College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)

Credit may be granted and a grade of “TST” assigned upon receipt in the Office of Admissions and Records of an official score report, showing completion of at least one general examination with a score of 50 or above, or subject examinations with a score of 50 or above.

The following examinations must be completed before the student achieves sophomore classification at the university. All other examinations may be taken at any time.

College Composition
College Mathematics
Humanities
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences and History

Examination	University Course Equivalent	Credit Granted
Composition and Literature
American Literature	None	3
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature	None	3
College Composition	ENG 101 , ENG 102	3 or 6¹
College Composition Modular (multiple-choice section)	ENG 101	3 ³
English Literature	None	3
Humanities	None	6
World Languages
French Language	None	3
German Language	None	3
Spanish Language	None	3
Spanish with Writing	None	3
History and Social Sciences
American Government	PSC 101 ^4,6	3
History of the United States I	HIST 101 ⁶	3
History of the United States II	HIST 102 ⁵	3
Human Growth and Development	HDFS 201	3
Introduction to Educational Psychology	None	3
Introductory Psychology	PSY 101	3
Introductory Sociology	SOC 101	3
Principles of Macroeconomics	ECON 103	3
Principles of Microeconomics	ECON 102	3
Social Sciences and History	None	6
Western Civilization I	HIST 105 ⁵	3
Western Civilization II	HIST 106 ⁵	3
Science and Mathematics
Biology	None	3
Calculus	MATH 181	4
Chemistry	CHEM 121A	3 ²
College Algebra	MATH 126	3
College Mathematics	MATH 120	3
Natural Sciences	None	6
Precalculus	MATH 128	5
Business
Financial Accounting	none	3
Information Systems	IS 101	3
Introductory Business Law	None	3
Principles of Management	None	3
Principles of Marketing	None	3

¹ College Composition: Scores earned prior to October 1978 or after April 1986 require a satisfactory essay and a score of 50 to 63 for three credits, or 64 or higher for six credits (which satisfies the Core Curriculum Writing requirement at the University of Nevada, Reno).
² Credit awarded only after successful completion of the laboratory course, CHEM 121L (1 credit) at the University of Nevada, Reno.
³ A score of 50 or higher on the multiple-choice section of the College Composition Modular exam grants 3 credits (ENG 101 equivalency). UNR Core Writing does not accept Modular essays for placement or credit.
⁴ Does not satisfy the Nevada Constitution requirement.
⁵ Does not satisfy the Core Humanities requirement.
⁶ If credit earned prior to first enrollment at UNR, student can be awarded credit for CH 203 (CO5, CO8) by completing PSC 100 : Nevada Constitution (1 credit).

Note: Students pursuing a bachelor’s degree may apply a maximum of 60 test credits to degree requirements. See the “Approved Examinations ” section in this catalog.