Accepted CLEP Examinations
If you are an SXU student, you cannot receive credit for a CLEP exam if you are currently enrolled in that course or have already taken (or transferred in) its equivalent course. Additionally, you may not use CLEP to replace a failing grade or to repeat a class you dropped and receive a grade of W. The following is a list of exams accepted by Saint Xavier University and their course equivalencies.
Business | Hours Granted | SXU Equivalent | Score Required |
Financial Accounting | 3 | ACCT 210 | 50 |
Introduction to Business Law | 3 | ACCT 220 | 50 |
Information Systems/Computer Applications | 3 | BANA 250 | 50 |
Macroeconomics | 3 | ECON 200 | 50 |
Microeconomics | 3 | ECON 201 | 50 |
Principles of Management | 3 | MGMT 370 | 50 |
Principles of Marketing | 3 | MKTG 300 | 50 |
Composition, Literature and Humanities | Hours Granted | SXU Equivalent | Score Required |
Analysis/Interpretation of Literature | 3 | ENGL 154 | 50 |
American Literature | 6 | ENGL 203-4 | 50 |
English Literature | 6 | ENGL 201-2 | 50 |
Humanities | 6 | Humanities 101-2 | 50 |
Education | Hours Granted | SXU Equivalent | Score Required |
Educational Psychology | 3 | EDU 202 | 50 |
Foreign Languages | Hours Granted | SXU Equivalent | Score Required |
Please note that if you are currently in a foreign language class, you will not receive CLEP credit for prerequisite courses once the final grade is in for that class. e.g. You will not receive credit for SPAN 101-103 if you have received a grade for SPAN 104. | |||
French Language: Level 1 | 6 | FRNCH 101-2 | 50 |
French Language: Level 2 | 12 | FRNCH 101-4 | 63 |
German Language: Level 1 | 6 | German 101-2 | 50 |
German Language: Level 2 | 12 | German 101-4 | 63 |
Spanish Language: Level 1 | 6 | SPAN 101-2 | 50 |
Spanish Language: Level 2 | 12 | SPAN 101-4 | 63 |
History | Hours Granted | SXU Equivalent | Score Required |
History of the U.S. I | 3 | HIST 103 | 50 |
History of the U.S. II | 3 | HIST 104 | 50 |
Western Civilization I | 3 | HIST 188 | 50 |
Western Civilization II | 3 | HIST 188 | 50 |
Math | Hours Granted | SXU Equivalent | Score Required |
(No credit granted for the combined college algebra/trigonometry exam) | |||
Calculus with Functions | 4 | MATH 201 | 50 |
College Algebra | 3 | MATH 112 | 50 |
College Mathematics | 3 | MATH 188 | 50 |
Natural Sciences | Hours Granted | SXU Equivalent | Score Required |
General Biology | 3 | BIOL 101 | 50 |
General Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 100 | 50 |
Natural Sciences | 3 | Natural Science 101 | 50 |
Social Sciences | Hours Granted | SXU Equivalent | Score Required |
American Government | 3 | POLSC 101 | 50 |
Human Growth and Development | 3 | PSYCH 199 or 200 | 50 |
Introductory Psychology | 3 | PSYCH 101 | 50 |
Social Sciences/History | 6 | SOCSC 201-2 | 50 |
Introductory Sociology | 3 | SOC 101 | 50 |