ACU awards CLEP credit for a variety of subjects. Please see the chart below for information regarding which CLEP exams ACU accepts as well as the scores required for credit. Remember that a total maximum of 30 hours of credit combined may be earned through all methods of credit by examination (CLEP, AP, IB, etc.).
| Subject Examination | Required Score
(Out of 80) |
Equivalent ACU Course |
Credit Hours |
| American Government | 63 | POLS 225 | 3 |
| American History I | 59 | HIST 221 | 3 |
| American History II | 60 | HIST 222 | 3 |
| American Literature** | 58 | ENGL 262 | 3 |
| 66 | ENGL 262,263 | 6 | |
| Calculus with Elementary Functions | 50 | MATH 185 | 3 |
| College Algebra | 50 | MATH 109 | 3 |
| College Composition Modular**
(for new students only) |
55*
plus pass on the ACU English Essay |
ENGL 111 | 3 |
| 64
without ACU English Essay |
ENGL 111 | 3 | |
| 64*
plus pass on the ACU Researched Writing Exam |
ENGL 112 | 3 | |
| College Mathematics | 50 | MATH 120 | 3 |
| English Literature** | 55
63 |
ENGL 221
ENGL 221,222 |
3
6 |
| Financial Accounting | 55 | ACCT 210 | 3 |
| French** | 52
61 65 69 |
FREN 111
FREN 111,112 FREN 111,112,221 FREN 111,112,221,222 |
3
6 9 12 |
| General Biology | 50
56 62 |
BIOL 101
BIOL 121, 122 BIOL 121, 122, 123, 124 |
3
4 8 |
| General Chemistry | 50
56 62 |
CHEM 111,113
CHEM 131,133 CHEM 131,132,133,134 |
4
4 8 |
| German** | 44
50 56 63 |
GER 111
GER 111,112 GER 111,112,221 GER 111,112,221,222 |
3
6 9 12 |
| Human Growth and Development | 63 | PSYC 232 | 3 |
| Information Systems | 50 | ITC 110 | 3 |
| Introductory Psychology | 55 | PSYC 120 | 3 |
| Introductory Sociology | 57 | SOCI 111 | 3 |
| Macroeconomics | 50 | ECON 260 | 3 |
| Microeconomics | 50 | ECON 261 | 3 |
| Precalculus | 50 | MATH 124 | 3 |
| Principles of Management | 50 | MGMT 330 | 3 |
| Principles of Marketing | 50 | MKTG 320 | 3 |
| Spanish** | 47
54 60 66 |
SPAN 111
SPAN 111,112 SPAN 111,112,221 SPAN 111,112,221,222 |
3
6 9 12 |
| Western Civilization I | 57 | HIST 117 | 3 |
| Western Civilization II | 56 | HIST 118 | 3 |
*The ACU English Essay and ACU Researched Writing Exam are available during New Student Orientation. Click here for more details.
**A student is not eligible for this test if he/she has already taken one of the courses available for credit. For example: A student who has taken ENGL 112 cannot take the College Composition Modular test to earn credit for ENGL 111. Or if a student has taken SPAN 111, he cannot take the CLEP test to earn additional, higher-level Spanish credit.