CLEP POLICY

Lamar State College-Orange welcomes a variety of students, many of whom bring an established knowledge base with them to the campus. To recognize such knowledge, Lamar State College-Orange awards credit on the basis of the Subject Examinations of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP).

            CLEP Credit Granted by Lamar State College-Orange

Subject Examination	Credit - Granting Score	Credit Hours	Lamar Course
History and Social Sciences
American Government	50	3	GOVT 2302
The other half of the state mandated requirement must be satisfied by taking GOVT 2301.
*History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877	50	3	HIS 1301
*History the United States II: 1865 to the Present	50	3	HIS 1302
*A total of six hours (HIS 1301 and HIS 1302) may be awarded; however, a student must take three additional hours of classroom instruction in American history to satisfy the state requirements for graduation.
Human Growth and Development (Elective Only)	50	3	PSY 2308
Introduction to Educational Psychology(Elective Only) (Does not meet Teacher certification requirements)	50	3	PEDG 3302
Introductory Psychology	50	3	PSY 2301
Introductory Sociology	50	3	SOC 1301
Western Civilization I:     Ancient Near East to 1648	50	3	HIS 2321
Western Civilization II     1648 to the Present	50	3	HIS 2322
Composition and Literature
American Literature	50	3	ENG 2326
English (British) Literature	50	3	ENG 2326
Analyzing & Interpreting Literature	50	3	ENGL 1302
College Composition Modular	50	0/3	RNGL 1301
**The quality of the essay will determine the amount of credit awarded, either 0, or 3 hours.		0/3	ENGL 1301
NOTE:  The above composition and literature exams require the optional essay test before receiving credit at Lamar State College-Orange. See the attached information regarding CLEP essay evaluation.
Science and Mathematics
Calculus	50	4	MTH 2413
College Algebra	50	3	MTH 1314
Pre-Calculus	50	3	MTH 2312
**General Biology Elective/No Lab	50	6	GEN BIO
**Gen. Chemistry   Elective/No Lab	50	6	GEN CHEM
Foreign Languages
French Language - two semesters	50	6	FRE 1311,1312
French Language - four semesters	62	12	FRE 1311,1312, 2311,2312
German Language - two semesters	50	6	GER 1311,1312
German Language - four semesters	63	12	GER 1311,1312, 2311,2312
Spanish - Language - two semesters	50	6	SPA 1311,1312
Spanish Language - four semesters	66	12	SPA 1311,1312, 2311,2312
Business
Principles of Macroeconomics	50	53	ECO 2301
Principles of Microeconomics	50	3	ECO 2302
Principles of Management (Elective Only) *(For Non-Business Majors Only)	50	3	MGMT 3310
Financial Accounting    Non-Business Majors	50	6	ACCT 2301,2302
Business Majors	55	6	ACCT 2301,2302
Principles of Marketing* *(For Non-Business Majors Only)	50	3	MKT 3310
Intro. Business Law* *(For Non-Business Majors Only)	50	3	BLW 3310
Info. Systems and Computer Applications	50	3	COSC 1371 or CS1311 or COSC 1301

**The subject examinations for general biology and general chemistry will not meet lab science requirements. These may be used for elective requirements only.

POLICY FOR THE EVALUATION ESSAY COMPONENT FOR  
             COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE EXAMS

The director of freshman English and one tenured department member, ordinarily the head of the department, will evaluate the essay portion of the CLEP examination. In the event of conflicting evaluations, a third faculty reader judges the examination. The College Composition Modular essay may be judged deserving of no college credit, or of three hours (ENGL 1301) credit. A written record of the evaluative comments on CLEP essay examinations must clearly be above average, at least B grade quality, to be judged deserving of credit. More specifically, the essays are judged by the following holistic criteria:

1. CONTENT:  Do the essays contain sufficient relevant intellectual content?
    Are generalizations concretely supported?

2. RELEVANCE:  Do the essays respond to the actual topics assigned?

3. ORGANIZATION: Are the thoughts communicated in reasonable order,
    particularly as evidenced by paragraph organization?

4.  USAGE: Are the essays largely free of problems in standard English
     usage, particularly problems such as sentence fragments, run-on
     sentences, mixed or incomplete constructions, subject-verb
     disagreements, tense shifts and general misuse of standard mechanics?

                                                     General Information 

Lamar State College-Orange awards credit on the basis of the Subject Examinations of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP). A student may receive up to 30 hours of academic credit.

Except for satisfying the course work-in-residence and the state mandated American history and the American government requirements, credit earned by examination is equivalent to credit earned by taking the course. Credit will be awarded only when the student is enrolled at Lamar State College-Orange at the time or the examination. It is the student's responsibility to request CLEP credit placed on his/her records. Credit will not be awarded if the student had received prior credit for the same course or its equivalent. Grades will not be assigned, and hours will not be used in computation of a grade point average.

At this time, Lamar State College-Orange recognizes the ACE recommended scores as the criteria for granting credit. We reserve the right to change these required scores at any time. Any changes made will supersede any other policy.

                                             CLEP TEST REGISTRATION

1.  Contact the Testing Office to schedule an appointment for testing. The
     Testing Office is located in Room 104 of the Ron E. Lewis Library. You
      may also call 409-882-3330 to schedule testing.

2.  Complete the Registration-Admission Form on the back of the CLEP
      publication Information for CLEP Candidates. This must be submitted
      on test day.

3.  A $15 non-refundable service fee must be paid to Lamar State
     College-Orange for each exam taken. This fee should be paid to the
     cashier on the third floor of the Ron E. Lewis Library and the receipt
     brought to the test. The $77 fee payable to CLEP, due at the time of
     testing, may be made by credit card (MasterCard, VISA, AMEX), check or
     money order. Credit card is preferred mode of payment.

                                                   For Your Information

•  The Testing Center number for Lamar State College-Orange is 8372.
• Examinees must present acceptable photo I.D. prior to testing. Students will not be permitted to test without presenting photo I.D.
  
• LSC-O requires a CLEP Test Essay for the composition and literature exams. The essay typically takes three to four weeks to be returned from scoring.
• Single subject study guides can be downloaded from the College Board website for $10 each, and the CLEP Sampler can be downloaded free of charge at www.collegeboard.com/clep.
• Scores from exams are sent electronically to CLEP. In rare cases errors in transmission may occur that may result in a retest. Lamar State College-Orange is not liable for any electronic errors of this nature. Upon verification of this occurrence, LSC-O will waive the $15 service fee if a retest becomes necessary. The examinee must contact CLEP regarding the $77 CLEP fee.