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CLEP Credit Table

Business

This table outlines the subject examinations, the minimal score needed for credit, the HCC equivalent course, and the corresponding credits.
Subject Examination	Credit Granting Scores	Equivalent Course	Credit
Financial Accounting*	50	ACCT-111	3
Information Systems and Computer Applications	50	CMSY-110	3
Principles of Marketing	50	BMGT-130	3
Principles of Management	50	BMGT-145	3
Introductory Business Law	50	BMGT-151	3

Composition and Literature

This table outlines the subject examinations, the minimal score needed for credit, the HCC equivalent course, and the corresponding credits.
Subject Examination	Credit Granting Scores	Equivalent Course	Credit
American Literature	50	ENGL-201, ENGL-202	6
Analysis & Interpreting of Literature	50	ENGL-210	3
College Composition	50	ENGL-121	3
College Composition Modular*	50	Arts & Sciences Elec	3
English Literature	50	ENGL-203 & ENGL-204	6

*Students may not earn credit for both College Comp & College Comp Modular exams

World Languages

This table outlines the subject examinations, the minimal score needed for credit, the HCC equivalent course, and the corresponding credits.
Subject Examination	Credit Granting Scores	Equivalent Course	Credit
French	50 59	FREN-101 & FREN-102 FREN-101, 102 & 201	8 12
German	50 60	GERM-101 & GERM-102 GERM-101, 102 & 201	8 12
Spanish Language Spanish with Writing	50 63 50 65	SPAN-101&SPAN-102 SPAN-101, 102 & 201 SPAN-101&SPAN-102 SPAN-101, 102 & 201	8 12 8 12

Humanities

This table outlines the subject examinations, the minimal score needed for credit, the HCC equivalent course, and the corresponding credits.
Subject Examination	Credit Granting Scores	Equivalent Course	Credit
Humanities	50	HUMN-101	3

Mathematics

This table outlines the subject examinations, the minimal score needed for credit, the HCC equivalent course, and the corresponding credits.
Subject Examination	Credit Granting Scores	Equivalent Course	Credit
College Algebra	50	MATH-141	4
Calculus	50	MATH-181	4
College Math	50	MATH-132	3
Precalculus	50	MATH-143	3
Precalculus	61	MATH-143, MATH-153	6

Science

This table outlines the subject examinations, the minimal score needed for credit, the HCC equivalent course, and the corresponding credits.
Subject Examination	Credit Granting Scores	Equivalent Course	Credit
Biology	50	BIOL-101	4
Chemistry	50	CHEM-101	4
Natural Sciences	50	Scientific Reasoning Core (non-lab)	3

Social Science and History

This table outlines the subject examinations, the minimal score needed for credit, the HCC equivalent course, and the corresponding credits.
Subject Examination	Credit Granting Scores	Equivalent Course	Credit
American Government	50	POLI-101	3
Human Growth & Development	50	PSYC-200	3
Introduction to Educational Psychology	50	EDUC-260	3
Principles of Macroeconomics	50	ECON-101	3
Principles of Microeconomics	50	ECON-102	3
Introductory Psychology	50	PSYC-101	3
Introductory Sociology	50	SOCI-101	3
Social Science and History	50	Social Science Elective	3
History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877	50	HIST-101	3
History of the United States II: 1865 to the Present	50	HIST-102	3
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648	50	HIST-121	3
Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present	50	HIST-123	3