENGL 221

ENGL 221,222

3

6

Financial Accounting 55 ACCT 210 3
French** 52

61

65

69

FREN 111

FREN 111,112

FREN 111,112,221

FREN 111,112,221,222

3

6

9

12

General Biology 50

56

62

BIOL 101

BIOL 121, 122

BIOL 121, 122, 123, 124

3

4

8

General Chemistry 50

56

62

CHEM 111,113

CHEM 131,133

CHEM 131,132,133,134

4

4

8

German** 44

50

56

63

GER 111

GER 111,112

GER 111,112,221

GER 111,112,221,222

3

6

9

12

Human Growth and Development 63 PSYC 232 3
Information Systems 50 ITC 110 3
Introductory Psychology 55 PSYC 120 3
Introductory Sociology 57 SOCI 111 3
Macroeconomics 50 ECON 260 3
Microeconomics 50 ECON 261 3
Precalculus 50 MATH 124 3
Principles of Management 50 MGMT 330 3
Principles of Marketing 50 MKTG 320 3
Spanish** 47

54

60

66

SPAN 111

SPAN 111,112

SPAN 111,112,221

SPAN 111,112,221,222

3

6

9

12

Western Civilization I 57 HIST 117 3
Western Civilization II 56 HIST 118 3

*The ACU English Essay and ACU Researched Writing Exam are available during New Student Orientation. Click here for more details.

**A student is not eligible for this test if he/she has already taken one of the courses available for credit. For example: A student who has taken ENGL 112 cannot take the College Composition Modular test to earn credit for ENGL 111. Or if a student has taken SPAN 111, he cannot take the CLEP test to earn additional, higher-level Spanish credit.