Exams for College Level Examination Program (CLEP)

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TTU Courses for Which Credit Can Be Earned

Biology

BIOL 1401 - Biology of Plants 4 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Biology / Minimum Score: 50
BIOL 1402 - Biology of Animals 4 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Biology / Minimum Score: 50

Business Administration

ACCT 2300 - Financial Accounting 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Financial Accounting / Minimum Score: 50
MGT 3370 - Organization and Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Principles of Management / Minimum Score: 50
MKT 3350 - Introduction to Marketing 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Principles of Marketing / Minimum Score: 50
BLAW 3391 - Business Law I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Introductory Business Law / Minimum Score: 50

Chemistry

CHEM 1305 - Chemical Basics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Chemistry / Minimum Score: 50
CHEM 1306 - Chemistry That Matters 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Chemistry / Minimum Score: 50
CHEM 1105 - Experimental Chemical Basics 1 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Chemistry / Minimum Score: 50
CHEM 1106 - Chemistry Experiments That Matter 1 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Chemistry / Minimum Score: 50
CHEM 1307 - Principles of Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Chemistry / Minimum Score: 65
CHEM 1308 - Principles of Chemistry II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Chemistry / Minimum Score: 65
CHEM 1107 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Chemistry / Minimum Score: 65
CHEM 1108 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry II 1 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Chemistry / Minimum Score: 65

Computer Science

CS 1300 - Computers and Modern Society 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Information Systems and Computer Applications / Minimum Score: 50

Economics

ECO 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Principles of Microeconomics / Minimum Score: 50
ECO 2302 - Principles of Economics II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Principles of Macroeconomics / Minimum Score: 50

English

*After September 30, 2023, CLEP College Composition Modular will no longer be accepted for credit at Texas Tech University and “on campus essays” will no longer be administered or accepted for credit at Texas Tech University. Texas Tech will now grant credit for CLEP: College Composition. Essay scores for the CLEP: College Composition exam will not be immediately available at the end of the exam. Essays will be processed according to College Board processes and timeframes. Students must schedule and take the exam early enough to receive scores prior to any deadlines.

For information on essay scoring by College Board and when scores will be sent to institutions, please visit https://clep.collegeboard.org/scores/college-composition-scoring-score-availability-dates.

ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: College Composition / Minimum Score: 50
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: College Composition / Minimum Score: 59
ENGL 2307 - Introduction to Fiction 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Minimum Score: 50 †
and a departmental essay score of…Minimum Score: 3, 4

Note:

† The multiple choice on the Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP earns an examinee the opportunity to sit for a 90-minute Texas Tech on-campus writing exam. The writing exam must have a passing score to earn credit.

French

FREN 1501 - A Beginning Course in French I 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: French Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 50
FREN 1501 - A Beginning Course in French I 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: French Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 55
FREN 1502 - A Beginning Course in French II 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: French Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 55
FREN 1501 - A Beginning Course in French I 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: French Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 62
FREN 1502 - A Beginning Course in French II 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: French Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 62
FREN 2301 - A Second Course in French I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: French Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 62
FREN 1501 - A Beginning Course in French I 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: French Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 66
FREN 1502 - A Beginning Course in French II 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: French Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 66
FREN 2301 - A Second Course in French I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: French Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 66
FREN 2302 - A Second Course in French II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: French Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 66

German

GERM 1501 - A Beginning Course in German I 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: German Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 50
GERM 1501 - A Beginning Course in German I 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: German Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 55
GERM 1502 - A Beginning Course in German II 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: German Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 55
GERM 1501 - A Beginning Course in German I 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: German Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 60
GERM 1502 - A Beginning Course in German II 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: German Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 60
GERM 2301 - A Second Course in German I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: German Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 60
GERM 1501 - A Beginning Course in German I 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: German Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 63
GERM 1502 - A Beginning Course in German II 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: German Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 63
GERM 2301 - A Second Course in German I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: German Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 63
GERM 2302 - A Second Course in German II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: German Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 63

History

HIST 1300 - Western Civilization I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 / Minimum Score: 50
HIST 1301 - Western Civilization II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Western Civilization II: 1648 to Present / Minimum Score: 50
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: History of the United States I / Minimum Score: 50
HIST 2301 - History of the United States since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: History of the United States II / Minimum Score: 50

Mathematics

MATH 1320 - College Algebra 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: College Algebra / Minimum Score: 50
MATH 1451 - Calculus I with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Calculus / Minimum Score: 50
MATH 1550 - Precalculus 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Precalculus / Minimum Score: 50

Political Science

POLS 1301 - American Government 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: American Government / Minimum Score: 50

Psychology

PSY 1300 - General Psychology 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Introductory Psychology / Minimum Score: 50
PSY 2301 - Child Psychology 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Human Growth and Development / Minimum Score: 50

Spanish

SPAN 1501 - A Beginning Course in Spanish I 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Spanish Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 50
SPAN 1501 - A Beginning Course in Spanish I 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Spanish Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 55
SPAN 1502 - A Beginning Course in Spanish II 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Spanish Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 55
SPAN 1501 - A Beginning Course in Spanish I 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Spanish Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 66
SPAN 1502 - A Beginning Course in Spanish II 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Spanish Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 66
SPAN 2301 - A Second Course in Spanish I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Spanish Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 66
SPAN 1501 - A Beginning Course in Spanish I 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Spanish Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 68
SPAN 1502 - A Beginning Course in Spanish II 5 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Spanish Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 68
SPAN 2301 - A Second Course in Spanish I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Spanish Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 68
SPAN 2302 - A Second Course in Spanish II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Standardized Test(s) Used - CLEP: Spanish Language: Levels 1 and 2 / Minimum Score: 68