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CLEP at Cape Cod Community College

  • Credit is granted to those students who are matriculated at the college (have applied and been accepted).
  • English Composition with Essay Exam is required to earn 3 credits equivalent to CCCC ENL101 English Composition I.
  • Freshman College Composition Exam is required to earn 3 credits equivalent to ENL102 English Composition II.
  • Credit will be given to students who earn at or above the required score of 50 on the examinations. This is the score recommended by the American Council on Education. (Please note exceptions for French Language, German Language and Spanish Language exams.)
  • Students may earn up to a maximum of 30 credit hours.
  • Only actual credits awarded will be recorded on the student's permanent record, no grade will be recorded.
  • Credits awarded will not be computed in any grade point average.
  • Students successfully completing the College Level Mathematics exam will satisfy the mathematics core requirement.
  • Students successfully completing the Biology and Chemistry exams may register for a one credit laboratory course to earn a total of 4 credits at CCCC.
  • Up to two exams may be taken on each test administration date.
  • Student may retake an exam after six months.

The following chart provides information about the CLEP exams and their CCCC course equivalencies, the CCCC credit awarded for each exam and the accepted American Council on Education recommended credit-granting score. Please note that credits awarded and credit-granting scores may vary from those recommended by The American Council on Education e.g. foreign languages.

SUBJECT EXAMINATIONS REC ACE SCORE *REC ACE CREDIT AWARDED CCCC CREDIT AWARDED CCCC COURSE EQUIVALENCIES
 
ALGEBRA, COLLEGE 50 3 3 MATH CORE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 50 3 3 GOV111
AMERICAN LITERATURE 50 6 3 ENL205
ANALYZING & INTERPRET. LIT. 50 6 3 LANG ARTS
BIOLOGY, GENERAL 50 6 3 BIO101
BUSINESS LAW, INTRO. 50 3 3 BUS120
CALCULUS W/ELEM. FUNC. 50 6 4 MAT240
CHEMISTRY, GENERAL 50 6 3 CHM101
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 50 6 3 PSY203
ENGLISH LITERATURE 50 6 3 ENL203
ENGLISH COMPOSITION w/ESSAY 50 3 3 ENL101
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 50 3 3 ACC201
FRENCH LANGUAGE, COLLEGE 50 6 6 or FRN101
  59 12 6 FRN201
 
FRESHMAN COLLEGE COMPOSITION 50 6 3 ENL102
GERMAN LANGUAGE, COLLEGE 50 6 6 or GER101
  63 12 6 GER201
 
HISTORY OF THE U.S. I 50 3 3 HIS103
HISTORY OF THE U.S. II 50 3 3 HIS104
HUMAN GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT 50 3 3 PSY233
HUMANITIES 50 6 6 HUM102
INFORMATION SYSTEMS & COMP APPS 50 3 3 BIT112
MACROECONOMICS, PRINCIPLES OF 50 3 3 ECO117
MANAGEMENT, PRINCIPLES OF 50 3 3 BUS214
MARKETING, PRINCIPLES OF 50 3 3 MKT205
MATHEMATICS, COLLEGE 50 6 6 MATH CORE
MICROECONOMICS, PRINCIPLES OF 50 3 3 EC0118
NATURAL SCIENCE 50 6 6 NAT SCIENCE DIST
PRE-CALCULUS 50 3 4 MAT171
PSYCHOLOGY, INTRODUCTORY 50 3 3 PSY101
SOCIAL SCIENCE & HISTORY 50 6 6 HIS103, SOC106
SOCIOLOGY, INTRODUCTORY 50 3 3 SOC106
SPANISH LANGUAGE, COLLEGE 50 6 6 or SPN101
  63 12 6 SPN201
 
WESTERN CIVILIZATION I 50 3 3 HIS157
WESTERN CIVILIZATION II 50 3 3 HIS158
 
 
*ACE American Council on Education
** Students may register for a 1 credit laboratory course to earn a total of four credits.
 
 
 
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