CLEP EXAM PROCEDURE
1 -- Find out information about your college’s CLEP policies
Over 2,900 colleges and universities award credit to students who achieve satisfactory scores on CLEP exams and each learning institution determines how CLEP credits are awarded. Since each college determines how CLEP credits are awarded, it is important to always contact your guidance counselor prior to beginning CLEP prep or attempting a CLEP exam.
2 -- Decide which CLEP exam you want to take
Students who wish to take a CLEP exam should learn about their college or university’s CLEP policy in order to find out if and how their learning institution awards credit for CLEP and determine which CLEP exam he or she should take.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LIST OF CLEP EXAMS ON THE OFFICIAL CLEP EXAM WEBSITE:
Note: SpeedyPrep does not offer CLEP prep for all of the CLEP exams. Click here to see the list of SpeedyPrep CLEP prep courses.
3 -- Prepare for your CLEP exam
The SpeedyPrep online CLEP prep system utilizes an entirely question-based learning format to help students learn the material they need to know to obtain a passing CLEP exam score on thirteen different CLEP exams. Descriptions of the thirteen CLEP exams students can study for using the SpeedyPrep CLEP prep method are listed below:
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP exam
80 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes, up to 6 credits
This CLEP exam covers material taught in a general two-semester undergraduate literature course and tests students’ analysis and interpretation skills of the following areas of literature: poetry, drama, and prose fiction and nonfiction. In addition, this CLEP exam offers an optional essay section in which the student is given a total of 90 minutes to compose written responses to two essay questions, each requiring the student to analyze a passage of literature.
Freshman College Composition CLEP exam
90 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes, up to 6 credits
This CLEP exam covers material taught in many undergraduate first year two-semester English courses. In order to prepare for this CLEP exam, students must learn about formal and informal writing, rhetoric principles of standard written English, research and reference skills and techniques, grammatical and language elements, and literary analysis and interpretation techniques. In addition, this CLEP exam offers an optional essay section in which the student is given 90 minutes to complete written responses to two essay questions, each requiring clear, effective writing skills.
Humanities CLEP exam
140 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes, up to 6 credits
This CLEP exam covers the following areas: music, art, literature, and performing arts. Preparing for this broad CLEP exam requires students to familiarize themselves with classical to contemporary art, architecture, music, dance, theater, film, philosophy, prose, and poetry.
Introductory Psychology CLEP exam
95 multiple choice-questions, 90 minutes, up to 3 credits
This CLEP exam covers material taught in a one-semester undergraduate introductory psychology course, such as general concepts, principles, and facts of introductory psychology.
Introductory Sociology CLEP exam
100 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes, up to 3 credits
This CLEP exam covers material taught in a one-semester undergraduate introductory sociology course, such as basic sociological concepts, facts, and theoretical perspectives.
American Government CLEP exam
100 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes, up to 3 credits
This CLEP exam covers material taught in a one-semester undergraduate introductory American government course.
U.S. History I: Early Colonization to 1877 CLEP exam
120 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes, up to 3 credits
This CLEP exam covers material taught in the first semester of a two-semester undergraduate United States history course. Specifically, this CLEP exam covers United States history from the early European colonization through the end of the Reconstruction period.
U.S. History II: 1865 to the Present CLEP exam
120 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes, up to 3 credits
This CLEP exam covers material taught in the second semester of a two-semester undergraduate United States history course, including the end of the Civil War to the present era.
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 CLEP exam
120 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes, up to 3 credits
This CLEP exam covers material taught in the first semester of a two-semester undergraduate Western Civilization course. Specifically, this CLEP exam covers civilizations of the Ancient Near East, Ancient Greece, and Rome as well as the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, and early modern Europe.
Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present CLEP exam
120 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes, up to 3 credits
This CLEP exam covers material taught in the second semester of a two-semester undergraduate Western Civilization course. Specifically, this CLEP exam covers European history from the mid-seventeenth century through the period after the Second World War, including the Enlightenment, Scientific Thought, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the First and Second World Wars
Natural Sciences CLEP exam
120 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes, up to 6 credits
This CLEP exam is intended cover a broad range of topics taught in freshman or sophomore level introductory biological and physical science courses.
Principles of Management CLEP exam
100 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes, up to 3 credits
This CLEP exam covers material taught in a one-semester undergraduate introductory management and organization course. Thorough CLEP prep for this exam requires that the student gain knowledge of operational and functional aspects of management as well as human resources.
Principles of Marketing CLEP exam
100 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes, up to 3 credits
This CLEP exam tests students’ knowledge of material covered in a one-semester introductory marketing course.
4 -- Register for your CLEP exam
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5 -- Take your CLEP exam
6 -- Enjoy your CLEP success
One SpeedyPrep customer shared his success after using SpeedyPrep CLEP prep services to study for his Natural Sciences CLEP exam:
“I utilized the SpeedyPrep materials and studied several hours per day for only seven days and passed my CLEP on the date of my graduation audit deadline. I have recommended Speedy Prep to all of my fellow students and would recommend it to anyone who is looking for an effective way to study for a CLEP. The "fill in the blank" method utilized by SpeedyPrep greatly assisted me with the ability to recognize the correct "multiple choice" answer on the CLEP. Even as you input a wrong answer on SpeedyPrep, the correct answer is given greatly increasing your minds ability to identify the correct answer when it is offered on the multiple choice answer sheet. I highly recommend SpeedyPrep to anyone.”
David R., United States Military
