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CLEP®

The College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP®) helps students earn college credit and save time and money toward their degree. Taking CLEP exams let you test out of introductory courses and move to more advanced courses sooner. Richmond Community College is now a test center for CLEP examinations.

CLEP Facts

  • No class requirements
  • Testing available year-round
  • Test out of intro college courses
  • Accepted by approximately 3,000 colleges and universities

How to Earn Credit with CLEP

  1. Find out the college's CLEP credit policy.
  2. Decide which exam(s) to take.
  3. Register.
  4. Contact the RichmondCC Testing Center. Call (910) 410-1700 for an appointment at the Hamlet Campus. 
  5. Practice for exams.

Cost

There is a fee for each exam, plus a $25 fee paid to the RichmondCC Testing Center.

RichmondCC's CLEP Credit Policy

CLEP EXAM Name

REQUIRED SCORE

FOR CREDIT

CREDIT HOURS

GRANTED

RichmondCC

EQUIVALENT

COURSES

BUSINESS

Financial Accounting

50

4

ACC 120

Information Systems

50

3

CIS 110

Introductory Business Law

50

3

BUS 115

Principles of Management

50

3

BUS 137

Principles of Marketing

50

3

MKT 120

COMPOSITION AND LITERACY

American Literature

50

3

ENG 231

Analyzing and Interpreting Literature

50

3

ENG 131

College Composition

50

3

ENG 111

College Composition Modular

50

3

ENG 111

English Literature

50

3

ENG 241

Humanities

50

3

HUM 211

HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

American Government

50

3

POL 120

History of the US I: Early Colonization 1877

50

3

HIS 131

History of the US II: 1865 to the Present

50

3

HIS 132

Human Growth & Development

50

3

PSY 241

Introductory Psychology

50

3

PSY 150

Introductory Sociology

50

3

SOC 210

Principles of Macroeconomics

50

3

ECO 252

Principles of Microeconomics

50

3

ECO 251

Western Civilization I: Ancient Near to 1648

50

3

HIS 121

Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present

50

3

HIS 122

SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Biology

50

8

BIO 111 &

BIO 112

Calculus

50

4

MAT 271

Chemistry

50

8

CHM 151 &

CHM 152

College Algebra

50

4

MAT 171

College Mathematics

50

3

MAT 143

Natural Science

50

4

BIO 110

Precalculus

50

3

MAT 172

WORLD LANGUAGES

French level I

50

6

FRE 111 &

FRE 112

French level II

59

6

FRE 211 &

FRE 212

German level I

50

6

GER 111 &

GER 112

German level II

60

6

GER 211 &

GER 212

Spanish level I

50

6

SPA 111 &

SPA 112

Spanish Level II

63

6

SPA 211 &

SPA 212

Spanish w/ Writing level I

50

6

SPA 111 &

SPA 112

Spanish w/ Writing level II

65

12

SPA 111, 

SPA 112, 

SPA 211, 

SPA 212

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