CLEP SUBJECT CLEP SCORE CREDITS
GENERAL
EDUCATION
REQUIREMENT
WSU EQUIVALENT
AMERICAN LITERATURE 50 3 CI ENG 1000 elective
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 50 3 CIV PS 1010
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES I -
TO 1877
50 3 CIV or SI HIS 2040
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES II -
1865 TO DATE
50 3 CIV or SI HIS 2050
ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING
LITERATURE
50 3 CI ENG 1000 elective
CALCULUS 50 3 QE MAT 2010
COLLEGE ALGEBRA* 50 3 QE MAT 1070
COLLEGE COMPOSITION 50 4 BC ENG 1020
ENGLISH LITERATURE 50 3 CI ENG 1000 elective
BIOLOGY* 50 3 NSI BIO 1510
CHEMISTRY* 50 3 NSI CHM 1020
COLLEGE MATHEMATICS* 50 4 QE MAT 1XXX
HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 50 3 N/A PSY 2400
HUMANITIES 50 6 CI Two ENG 1000 electives
INFORMATION SYSTEMS 50 3 N/A CSC 1000 elective
INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY
50 3 N/A EDP 3310
PRE-CALCULUS 50 4 QE MAT 1800
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS 50 3 SI ECO 2020
PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS 50 3 SI ECO 2010
COLLEGE LEVEL EXAMINATION PROGRAM (CLEP) CREDIT POLICY
*See notes section on the last page.
Effective November 2017, there is no limit to the number of credit hours for CLEP or a combination of AP, IB, CLEP, and departmental credit
by examination that may be used toward a WSU degree. All credit will be recorded on the student record.
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INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY 50 3 NSI PSY 1020
CLEP SUBJECT CLEP SCORE CREDITS
GENERAL
EDUCATION
REQUIREMENT
WSU EQUIVALENT
INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY 50 3 SI SOC 1010
NATURAL SCIENCES* 50 8 NSIL
BIO 1000 & PHY 1000
electives
SOCIAL SCIENCES & HISTORY 50 8 SI
GEN 1000 & HIS 1000
electives
WESTERN CIVILIZATION I - TO 1648 50 3 GL or SI HIS 1000
WESTERN CIVILIZATION II -
1648 TO DATE
50 3 SI HIS 1300
BC - Basic Composition
CI - Cultural Inquiry
CIV - Civic Literacy Inquiry
DEI - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Inquiry
GL - Global Learning Inquiry
ICN - Intermediate Composition New (effective Fall 2018)
NSI - Natural Scientific Inquiry
NSIL - Natural Scientific Inquiry with lab
OC - Oral Communication
QE - Quantitative Experience
SI - Social Inquiry
No credit is awarded for the following CLEP examinations: College Composition MODULAR, Financial Accounting, French
Language, German Language, Introductory Business Law, Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, and Spanish
Language.
For complete information on scheduling examinations, fees and reporting scores: Please contact 313-577-3400 or
[email protected], or visit www.testing.wayne.edu.
For Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) students: No credit is awarded for DANTES Subject
Standardized Tests (DSST). For any questions, contact the WSU Transfer Credit Evaluation office within the Office of the
Registrar, transfercredit@wayne.edu or 313-577-9606.
All WSU students fulfill the university's general education requirements, which are classes in addition to courses within the
Wayne State University General Education Requirements:
*Biology, Chemistry, Natural Science - If a student satisfies two Natural Science Inquiry (NSI) courses by examination (AP,
CLEP, IB or credit by examination), the Laboratory requirement is fulfilled.
*College Algebra - A student who receives a score of 50 in both College Algebra and College Trigonometry will receive credit
for MAT 1800 (5 semester hours) and will have satisfied Quantitative Experience (QE).
*Effective Winter 2021 College Mathematics will be equivalent to MAT 1XXX.
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