New Mexico Junior College - CLEP Challenge

College Level Examination Program (CLEP)

The CLEP is a national challenge examination program that has 6 general examinations and 34 specific subject area tests. NMJC currently participates in only 22 of the subject area tests.

A student can challenge the following classes via CLEP at NMJC:

AC 114 - Principles of Accounting I

BI 114 - General Biology I

BS 213 - Business Law I

BU 213 - Principles of Management

BU 223A - Principles of Marketing

CH 114A - General Chemistry

EC 213 - Principles of Economics (macro)

EC 223 - Principles of Economics (micro)

EN 113 - Composition and Rhetoric

EN 213A - Survey of British Literature I

EN 213C - American Literature I

GO 213 - American Government

HI 113 - US History to 1877

HI 123 - US History from 1877

HI 213 - History of Civilization I

HI 223 - History of Civilization II

MA 113 - College Algebra

MA 123 - Trigonometry

MA 144 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I

PS 113 - Introduction to Psychology

PS 223A - Psychology of Lifespan

SO 213 - General Sociology

SP 114 - Beginning Spanish I

SP 124 - Beginning Spanish II

SP 214 - Intermediate Spanish I

SP 224 - Intermediate Spanish II

Credit will not be awarded if:

The student has received college credit for the same course, or its equivalent, before he/she took the examination.

The student received a failing grade for the same course, or its equivalent.

The transcript entry, for the student who passes the CLEP, will show "Credit By Examination" with a grade of "CR" entered by the name of the course. There is no grade to be computed into the grade point average. No transcript entry is made if the examination score is not high enough for credit. The college will charge the student a $5.00 fee per course when he/she requests the credit(s) be put on his/her NMJC transcript.

To find out what topics are covered on a test, to take a sample test and to sign up for a test date, please contact the NMJC Counseling Office. The CLEP currently costs $70.00 per exam and is administered five to six times a year.

For additional information contact:

Cynthia Zambrelli – Counselor
New Mexico Junior College
1 Thunderbird Circle
575.492.2574
CZambrelli@nmjc.edu