CLEP
College Level Examination Program
Bemidji State University
NOTE: CLEP information available at: http://www.collegeboard.com/clep/
CLEP is offered as a computer-based test in the United States
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Two forms of ID are required to test. A government-issued ID which includes your photo
AND signature (driver’s license or passport), as well as a secondary ID which has either a
photo or a signature. See the College Board website for acceptable identification.
CLEP credits do not count towards GPA or financial aid requirements.
To receive credit for College Writing I and II at BSU, there are additional essay requirements.
Please contact the Registrar at Oak Hills and Northland Community Technical College
regarding their requirements.
To Register for a CLEP Test
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The CLEP test is scheduled on an individual basis on Mondays or Thursday mornings.
Schedule a test date by calling Deb in the Career Services office at 218-755-2038.
For BSU credit, cost is a total of $97 currently and $102 after July 1, 2010 as follows: $72
($77 as of July 1, 2010) payable to CLEP using Visa, Mastercard, Discover, check or money
order, PLUS $25 payable to BSU. Payment is required at the time of testing.
Please allow a 2 ½ hour time block for the test, which includes time to complete forms, etc.
TEST Content information
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The Computer-Based Testing Center in Sanford Hall 111 has study guides available to check
out for a $40 security deposit. The guides are checked out for a two-week time period.
The CLEP website http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html includes
exam descriptions, a CLEP Sampler practice download and also subject study guides.
Score sheets and transcripts
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Students will be provided with a copy if their score report after their testing is completed.
BSU student transcripts will include the name of the test and the credits granted. Actual
CLEP scores are NOT listed.
If an institution other than BSU will be requested to accept CLEP credits transferred from
BSU, it is the student’s responsibility to contact the institution and ask them to accept CLEP
credits taken at BSU.
OTHER INSTITUTIONS DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPT CLEP CREDITS TAKEN AT BSU!
Revised June 2010
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CLEP Exam List
❏ American Government
❏ American Literature
❏ Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
❏ Biology
❏ Calculus
❏ Chemistry
❏ College Algebra
❏ College Composition
❏ College Composition Modular
❏ College French Language
❏ College German Language
❏ College Mathematics
❏ College Spanish Language
❏ English Literature
❏ Financial Accounting
❏ History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877
❏ History of the United States II: 1865 to the Present
❏ Human Growth and Development
❏ Humanities
❏ Information Systems and Computer Applications
❏ Introduction to Educational Psychology
❏ Introductory Business Law
❏ Introductory Psychology
❏ Introductory Sociology
❏ Natural Sciences
❏ Precalculus
❏ Principles of Macroeconomics
❏ Principles of Management
❏ Principles of Marketing
❏ Principles of Microeconomics
❏ Social Sciences and History
❏ Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648
❏ Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present