College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
The College Board offers examinations designed to assess competence usually obtained by taking beginning level college-level courses. This program, called CLEP (College Level Examination Program), enables students to earn credit for courses by successfully completing a test. Listed below are the conditions under which credit may be granted for the College Level Examination Program - in many subject areas this includes writing an essay in addition to successfully passing the exam. JCC uses the guidelines of 65+% for credit. CLEP credit may be reassessed by your transfer institution when you transfer.
| General Examination.. 65+%c | Credits |
ACE1 |
JCC Course |
JCC Essay |
| English Composition | no credit |
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| Humanities | no credit |
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| Mathematics | no credit |
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| Natural Science | no credit |
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| Social Science - History | no credit |
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| Subject Examinations 65+% | ||||
| American Government | no credit |
No |
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| American History | 3 credits |
50 |
Gen. HIS credit |
Yes |
| American History I | 3 credits |
50 |
HIS 231 |
No |
| American History II | 3 credits |
50 |
HIS 232 |
No |
| American Literature | 3 credits |
50 |
ENG 255 |
Yes |
| Anal. & Intrp. of Literature | 3 credits |
50 |
ENG 246 |
Yes |
| Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology | no credit |
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| Behavioral Sciences for Nurses | no credit |
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| Calculus with Elementary Functions | 9 credits |
50 |
MTH 151, 154 |
No |
| Clinical Chemistry | no credit |
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| College Algebra | no credit |
No equivalent course |
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| College Algebra/Trig | 5 credits |
50 |
MTH 140 |
No |
| College Composition | no credit |
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| College French | no credit |
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| College German | no credit |
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| College Spanish | no credit |
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| Computers & Data Processing | 2 credits |
50 |
Gen CIS credit |
Yes |
| Dental Materials | no credit |
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| Elm. Computer Prog/FORTRAN IV | 3 credits |
No equivalent course |
No |
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| English Literature | no credit |
No equivalent course |
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| Freshman English | no credit |
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| Fundamentals of Nursing | no credit |
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| General Biology | 4 credits |
50 |
BIO 131 |
No |
| General Chemistry | 4 credits |
50 |
CEM 131 |
No |
| General Psychology | no credit |
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| Geology | 4 credits |
50 |
GEL 160 |
No |
| Head, Neck & Oral Anatomy | no credit |
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| Hematology | no credit |
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| Intro to Business Mgt. | no credit |
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| Introductory Accounting | no credit |
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| Introductory Business Law | no credit |
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| Introductory Macroeconomics | 3 credits |
50 |
ECN 231 |
No |
| Introductory Marketing | no credit |
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| Introductory Microeconomics | 3 credits |
50 |
ECN 232 |
No |
| Intro. Micro- & Macroeconomics | no credit |
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| Introductory Sociology | no credit |
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| Medical-Surgical Nursing | no credit |
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| Microbiology | no credit |
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| Money and Banking | no credit |
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| Oral Radiolography | no credit |
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| Statistics | 3 credits |
50 |
MTH 133 |
No |
| Tooth Morphology & Function | no credit |
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| Trigonometry | no credit |
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| Western Civilization | 3 credits |
50 |
Gen HIS credit |
No |
| Western Civilization I | 4 credits |
50 |
HIS 131 |
No |
| Western Civilization II | 4 credits |
50 |
HIS 132 |
No |
The American Council on Education (ACE) has developed a recommended credit-granting score and number of semester hours of credit for each CLEP exam.
