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CLEP

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What is CLEP? CLEP is a national program of credit by examination that allows you to obtain recognition for college-level achievement. Your personal reading, professional training, adult school, or distance learning courses may have prepared you to earn college credit. Wherever or however you have learned, you can take CLEP exams. If the results are acceptable to your college, you can receive credit.

What are CLEP exams like?

CLEP offers two types of tests: General Examinations and Subject Examinations. The General Examinations measure familiarity with material covered in courses taken during the first two years of college to meet general education or liberal arts requirements. They include: English Composition (with or without Essay), Humanities, College Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences and History. The Subject Examinations measure knowledge usually acquired in specific college courses and are used to grant credit for or exception from these courses.

For more information on CLEP or study guides go to www.collegeboard.com/clep. There is a fee for each individual study guide.

        CLEP SCHEDULE

Saint Francis University

Test Center # 2797

Filing Date	Test Dates
Friday, September 11, 2009	Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009	Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009	Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009	Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010	Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010	Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010	Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010	Wednesday, May 5, 2010

CLEP registration materials can be obtained from the Academic Center for Enrichment, St. Francis Hall, Room 101, Saint Francis University, (814) 472-3024, ace@francis.edu. Or click below for the CLEP application.

Due to computer-based testing, registration will be limited to 16 candidates per test date. Registrations will be accepted in the order in which they are received in the Academic Center for Enrichment. You will not be registered for the exam until both checks are received.

CLEP Application

CLEP Procedure

1. Complete the Registration-Admission Form. Read carefully and complete numbers 1 through 20. Reminder:  If you are repeating any exam, you must wait at least six (6) months to the day before repeating the exam. Your CLEP form will be returned if it is incomplete or incorrectly completed.
2. Include the test fees with the completed form. Two (2) checks or money orders (no cash please) are required for each separate test and should be made out as follows:

Check #1:  $72.00 made out to CLEP.

Check #2:  $20.00 made out to Saint Francis University.

For Saint Francis University students only: There is an additional $10.00 fee payable to Saint Francis University for the essay section of the History exams.

The Saint Francis University test fee is non-refundable. If you find it necessary to reschedule your CLEP exam, you will need to resubmit your Saint Francis University registration fee. Registration fees are not transferable or refundable. If you cancel or simply do not show for your testing date, your CLEP test fee will be returned, but the Saint Francis University test fee will not be returned.

Saint Francis University cannot accept credit card payment at this time.

Note:     You are limited to one (1) CLEP test per month.

3. Return the completed form and test fees to:

Attention:  CLEP

Academic Center for Enrichment
St. Francis Hall, Room 101
Saint Francis University

P.O. Box 600

Loretto, PA  15940-0600

QUESTIONS?     PROBLEMS?

1. Most questions can be answered by reading through the CLEP Information for Candidates and Registration Booklet.
2. Call the Academic Center for Enrichment at (814)472-3024 and ask to speak with the CLEP Test Administrator or email ace@francis.edu.

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Credit for CLEP Examinations For Saint Francis University Students

1. All CLEP examinations are given at Saint Francis University; however, only results from Subject Examinations listed below are accepted by Saint Francis University.
2. No grades are earned through CLEP examinations, only credits.

Maximum Number of CLEP Credits for A.A./A.S.  =  15

Maximum Number of CLEP Credits for B.A./B.S.  =  30

CLEP Subject Exams Accepted For Saint Francis University Course Credit
Accepted CLEP Subject Exams	Saint Francis University Courses
Accounting, Financial	Accounting 101
American Government	Political Science 102
Biology, General	Biology 101
Business Law, Introductory	Business Law 301
Calculus	Math 121 & 122
Chemistry, General	Chemistry 103
Educational Psychology, Introduction to	Education 210
English Literature	English 104
French Language, College Level	Students can receive 6 to 12 credits in French, depending on score
German Language, College Level	Students can receive 6 to 12 credits in German, depending on score
History of the United States I:  Early Colonization to 1877 (subject & essay) +	History 103
History of the United States II:  1865 to the Present (subject & essay) +	History 104
Information Systems and Computer Applications	Computer Science 101
Macroeconomics, Principles of	Economics 101
Management, Principles of	Management 101
Marketing, Principles of	Marketing 302
Microeconomics, Principles of	Economics 102
Precalculus	Math 110
Psychology, Introductory	Psychology 101
Sociology, Introductory	Sociology 101
Spanish Language, College Level	Students can receive 6 to 12 credits in Spanish, depending on score.
Western Civilization I:  Ancient Near East to 1648 (subject & essay) +1	History 101
Western Civilization II:  1648 to Present (subject & essay) +2	History 102

⁺   Exam can only be taken a maximum of two (2) times.

¹   Essay exam covers material from 1500 - 1815.

²   Essay exam covers material from 1815 onward.

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