Catalog of Exams

Updated Nov. 10, 2003

Courses you can take by examination:

The major testing agencies: The College Board (CLEP and AP).Thomas Edison State College (TECEP) and (DANTES), Excelsior College, and Educational Testing Service (GRE). The following table is a summary of the courses available by examination. AP (Advanced Placement) exams are restricted to high school students, and (DANTES now called DSST), which used to be only open to those in the military, is more widely available. Links to the testing agencies are at the end of this page.

NOTE: The development of The Free University Project site will focus first on the CLEP tests and gradually expand to certain DSST (DANTES) exams.

List of exams offered for credit by examination

Format: Name of Exam {testing agency} typical number of credits

General Examinations

• English Composition {CLEP} 6
• Humanities {CLEP} 6
• Mathematics {CLEP} 6
• Natural Sciences {CLEP} 6
• Social Sciences and History {CLEP} 6

Subject Examinations

• Art
  • Art {AP} 6
  • Art of the Western World {DANTES} 3
• Composition and Literature
  • American Literature {CLEP} 6
  • Analysis and Interpretation of Literature {CLEP} 6
  • College Composition {CLEP} 6
  • English {AP} 6
  • English Literature {CLEP} 6
  • Freshman English {CLEP} 6
  • Literature in English {GRE} 3-30
• Economics
  • Introductory Macroeconomics {CLEP} 3
  • Introductory Microeconomics {CLEP} 3
  • Economics {GRE} 3-30
  • Financial Institutions and Markets {TECEP} 3
  • Money and Banking {DANTES} 3
• Education
  • Education {GRE} 3-30
  • Human Growth and Development {CLEP} 3
  • Introduction to Educational Psychology {CLEP} 3
• Foreign Languages
  • Beginning Italian I {DANTES}3
  • French {AP} 6
  • College French: Level I {CLEP} 3
  • College French: Level II {CLEP} 3
  • German {AP} 6
  • College German: Level I {CLEP} 3
  • College German: Level II {CLEP} 3
  • Latin {AP} 6
  • Spanish {AP} 6
  • College Spanish: Level I {CLEP} 3
  • College Spanish: Level II {CLEP} 3
• History and Social Sciences
  • American Government {CLEP} 3
  • American History {AP} 6
  • American History I: Early Colonizations to 3077 {CLEP} 3
  • American History II: 3065 to the Present {CLEP} 3
  • Criminal Justice {DANTES} 3
  • History {GRE} 3-30
  • History of the Vietnam War {DANTES} 3
  • Introduction to the Modern Middle East {DANTES} 3
  • Contemporary Western Europe {DANTES} 3
  • Government & Politics {AP} 6
  • Political Science {GRE} 3-30
• Psychology/Sociology
  • General Anthropology {DANTES} 3
  • Criminal Justice {DANTES} 3
  • Fundamentals of Counceling {DANTES} 3
  • Intoductory Psychology {CLEP} 3
  • Psychology {GRE} 3-30
  • Abnormal Psychology {ACT PEP} 3
  • Lifespan Developmental Psychology {DANTES} 3
  • Psychology of Personality {TECEP} 3
  • Foundations of Gerontology {ACT PEP} 3
  • Introduction to Law Enforcement ( DANTES}
  • Introductory Sociology {CLEP} 3
  • Sociology {GRE} 3-30
  • Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 {CLEP} 3
  • Western Civilization II: 1648 to Present {CLEP} 3
• Mathematics
  • Statistics {ACT PEP} 3
  • Calculus with Elementary Functions {CLEP} 6
  • College Algebra {CLEP} 3
  • Trigonometry {CLEP} 3
  • College Algebra-Trigonometry {CLEP} 3
  • Mathematics {AP} 6
  • Mathematics {GRE} 3-30
• Science and Engineering
  • Anatomy & Physiology {ACT PEP} 6
  • Engineering {GRE} 3-30
  • Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology {GRE} 12-30
  • Biology {GRE} 3-30
  • Computer Science {GRE} 3-30
  • General Biology {AP} 6
  • General Biology {CLEP} 6
  • Environment & Humanity {DANTES} 6
  • Chemistry {GRE} 3-30
  • General Chemistry {AP} 6
  • General Chemistry {CLEP} 6
  • Geology {GRE} 3-30
  • Information Systems & Computer Applications {CLEP} 3
  • Introduction to Computers/BASIC Programming {DANTES} 3
  • Physical Geology {DANTES} 3
  • Microbiology {ACT PEP) 6
  • Physics {AP ) 6
  • Physics {GRE} 3-30
  • Principles of Physical Science I {DANTES} 3
  • Technical Writing {DANTES} 3
  • Miscellaneous
  • Music {AP} 6
  • Music {GRE} 3-30
  • Introduction to World Religions {DANTES} 3
• Business
  • Business Mathematics {DANTES ] 3
  • Information Systems and Computer Applications {CLEP} 3
  • Introduction to Business {DANTES} 3
  • Introduction to Management {CLEP} 3
  • Introductory Accounting {CLEP} 6
  • Introductory Business Law {CLEP} 3
  • Labor Relations/Collective Bargaining {TECEP} 3
  • Advanced Labor Relations {TECEP} 3
  • Organizational Behavior {DANTES} 3
  • Principles of Management {CLEP} 3
  • Principles of Marketing {CLEP} 3
  • Principles of Marketing {ACT PEP} 3
  • Production/Operations Management {ACT PEP} 3
  • Sales Management {TECEP} 3

Go to Administration for web addresses of these agencies.

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