CLEP Exam Equivalencies - Admission

CLEP Subject Examination Equivalents

Credit will be awarded for test scores in the 50th percentile. Exams must be taken prior to junior year. Please note that there is no credit awarded for CLEP exams taken in Business or Foreign Language.

African American History

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	HIST 115* & 116*	6

American Government

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	PSC 1	3

American History

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	Hist 3A* & 3B*	6

American Literature

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	ENGL 51 & 52	6

Analysis & Interp. Literature

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
52%	ENGL 999L*	6

Biology

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	BIO 999N*	3

Calculus

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	Math 61A	3

Chemistry

Score Received

Hofstra Equivalent

Credit Given

50%

CHEM 3A & 3B

CHEM 4A & 4B

3 + 1

College Algebra

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	MATH 999X	3

Economics

Macroeconomics

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	ECO 1	3

Microeconomics

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	ECO 2	3

Both Exams

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	ECO 1 & 2	6

English Literature

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	ENGL 41 & 42	6

Geology

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	GEOL 1 & 2	6

Math Algebra & Trig

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	MATH 50	4

Psychology (General)

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	PSY 1A*	3

Sociology

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	SOC 4	3

Statistics

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	MATH 8 or QM 1	3

Western Civilization I

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	HIST 11	3

Western Civilization II

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	HIST 12	3

CLEP General Examination Equivalents

Credit will be awarded for a score of 500 or better. A score of 498 or better will give credit for freshman English.

College Math

Score Received

Hofstra Equivalent

Credit Given

50%

MATH 30A

MATH 45

English

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	WSC 1 & 2	6

History

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	HIST 999H*	3

Humanities

Score Received

Hofstra Equivalent

Credit Given

50%

FA 999A*

ENGL 999L*

Natural Science

Score Received

Hofstra Equivalent

Credit Given

50%

BIO 999N*

PHYS 999N*

Social Science

Score Received	Hofstra Equivalent	Credit Given
50%	SOC 999B*	3

*Course only fulfills distribution credit if first semester at Hofstra Univeristy is Fall 2010 or later.