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UNDERSTANDING OUR ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
First-Year
Credit Awarded for AP/CLEP/IB
Credit Awarded for CLEP
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Credit Awarded for CLEP

Score must be equivalent to the American Council on Education (ACE) recommended score to receive credit as indicated in the schedule below.

Business
University Credit
Credits 
Accounting, Principles of
ACCTG--Introductory Accounting
3 General
Business Law, Introductory
B LAW--Introductory Business Law
3 General
Information Systems and Computer Applications
CMPSC 100--Computer Fndmtl & Appl
3
Management, Principles of
MGMT--Introduction to Management
3 General
Marketing, Principles of
MKTG--Introductory Marketing
3 General
Composition and Literature
American Literature
No Credit
No Credit
Analyzing & Interpreting 
Literature
No Credit
No Credit
English Composition
No Credit
No Credit
English Literature
No Credit
No Credit
Freshman College Composition (replaces College Composition and Freshman English)
No Credit
 
Humanities
Humanities
3 General
Foreign Languages
 
 
French Language--Level 1
FR 001--Elem French
FR 001, 002--Elem French
4
8
French Language--Level 2
FR 001, 002, 003--Elementary &  Intermed French
12
German Language--Level 1
GER 001--Elem German
GER 001, 002--Elem German
4
8
German Language--Level 2
GER 001, 002, 003--Elem & Intermed German
12
Spanish Language--Level 1
SPAN 001--Elem Spanish
SPAN 001, 002--Elem Spanish
4
8
Spanish Language--Level 2
SPAN 001, 002, 003--Elem & Intermed Spanish
12
History and Social Sciences
 
 
American Government
PL SC--Political Science
3 General
Educational Psychology, Introduction to
EDPSY--Educational Psychology
3 General
History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877
No Credit
 
History of the United States II: 1865 to the Present 
No Credit
 
Human Growth and Development
PSY--Human Growth & Development
3 General
Macroeconomics, Principles of
ECON 004--Intro Macroeconomics Analy/Policy
3
Microeconomics, Principles of
ECON 002--Intro Microeconomics Analy/Policy
3
Psychology, Introductory
PSY--General Psychology
3 General
Social Sciences & History
SO SC 002--Contemporary Society
3
Sociology, Introductory
SOC 001--Introductory Sociology
3
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648
HIST 001--Western Heritage I
3
Western Civilization II: 
1648 to the Present
HIST 002--Western Heritage II
3
Science and Mathematics
 
 
Biology
No Credit
 
Calculus
MATH 140--Calculus with Analy Geom I
4
Chemistry
No Credit
 
College Algebra
MATH 021--College Algebra I
3
College Algebra-Trigonometry
MATH 021, 022--College Algebra I & College Algebra II & Analy Geometry
6
College Mathematics
Mathematics
3 General
Natural Sciences
SC-Natural Science
3 General
Precalculus
MATH 041--Trigonometry/ Analytic Geometry
3
Trigonometry
MATH 026-- Plane Trigonometry
3


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