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 | 
            
               
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            | 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.