CLEP: College Level Examination Program

General Examinations

• CLEP general examinations should be taken before a student enrolls in college and must be taken before completion of 15 semester credits of college work and before completion of any college course in the area that is being tested.
  
  
• Credits from these examinations will be counted as fulfilling one subcategory in GE II, GE III, or GE IV. The Natural Sciences does not fulfill the GE2 lab requirement.
  
  
• CLEP general exams are given by appointment at Testing Services, Schofield 226, 715-836-5522. The cost is $95/test: $80 payable to CLEP via check or credit card and $15 payable to UW-Eau Claire via check or cash.  Sample questions are available at the Academic Testing Office, Schofield 226.
  
  
• For information about the exams and sample questions, consult the CLEP Web site.
  
  

Tests Accepted & Passing Scores

CLEP Subject Examinations

• Course-equivalent exams should be taken before the student is enrolled in the equivalent course or in any higher-level course for which it is a prerequisite. With departmental permission, a student can take the test for a course in which s/he is enrolled, but this must be done before the end of the first week of classes.

• Credit by exam cannot be used to repeat already attempted at or transferred to UWEC. 

• CLEP subject exams are given by appointment at Testing Services, Schofield 226, 715-836-5522. The cost is $95/test: $80 payable to CLEP via check or credit card and $15 payable to UW-Eau Claire via check or cash.Sample questions are available at the Academic Testing Office, Schofield 226.

• You must wait six months to retake a CLEP exam.