CLEP - Credit by Examination
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. 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 droppe dthe 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 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 Success Center.
| CLEP |
Credit
|
In Lieu of Courses at Cumberland University
|
| Composition and Literature |
|
|
| American Literature |
3
|
ENG 216
|
| Analyzing and Interpreting Literature |
3
|
ENG 215
|
College Composition Modular
|
3
|
ENG 101
|
College Composition
|
3
|
ENG 102 (score of 4 on both essays required)
|
| English Literature |
3
|
ENG 216
|
| Social Sciences and History |
|
|
| American Government |
3
|
POLSC 223
|
| Introduction to Educational Psychology |
3
|
ED 322
|
History of the United States I
|
3 |
HIS 201
|
| History of the United States II |
3
|
HIS 202
|
| Human Growth and Development |
3
|
PSY 211
|
| Principles of Macroeconomics |
3
|
ECON 241
|
| Principles of Microeconomics |
3
|
ECON 242
|
| Introductory Psychology |
3
|
PSY 201
|
| Introductory Sociology |
3
|
SOC 221
|
Social Sciences and History
|
3 |
GEC Social Science credit
|
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648
|
3 |
HIS 111
|
Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present
|
3 |
HIS 112
|
| Science and Mathematics |
|
|
College Mathematics
|
3
|
MATH 110
|
| College Algebra |
3
|
MATH 111
|
| Biology |
3
|
BIO 111
|
Calculus
|
4
|
MATH 121
|
Precalculus
|
3 |
MATH 119
|
| Chemistry |
8
|
CHEM 111, 112
|
Natural Sciences
|
4
|
SCI 105
|
| Business |
|
|
| Financial Accounting |
3
|
ACC 211
|
| Introduction to Business Law |
3
|
BUA 340
|
| Information Systems |
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