CSUEB CREDIT RECEIVED FOR CLEP

Currently, CSU East Bay will only accept the following CLEP tests for the amount of credit indicated, subject to the achievement of the scores indicated and the conditions stated in the "Credit By Examination Policy" section of the University Catalog. Please check with the individual department about specific course equivalencies.

CLEP Exams
CLEP Exam Score Courses GE Credit Units
**American Government 50 POSC 1201 D 4
American Literature 50 ENGL 3600 C2 or C3 (not C4) 4
Analyzing and Interpreting
Literature with essay		 50 ENGL 2030 or 2040 or 2050 C2 or C3 4
Biology 50 BIOL 1001 B2 or B5 4
Calculus 50 MATH 1304 B4 4
Chemistry 50 CHEM 1100 B1 or B5 5
College Algebra 50 MATH 1130 B4 4
College Algebra – Trigonometry 50 N/A B4 4
English Literature 50 ENGL 3400 C2 or C3 (not C4) 4
Financial Accounting 50 ACCT 2251 N/A 4
French Level 1 50 MLL 1101 C2 or C3 8
French Level 2 59 MLL 1102 C2 or C3 16
German Level 1 50 N/A C2 or C3 8
German Level 2 60 N/A C2 or C3 16
*History of the United States I 50 HIST 1101 D and USA‐1 4
*History of the United States II 50 HIST 1102 D and USA‐1 4
Human Growth and Development 50 N/A E 4
Humanities 50 N/A C2 or C3 4
Information Systems and Computer
Applications		 50 ITM 1270 N/A 4
Introduction to Educational
Psychology		 50 N/A N/A 4
Introductory Business Law 50 N/A N/A 4
Introductory Psychology 50 PSYC 1000 D 4
Introduction to Sociology 50 SOC 1000 D 5
Natural Sciences 50 N/A B1 or B2 4
Pre‐Calculus 50 MATH 1130 B4 4
Principles of Accounting 50 N/A N/A 4
Principles of Macroeconomics4 50 ECON 2302 D 4
Principles of Management 50 N/A N/A 4
Principles of Marketing 50 N/A N/A 4
Principles of Microeconomics4 50 ECON 2301 D 4
Spanish Level I 50 MLL 1401 C2 or C3 8
Spanish Level II 63 MLL 1401 C2 or C3 16
Trigonometry 50 N/A B4 4
Western Civilization I 50 HIST 1014 or 1015 C2 or C3 or D 4
Western Civilization II 50 HIST 1016 D 4

*US‐1 would be fulfilled by either the History of the U.S. I or the History of the U.S. II exam.
**US‐2 would be fulfilled by the American Government exam.

Note: US‐3 would be fulfilled by the California State and Local Government exam administered by the Testing Office at CSUEB.

For additional test listings please access the CLEP Link: CollegeBoard CLEP

(At present, CSU East Bay grants no credit for completion of the ACT Credit by Examination Program.)