College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)
UT Tyler currently assesses CLEP examinations to award credit for course equivalencies. The UT Tyler Testing Center offers students the opportunity to complete specific CLEP examinations on the UT Tyler campus. Students who have taken a CLEP exam elsewhere that has not been assessed and posted for credit must provide official score reports to UT Tyler to have their examination scores assessed for credit.
Senior-level students who plan to complete CLEP examinations toward their degree during their semester of graduation should be aware that receipt of CLEP results are subject to the same deadlines as outstanding transcripts for credits complete at other institutions. Failure to meet these deadlines will result in denial of graduation, so students should review the graduation website thoroughly.
UT Tyler only accepts the following CLEP examinations listed in the following chart.
|
CLEP Exam
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Minimum Score
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Credit Hours Earned
|
UT Tyler Course Equivalent(s)
|
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American Government
|
50
|
3
|
POLS 2305
|
|
American Literature
|
50
|
3
|
ENGL 2350
|
|
Biology**
|
50
|
3
|
BIOL 1301
|
|
|
70
|
3 or 6
|
BIOL 1301 and 1302 OR either BIOL 1306 or 1307
|
|
Chemistry
|
50
|
3
|
CHEM 1311
|
|
College Algebra
|
50
|
3
|
MATH 1314
|
|
Calculus with Elementary Functions
|
50
|
4
|
MATH 2413
|
|
College Composition
|
50
|
3
|
ENGL 1301
|
|
College French, Level 1
|
50
|
6
|
FREN 1611*
|
|
College French, Level 2
|
59
|
12
|
FREN 1611*, 2611*
|
|
College German, Level 1
|
50
|
8
|
GERM 1401*, 1402*
|
|
College German, Level 2
|
60
|
14
|
GERM 1401*, 1402*, 2301*, 2302*
|
|
College Spanish, Level 1
|
50
|
6
|
SPAN 1611*
|
|
College Spanish, Level 2
|
63
|
12
|
SPAN 1611*, 2611*
|
|
English Literature
|
50
|
6
|
ENGL 2322, 2323
|
|
Financial Accounting
|
50
|
3
|
ACCT 2301*
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|
History of the US 1: Early Colonization to 1877
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50
|
3
|
HIST 1301
|
|
History of the US II: 1865 to Present
|
50
|
3
|
HIST 1302
|
|
Human Growth and Development
|
50
|
3
|
PSYC 2320
|
|
Information Systems and Computer Applications
|
50
|
3
|
COSC 1301*
|
|
Introductory Psychology
|
50
|
3
|
PSYC 1301
|
|
Introductory Sociology
|
50
|
3
|
SOCI 1301
|
|
Principles of Macroeconomics
|
50
|
3
|
ECON 2301
|
|
Principles of Microeconomics
|
50
|
3
|
ECON 2302
|
|
Precalculus
|
50
|
3
|
MATH 2312
|
* Course is not part of the UT Tyler Core Curriculum
** For students with a score of 70 or higher on the Biology CLEP exam, the default award will be 6 credit hours of BIOL 1301 and 1302. However, students may request to substitute 3 credit hours of their BIOL 1306 or 1307, if those courses better fit their degree plan; this option requires the approval of the student’s academic advisor.