CLEP Guidelines

Gardner-Webb accepts credit earned through the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) prior to enrollment and through the end of the first semester of enrollment. No credit is accepted for tests taken later than the end of the first semester of enrollment. CLEP tests must be taken before a student enrolls in a comparable course.

Gardner-Webb grants credit to students submitting test scores from the College-Level Examination Program on the following basis:

1. Credit will be received on the same basis as transferred credit from accredited institutions of higher learning.
2. Credit will not be granted in an area for which the examinee has college credit. No course can be dropped to take a CLEP test, and no subject attempted in class may be repeated by CLEP.
3. Credit will be received as pass/fail; that is, no hours attempted or quality points will be computed in the examinee’s grade point average.
4. Unsatisfactory scores will not become a part of the student’s record.
5. A CLEP test on any subject may be submitted only one time.
6. Concerning the General Examination for freshman applicants:
   a) The student must submit a score at or above the minimum score set by the American Council on Education listed for each examination.
   b) The number of semester hours granted will be that number normally granted for the area covered by the test with the following restrictions:
   1) A maximum of six semester hours credit may be granted for each test.
   2) A maximum of three semester hours credit may be granted on the basis of a sub-score provided the area is appropriate.
   c) Credit thus granted may be applied to the student’s course of study only as basic courses or free electives.
7. Concerning the Subject Examinations:
   a) The student must submit a score at or above the minimum score set by the American Council on Education listed for each examination.
   b) The number of semester hours granted will be determined by the scope of the material measured as indicated by the American Council on Education.
   c) Credit thus granted may be applied to the student’s course of study without restriction. Course equivalencies for CLEP tests are listed below.