SCPS students may apply for credit for CLEP. In general these will require passing scores for CLEP tests to meet general elective credits or toward SCPS course requirements. Students may take CLEP examinations after they have matriculated, but only if they:

• have not previously completed, failed, or received credit from Loyola University Chicago (transfer or otherwise) in a comparable or more advanced course in the specific examination area;
• will not receive comparable credit in the CLEP examination area in the same term the examination is taken or in a subsequent term.

All official CLEP examination scores must be provided to the Office of Registration and Records at least one semester prior to your anticipated graduation.

Some CLEP tests will meet requirements in Core and require a specific minimum score. Some may be applied to SCPS requirements. Others apply to general electives.

The CLEP code for Loyola is 1412.

Exam Category and Title	Required Score	Semester Hours Earned	Loyola SCPS Equivalent Course
Business
Financial Accounting	50	3	CPST  310 - Accounting Principles and Application
Information Systems	50	3	CPST  247 - Computer Concepts and Applications
Principles of Management	50	3	CPST  250 - Foundations of Organizations
Principles of Marketing	50	3	CPST  340 - Marketing Concepts and Strategies
Composition and Literature
American Literature	56	3	Tier ll Literature Core (Cannot be used to exempt from Core Foundation Literature course)
	50	3	General Elective
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature	56	3	Tier ll Literature Core (Cannot be used to exempt from Core Foundation Literature course)
	50	3	General Elective
English Literature	56	3	Tier ll Literature Core (Cannot be used to exempt from Core Foundation Literature course)
	50	3	General Elective
Humanities	56	3	Humanities Core (Cannot be used to exempt from Core Foundation Literature course)
	50	3	General Elective
History and Social Sciences
American Government	50	3	General Elective
History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877	55	3	Tier ll Core HIST  211 - United States to 1865
	50	3	General Elective
History of the United States II: 1865 to Present	55	3	Tier ll Core HIST  212 - United States Since 1865
	50	3	General Elective
Human Growth and Development	50	3	General Elective
Introduction to Educational Psychology	50	3	General Elective
Introductory Psychology	50	3	General Elective; Possible only for students who have not taken PSYC 101
Introductory Sociology	50	3	General Elective; Possible only for students who have not taken SOCL 101
Social Sciences and History	50	6	General Elective
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648	55	3	Tier l Core HIST  101  - Evol Wstrn Idea Inst to 17cent
	50	3	General Elective
Western Civilization II: 1648 to Present	55	3	Tier l Core HIST  102 - Evol Wstrn Idea Inst Sn 17cen
	50	3	General Elective
Science and Mathematics
Biology	55	6	BIOL  101 - General Biology I  BIOL  102 - General Biology II (Fulfills Tier ll Scientific Core; No Lab Credit)
	50	6	General Elective
Calculus	50	4	General Elective; Possible only for students who have not taken MATH 131, 132, 161, 162
Chemistry	50	6	General Elective; Possible only for students who have not taken CHEM 101, 102
College Mathematics	50	6	General Elective
Natural Sciences	56	6	Tier ll Science Core -3 hours plus 3 hours of General Elective (Cannot be used to exempt student from Core Foundation Science course.)
	50	6	General Elective
Precalculus	50	3	General Elective; Possible only for students who have not taken courses in the calculus sequence
World Languages
French Language, Level 1 Proficiency* OR	50	6	General Elective; Possible only for students who have not taken French courses
French Language, Level 2 Proficiency*	59	9	General Elective; Possible only for students who have not taken French courses
German Language, Level 1 Proficiency* OR	50	6	General Elective; Possible only for students who have not taken German courses
German Language, Level 2 Proficiency*	60	9	General Elective; Possible only for students who have not taken German courses
Spanish Language, Level 1 Proficiency* OR	50	6	General Elective; Possible only for students who have not taken Spanish courses
Spanish Language, Level 2 Proficiency*	63	9	General Elective; Possible only for students who have not taken Spanish courses
*For each of the world languages, there is only one exam covering both Level 1 and 2 content. ACE recommends 6 semester hours of credit for mastery of Level 1 content (a score of 50) and 9 semester hours of credit for mastery of both Levels 1 and 2 (a score of 59 on French Language, 60 on German Language, and 63 on Spanish Language).