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College Level Examination Program (CLEP)

CLEP is a national program of credit-by-examination that offers students the opportunity to obtain college credit for prior academic achievement. Virginia Western accepts most of the CLEP offered exams and uses the American Council on Education recommended minimum score of 50 for most tests when awarding CLEP credit. For higher level courses, the minimum score may be higher and will be noted. An official CLEP transcript is required for the award of credit.

To learn more about CLEP and order an official transcript:
https://clep.collegeboard.org/test-takers/feedback
CLEP Transcript Request Services
P.O. Box 6600
Princeton, NJ 08541-6600
Phone: 800-257-9558
Fax: 610-628-3726
Email: clep@info.collegeboard.org

To learn more about CLEP and to take a test locally, please contact:
https://www.education.edu/testing/
Roanoke Higher Education Center
108 N. Jefferson Street, Suite 216
Roanoke, VA 24016
540-767-6010

Virginia Western Community College currently recognizes the following CLEP exams and equivalent course credit:

Subject Exam	VWCC Course	Credits Awarded
Composition and Literature
American Literature	ENG 241-242	6
College Composition**	ENG 111-112	6
English Literature	ENG 243-244	6
Humanities	HUM 201-202	6
Science and Mathematics
Biology	BIO 101-102	8
Calculus	MTH 261-262	6
Chemistry	CHM 111-112	8
Pre-Calculus with Trigonometry	MTH 167	5
Foreign Languages
French, Level 1	FRE 101-102	8
French, Level 2 - Minimum score of 60 required	FRE 101-102 FRE 201-202	14
German, Level 1	GER 101-102	8
German, Level 2 - Minimum score of 60 required	GER 101-102 GER 201-202	14
Spanish, Level 1	SPA 101-102	8
Spanish, Level 2 - Minimum score of 66 required	SPA 101-102 SPA 201-202	14
History and Social Science
American Government	PLS 211	3
History of the US I, Colonization to 1877	HIS 121	3
History of the US II, 1865 to Present	HIS 122	3
Human Growth and Development	PSY 230*	3
Macroeconomics, Principles of	ECO 201	3
Microeconomics, Principles of	ECO 202	3
Psychology, Introduction to	PSY 200	3
Sociology, Introduction to	SOC 200	3
Western Civilization I, up to 1648	HIS 101	3
Western Civilization II, 1648 to Present	HIS 102	3
Business
Business Law, Intro to	BUS 241	3
Information Systems***	ITE 115	3
Financial Accounting	ACC 211-212	8
Management, Principles of	BUS 200	3
Marketing, Principles of	MKT 100	3

* Effective January 2018, students will receive credit for PSY 230. Previously credit had been awarded for PSY 235.

** College Composition is the appropriate CLEP exam for AA, AS, and AAS degrees. Virginia Western does not accept the College Composition - Modular or the older English Composition CLEP exam.

*** Prior to October 2015 this exam was titled Information Systems and Computer Applications.