Testing Center
Ellington Building
Room 202
P.O. Box 4755
Clarksville, T.N., 37044
Phone (931) 221-6269 E-Mail Us
Monday thru Friday
8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Testing Services
Please
Note: Our website is in the process of being updated. Please
click on the following link for the most current
information: http://www.apsu.edu/testing/
Students earn credit
for college courses by achieving a university-designated minimum score on
CLEP General or Subject Examinations.
Costs: $72.00 per examination (check, money order, or debit/credit card
paid to CLEP) and
$15.00 per examination (cash or debit/credit card paid to APSU). There is an additional $10.00 fee if you are required
to take the essay component of the Freshman College Composition or the
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature Examinations.
Active Duty Military: The $72.00 CLEP fee is waived for active duty
military personnel; however, the $15.00 APSU fee is
still required.
All CLEP and
APSU fees are paid the day of the scheduled CLEP
Examination.
Notes:
Most CLEP Examinations take approximately 2 hours; however, some
English and literature CLEP Examinations require approximately 3 ½
hours.
Students with 60 or more credit hours are not eligible to take
CLEP General Examinations; however, they can take CLEP Subject
Examinations.
Students seeking CLEP credit must have earned no credit for a
similar course for which the credit is to be awarded.
A six month waiting
period is required before a student can repeat a General or Subject
Examination.
ID: You will need to bring two forms
of photo ID on the day of the exam.
Accepted Photo IDs:
Driver's license
Military ID
Passport
State or federal ID
Employee photo ID
Student photo ID
Credit card w/photo
Scheduling: CLEP Examinations are administered at
8:30a.m.
and 12:30 p.m. on designated test dates. Call Testing Services at 221-6269 to
schedule a test date.
For
additional score reports, call (609) 771-7865 or fax (609) 771-7681.
CLEP General Examinations
In order to receive
credit for the CLEP General Examinations:
The student must
have earned less than 60 semester hours of traditional credit as of the date he or she takes the
CLEP General Exam.
The
student must not have received credit in a similar
course for which the credit is to be awarded. (Example:
Humanities CLEP Exam = APSU equivalent of Art Appreciation
and Music Appreciation)
Note: A waiting period of six months is required
before a student is eligible to repeat any CLEP General Examination.
Contact the Testing Office for additional information
on the CLEP General Examinations.
CLEP General
Examination
Minimum Score
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 Subject Examinations
In order to receive
credit for the CLEP Subject Examinations:
The
student 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 some CLEP Subject Examinations.
Note: Students who have earned 60 or more semester hours
of traditional credit are eligible to take the CLEP
Subject Examinations.
Note: 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 Subject Examinations.
CLEP Subject
Examinations
APSU
Courses
Credit
Hours
Minimum
Score
American Government
POLS 2010
3
50
American Literature
ENGL elective
3
50
Analyzing & Interpreting Literature*
ENGL
1020
3
50
Calculus with Elementary Functions
MATH 1810 & 1820
6
50
College Algebra
MATH
1710
3
50
College French (Levels I & II)
FREN 1010
& 1020
8
50
College German (Levels I & II)
GERM 1010 & 1020
8
50
College Spanish (Levels I & II)
SPAN 1010 & 1020
8
50
English Literature
ENGL elective
6
50
Freshman College Composition*
ENGL 1010
3
50
General Biology
BIOL 1010, 1011
4
50
General Chemistry
CHEM 1110, 1111, 1120, 1121 or CHEM 1010, 1011, 1020,1021
8 or 10
50
History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877
HIST 2010
3
50
History of the United States II: 1865 to the Present
HIST 2020
3
50
Human Growth & Development
PSY 3110
3
50
Information Systems and Computer Application
CSCI 1000
3
50
Intro to Educational Psychology
PSY 3130
3
50
Introductory Business Law
BLAW 3300
3
50
Introductory Psychology
PSY 1010
3
50
Introductory Sociology
SOC 2010
3
50
Precalculus
MATH 1730
4
50
Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2010
3
50
Principles of Management
MGT 3010
3
50
Principles of Marketing
MKT 3010
3
50
Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 2020
3
50
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648
HIST 1210
3
50
Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present
HIST 1220
3
50
*Both the objective and essay components are
required to receive credit at APSU for the CLEP Subject Examinations
indicated above.
