CLEP Equivalencies

***If a CLEP exam is not listed below, that means there is not a UWGB equivalent course and UWGB course credit will not be given for those exams (This includes Information Systems, Principles of Management, and Computer Applications and Management.)***

General Exams are marked as such; all others are Subject exams. If you are a UW-Green Bay student, please be aware of the Policies and Procedures guiding the awarding of CLEP credit at UW-Green Bay. Consult the UW-Green Bay Catalog to match course names to course numbers.

CLEP Exam UWGB Course Credits
Humanities (General Exam) * HUM + FIN Elective 3+3
Natural Science (General Exam) * BIOL SCI + NAT SCI Elective 3+3
Social Science & History (General Exam) * SOC SCI Elective 6
American Government POLI SCI 101 3
American Literature # ENGL 216 & 217 6
Analyzing & Interpreting Literature # ENGL 104 3
Biology BIOL 201 & 202 4
Business Law, Introductory BUS ADM 305 3
Calculus [1] MATH 202 4
Chemistry CHEM 211/213 & CHEM 212/214 10
College Algebra [1] MATH 101
College Composition [6] WF 100 3
College Mathematics [5] [1] MATH 101 2
Educational Psychology, Intro to [3] EDUC elective (UL) 3
English Literature # ENGL 214 & 215 6
Financial Accounting ACCTG 201 4
French Language FREN 101 & 102 8
German Language GERM 101 & 102 8
History of the U.S. I HIST 205 3
History of the U.S. II HIST 206 3
Human Growth & Development [4] PSYCH 203 3
Macroeconomics, Principles of ECON 202 3
Marketing, Principles of MKTG 322 3
Microeconomics, Principles of ECON 203 3
Precalculus [1] MATH 104 4
Psychology, Introductory PSYCH 102 3
Sociology, Introductory SOCIOL 101 3
Spanish Language SPAN 101 & 102 8
Spanish with Writing SPAN 101 & 102 8
Western Civilization I HIST 101 3
Western Civilization II HIST 102 3

Notes:

General Exams: UW-Green Bay students can receive credit for the Humanities exam, Natural Science exam and Social Science & History exam only if their UW-Green Bay transcript has fewer than 15 credits, including credits for courses in progress and transfer credits taken at a previous institution.

# Effective 4/23/2021, the optional essay is no longer required to be taken in addition to the multiple choice exam.

[1] No credit given if credit already received for a higher level course.
[2] Students must receive a score of 60 or above and successfully complete the essay to receive credit.
[3] Exam does not meet Education Certification requirements.
[4] B.S.N. students: Contact the Nursing Chairperson to determine how many credits will be awarded.
[5] Students must receive a score of 70 or above to receive credit.
[6] This exam is 120 minutes total. 50 min multiple choice + 70 min essays.

The following exams have been inactivated and replaced by CLEP.  If you took the CLEP exam when it was active, you would be awarded the credit as follows:

 

CLEP Exam UWGB Course Credits
English Composition w/ essay (General Exam) (inactive) WF 100 3
Algebra-Trigonometry, College [1] (inactive) MATH 104 4
Composition, Freshman College with essay [2] (inactive) WF 100 3
Accounting, Principles of (inactive) ACCTG 201 4

Contact the College Board for more information

Last updated:  February 7, 2023