Credit by Examination
Cumberland University accepts the American Council of Education’s recommended score on a scaled score of 50 for granting credit for courses. Please visit the Cumberland University website for additional CLEP examination information or contact the Academic Enrichment Center (AEC).
| CLEP |
Credit
|
In Lieu of Courses at Cumberland University
|
| Composition and Literature |
|
|
| American Literature |
3
|
ENG 216
|
| Analyzing and Interpreting Literature |
3
|
ENG 215
|
| Composition |
3
|
ENG 101
|
| English Literature |
3
|
ENG 216
|
| Social Sciences and History |
|
|
| American Government |
3
|
POLSC 223
|
| Introduction to Educational Psychology |
3
|
PSY 212
|
| History of the United States II: 1865 to Present |
3
|
HIS 202
|
| Human Growth and Development |
3
|
PSY 211
|
| Principles of Macroeconomics |
3
|
ECON 241
|
| Principles of Microeconomics |
3
|
ECON 242
|
| Introduction to Psychology |
3
|
PSY 201
|
| Introduction to Sociology |
3
|
SOC 221
|
| Science and Mathematics |
|
|
| College Algebra |
3
|
MATH 111
|
| Algebra-Trigonometry, College |
3
|
MATH 111
|
| General Biology |
4
|
BIO 111
|
| Calculus with Elementary Functions |
4
|
MATH 121
|
| General Chemistry |
8
|
CHEM 111, 112
|
| Trigonometry |
3
|
MATH 112
|
| Business |
|
|
| Principles of Accounting |
6
|
ACC 211, 212
|
| Introduction to Business Law |
3
|
BUA 340
|
| Information Systems and Computer Applications |
3
|
CIS 300
|
| Principles of Management |
3
|
MGT 363
|
| Principles of Marketing |
3
|
MKT 362
|
To be eligible to take a CLEP Examination, a student must not have been enrolled in the class for which the student wants to receive credit for a period of time longer than the drop date to receive a grade of “W” (the student must have dropped the class before he/she would have received a grade of “WP” or “WF”). CLEP tests may be repeated within the guidelines of the College Level Examination Program.
Cumberland grants university credit in select courses to students who pass a comprehensive examination. Students seeking credit by special examination will be tested over all components of the course. All credit by special examination is governed by the following guidelines:
The student will be charged a fee of $100.00 for each examination.