The College Level Examination Program® (CLEP®) allows students to save time and money and leverage the college-level knowledge they already have by passing exams that can be applied as transfer credit toward degree programs at Peirce College.
At Peirce, we use the American Council on Education’s (ACE) recommended credit-granting score to determine eligibility for awarding credits for CLEP® exams. You should check with your advisor or enrollment specialist to ensure a CLEP® exam meets your degree requirements before you register for the exam. The list below to shows you how exams articulate to Peirce courses and degree requirements.
CLEP® Exam | Peirce Equivalency | Credits |
Business |
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Financial Accounting | ACC-101 Accounting Principles | 3 |
Intro to Business Law | LAW-103 Business Law | 3 |
Information Systems & Computer Applications | BIS-111 Application Software Fundamentals | 3 |
Principles of Management | MGT-210 Applied Management Concepts | 3 |
Principles of Marketing | MKT-101 Intro to Marketing | 3 |
English & Literature |
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American Literature | ENG-205 American Literature | 3 |
Analyzing & Interpreting Literature | Humanities (HUM) core | 3 |
English Literature | Humanities (HUM) core | 6 |
College Composition | ENG-101 English Composition + one ENG elective | 6 |
College Composition Modular | No equivalency – not accepted | n/a |
Humanities & Foreign Language |
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Humanities | Humanities (HUM) core | 3 |
French Language | Humanities (HUM) core | 6 |
French Language | Humanities (HUM) core | 9 |
German Language | Humanities (HUM) core | 6 |
German Language | Humanities (HUM) core | 9 |
Spanish Language | Humanities (HUM) core | 6 |
Spanish Language | Humanities (HUM) core s | 9 |
History & Social Sciences |
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American Government | PSC-101 Intro to American Government | 3 |
Human Growth and Development | Social Science (SSC) core | 3 |
Introductory Psychology | PSY-101 Intro to Psychology | 3 |
Introductory Sociology | SOC-101 General Sociology | 3 |
Principles of Macroeconomics | ECO-101 Macroeconomics | 3 |
Principles of Microeconomics | ECO-102 Microeconomics | 3 |
Social Sciences & History | General Education electives (SSC or HIS) | 6 |
History of the U.S. I: | HIS-105 US History I | 3 |
History of the U.S. II: | HIS-106 US History II | 3 |
Western Civilization I: | HIS-250 | 3 |
Western Civilization II: | HIS-260 | 3 |
Educational Psychology | Social Science (SSC) core | 3 |
Science & Mathematics |
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Biology | Science (SCI) core | 6 |
Calculus | MAT-213 Calculus I | 3 |
Chemistry | Science (SCI) core | 6 |
College Algebra | MAT-102 College Algebra | 3 |
College Mathematics** | MAT-101 Intro to College Math and | 6 |
Natural Sciences | Science (SCI) core electives | 6 |
Precalculus | Mathematics (MAT) core | 3 |
**if a student already has earned credit for the MAT-101 requirement, they can still apply the additional three credits for the College Mathematics CLEP® exam to meet the Math Core requirement.
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