Nov 09, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

College Level Examination Program (CLEP)


Shenandoah University accepts the full range of CLEP tests, which measure the mastery of college-level introductory course content in a wide range of disciplines. Students should contact the Transfer Evaluation Coordinator prior to taking a CLEP to verify how the CLEP will transfer into Shenandoah University. Students must submit official copies of the test results to the Office of the Registrar in order to earn the credits and course equivalencies listed below.

Shenandoah University does not award grades for CLEP.

Students meeting the credit-granting score standard will earn the credits and course exemptions listed below.

CLEP Exam Credit-granting Score Credit Earned Equivalent Course
Composition and Literature      
American Literature 50 6 ENG elective
Analyzing and Interpreting      
  Literature 50 6 ENG elective
College Comp 50 6 ENG 101 , ENG elective
English Literature 50 6 ENG elective
       
Social Sciences and History      
American Government 50 3 PSCI 201  
U.S. History I 50 3 HIST 103  
U.S. History II 50 3 HIST 104  
Human Growth and Development 50 3 PSY HGD elective 
Humanities 50 6 Free elective
Educational Psychology 50 3 PSY elective
Introduction to Psychology 50 3 PSY 101  
Introduction to Sociology 50 3 SOC 101  
Western Civ I 50 3 HIST elective
Western Civ II 50 3 HIST elective
       
Foreign Languages      
French, Level 1 50 6 FR 101 , FR 102  
French, Level 2 59 6 FR 201 , FR 202  
German, Level 1 50 6 GER 101 , GER 102  
German, Level 2 60 6 GER 201 , GER 202  
Spanish, Level 1 50 6 SPAN 101 , SPAN 102  
Spanish, Level 2 63 6 SPAN 201 , SPAN 202  
       
Science and Math      
Biology 50 4 BIO elective 
Precalculus 50 3 MATH 102  
Calculus 50 4 MATH 201  
Chemistry 50 4 CHEM 121  
College Algebra 50 3 MATH 101  
College Math 50 3 MATH 100  
Natural Sciences 50 4 Natural Sciences Region elective
Trigonometry+ 50 3 MATH 102  
       
Business      
Financial Accounting 50 3 BA 211  
Principles of Accounting I 50 6 BA 211 ,* BA 212 *
Introductory Business Law 50 3 BA 303  
IS and Computer Apps 50 3 IST elective
Principles of Macroeconomics 50 3 EC 211  
Principles of Microeconomics 50 3 EC 212  
Principles of Management 50 3 BA elective
Principles of Marketing 50 3 BA elective

*This does not apply to Accounting majors. This exam replaced by Financial Accounting.

+Replaced by precalculus in 2006.