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2024-2025 Catalog

Course Credit by Examination and Advanced Placement



While earning a baccalaureate degree from Texas Wesleyan University, a student will be allowed a maximum of 30 hours for correspondence courses, Advanced Placement Program (AP) tests, College Level Examination Program (CLEP) examinations, International Baccalaureate, and challenge examinations. No more than one-fourth of the requirements for a major subject may be completed by these courses. A student may not apply CLEP, AP, International Baccalaureate or challenge exam credit to the 45-credit hour residency requirement.

Advanced Placement

Official results from the Advanced Placement Examinations of the College Board, which are taken at the completion of high school AP classes, may be submitted for college credit to the Office of Student Records. (The AP exams reflect the material generally agreed upon to be appropriate for introductory course work at the college level.) Academic credit or advanced placement will be granted for a score of 3, 4, or 5, depending on the subject. Consult with the Office of Admission for specific requirements.

For more information or to find a testing center please refer to: https://ap.collegeboard.org/

Exam Title Score Credited Course
Studio Art 3 FAR 1000 (elective)
History of Art 3 FAR 1000 (elective)
Computer Science A 4 CSC 1321
Computer Science B 4 CSC 1321
(credit for CSC 1321 will be given only once either for Test A or B, not for both)
Biology 4 BIO 1406
Chemistry 4 CHE 1415
English Language & Composition 4 ENG 1301
English Literature & Composition 4 ENG 1302
Environmental Science 4 NSC 1400 (elective)
European History 3,4,5 HIS 3335 or HIS 3336
U. S. History 3 HIS 2321
  4 plus HIS 2324
World History 3 HIS 2301
  4 plus HIS 2303
Human Geography 3 GEG 2305
Foreign Language 3,4,5 6,9,12 hours foreign language
Calculus AB 3 MAT 1324
Calculus BC 4 MAT 1324
  5 plus MAT 1325
Physics C Part I 3 PHY 1401
Physics C Part II 3 PHY 1402
U.S. Government and Politics 3 POL 2311
  4,5 POL 2000 (elective)
Comparative Government and Politics 3 3 hours elective credit
Music Theory 3 2 hours Music Theory I
Economics Macro 3 ECO 2305
Economics Micro 3 ECO 2306
Psychology 3 PSY 1301
Statistics 3 BUA 2321

College Level Examination Program

Texas Wesleyan University welcomes a wide variety of students and recognizes that many of them possess previously acquired knowledge of specific subjects. The University, therefore, honors such knowledge by awarding credit for the following CLEP tests, provided that an acceptable score is attained and certain guidelines are followed, when applicable. In addition, CLEP credits that meet Texas Wesleyan University standards will be accepted for transfer students.

For more information or to find a testing center please refer to: https://clep.collegeboard.org/

CLEP Title Score Credited Course
American Government 50 POL 2311
American Literature 50 ENG 2326
College Composition 50 ENG 1301
Calculus 50 MAT 1303
College Algebra 50 MAT 1302
French Language Level I 50 FRE 1341, FRE 1342
French Language Level II 59 FRE 2313, FRE 2314
German Language Level I 50 GER 1341, GER 1342
German Language Level II 60 GER 2313, GER 2314
Spanish Language Level I 50 SPN 1341, SPN 1342
Spanish Language Level II 63 SPN 2313, SPN 2314
English Literature 50 ENG 2328
Biology 50 BIO 1410
Chemistry 50 CHE 1415
History of the U.S.II: 1865 to Present 50 HIS 2324
Human Growth & Development 50 PSY 3303
Introductory Business Law 50 BUA 3311
Introductory Psychology 50 PSY 1301
Introductory Sociology 50 SOC 2301
Precalculus 50 MAT 1303
Principles of Financial Accounting 50 ACC 2303
Principles of Macroeconomics 50 ECO 2305
Principles of Management 50 MGT 3319
Principles of Marketing 50 MKT 3321
Principles of Microeconomics 50 ECO 2306
Trigonometry 50 MAT 1303

Guidelines

CLEP exams represent entry-level courses and, except under rare circumstances to be determined by the appropriate dean, should be taken during the first two years of college study.

A CLEP exam cannot be used to receive credit for any course that is a prerequisite to a course in which the student has already earned college credit.

Passing CLEP scores cannot be used to replace any grade, including an “F,” that the student has previously earned for a course at Texas Wesleyan University, or at another college or university.

CLEP scores will not be included in the grade point average at Texas Wesleyan University, but they will be included in the total required credit hours and on the transcript.