College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
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). |