CLEP  - College Level Examination Program
 
Students earn credit for college courses by making a certain minimum score on general or subject exams.

Costs:  $70.00 check, money order, or debit/credit card to CLEP; $15.00 cash or debit/credit to APSU ** There is an additional $10.00 fee if you are required to take the essay portion of Freshman College Composition and Analyzing and Interpreting Literature exams.

Active Duty Military: The $70.00 CLEP fee is waived for active duty military personnel.  However, the $15.00 Austin Peay fee is required.

Notes:

• Literature requires 3 ½ hours and all others take 2 hours

• Students with more than 60 credit hours are not able to take a general test, but can take a subject test.

  You will need to bring two forms of photo ID.

Type of Photo ID:

Driver's License

Military ID

Passport

State or federal ID

Employee photo ID

Student photo ID

Credit card w/photo

Scheduling:  CLEP exams are administered at 8:30  a.m. and 12:30 p.m.  Call Testing Services at 221-6269 to schedule a test date.

For test dates see

http://www.apsu.edu/testing/schedule.htm

For more information see
www.collegeboard.org/clep/

Add’l Scores:  Call (609) 771-7865 or fax (609) 771-7681

CLEP- College Level Examination Program General Examinations

In order to receive credit for the CLEP General Examinations:

1. The student must not have earned in excess of 60 semester hours of acceptable traditional credit as of the date he or she takes the exam.
2. The student must not have received credit in a similar course for which the credit is to be awarded. (Example: Humanities examination = Art Appreciation and Music Appreciation.) A waiting period of six months is required before a student is eligible to repeat any General Examination.
    

   CLEP General Examination	Minimum	APSU Credit/Course
   English Composition (with or without essay)	50	3 hrs elective credit
   Humanities	50	6 hrs for ART 1030 & MUS 1030
   Mathematics	50	6 hrs elective credit
   Natural Sciences**	50	6 hrs elective credit
   Social Sciences & History	50	6 hrs elective credit

     ** Does not meet Liberal Arts Core Science requirement.

CLEP - College Level Examination Program Subject Examinations

In order to receive credit for the CLEP Subject Examinations the students must not have received credit in a similar course for which the credit is to be awarded.  Both the objective tests and the essay tests may be required for  Subject Examinations. A waiting period of six months is required before a student is eligible to repeat any Subject Examination.  Contact the Testing Office for additional information on the CLEP Examinations.