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2023-2024 Academic Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)


CLEP credits are awarded when satisfactory scores are attained as determined by the American Council on Education (ACE). All departments reserve the right to reevaluate score and course equivalencies. CLEP exams are not administered at Tusculum University. CLEP Testing Center locations can be found on the official CLEP website. Students who want to earn credit through CLEP must request their official score reports be sent to Tusculum University. Currently enrolled students must seek approval from the Tusculum University Registrar prior to taking a CLEP examination. The CLEP Score Recipient code for Tusculum University is 1812.

CLEP Exam Tusculum Equivalent Minimum Score Credits Awarded
Business
Financial Accounting BUSN 211   50 3
Information Systems BUSN 200 /CISC 200   50 3
Introductory Business Law Business Elective 50 3
Principles of Macroeconomics BUSN 201   50 3
Principles of Microeconomics BUSN 202   50 3
Principles of Management BUSN 210   50 3
Principles of Marketing BUSN 305   50 3
Foreign Language
French Language Level 1 Language Elective 50 6
French Language Level 2 Language Elective 59 9
German Language Level 1 Language Elective 50 6
German Language Level 2 Language Elective 60 9
Spanish Language Level 1 SPAN 101 , SPAN 102   50 6
Spanish Language Level 2
*Recommended test score and credit hour award revised by CLEP 7/19
Language Elective 65* 12*
Humanities
American Literature ENGL 224   50 6
Analysis & Interpreting Literature Literature Elective 50 6
College Composition ENGL 110 , ENGL 111   50 6
College Composition Modular ENGL 110   50 3
English Literature ENGL 223   50 6
Humanities Humanities Elective 50 6
Science and Mathematics
Biology BIOL 110 , BIOL 120 1 50 6
Calculus MATH 190   50 3
Chemistry CHEM 101 , CHEM 102 1  50 6
College Algebra MATH 145   50 3
College Mathematics Mathematics Elective 50 6
Natural Sciences NSCI 105 2 50 6
Pre-Calculus MATH 180   50 3
Social Science
American Government POLS 110   50 3
History: United States I HIST 201   50 3
History: United States II HIST 202   50 3
Human Growth & Development PSYC 206 3 50 3
Intro to Educational Psychology PSYC 207 4 50 3
Introductory Psychology PSYC 101   50 3
Introductory Sociology SOCI 101   50 3
Social Science and History Social Science Elective 50 6
Western Civilization I HIST 101   50 3
Western Civilization II HIST 102   50 3

1-No labs, does not satisfy general education
2-No lab, does not satisfy for Education majors or general education
3-Education students entering prior to Fall of 2016 may not take this exam
4-Education majors may not take this exam