Credit by Examination/Challenge Exams
Laredo College acknowledges that some students may have mastered college-level subjects prior to enrollment in college and therefore provides testing and credit programs to validate such learning. The College Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced Placement (AP) Program, and the Local Spanish Exam may be used for awarding credit by examination.
A maximum of one-half of a two-year degree requirement may be earned through credit by examination programs. A student may attempt a specific exam only once during a three-month period. Credit by Examination is granted under the following conditions:
- Credit is awarded once the student has earned college level credit at Laredo College.
- The required examination fee has been paid. The examination fee is assessed when the exam is administered.
- Students must notify the Enrollment and Registration Services Center, in writing, if he/she wishes to have the course credit earned placed on his/her transcript.
- Effective June 13, 2005 LC resumed awarding a letter grade for the CLEP Spanish Language Exam as follows: 50-59 "C" or credit "CR"; 60-67 "B"; 68-80 "A". For all other CLEP Examinations you will receive credit "CR" for the course(s).
- All letter grades are final and will not be changed.
Laredo College grants course credit for areas indicated below.
| CLEP Examinations |
LC Equivalent Course |
| Business |
| Business Law, Introductory |
BUSI 2301 |
| Composition & Literature |
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| American Literature |
ENGL 2327 & ENGL 2328 |
| English Composition w/ Essay |
ENGL 1301 |
| English Literature |
ENGL 2322 & ENGL 2323 Or ENGL 2332 & ENGL 2333 |
| Foreign Language |
| French Language |
FREN 1411 & FREN 1412 |
| Spanish Language |
SPAN 1411 & SPAN 1412 |
| Science & Mathematics |
| Algebra, College |
MATH 1314 |
| Biology |
BIOL 1308 BIOL 1108 Biology for Non-Science Majors I Laboratory (1-0-2) & BIOL 1309 Biology for Non-Science Majors II CORE (3-3-0) BIOL 1109 Biology for Science Majors II Laboratory (1-0-2) |
| Calculus |
MATH 2413 & MATH 2414 |
| Chemistry |
CHEM 1311 CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I Laboratory (1-0-3) |
| Precalculus |
MATH 2412 |
| Social Sciences & History |
| American Government |
GOVT 2305 |
| History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877 |
HIST 1301 |
| History of the United States II: |
HIST 1302 |
| 1865 to the Present |
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| Lifespan and Development |
PSYC 2314 |
| Macroeconomics, Principles of |
ECON 2301 |
| Microeconomics, Principles of |
ECON 2302 |
| Psychology, General |
PSYC 2301 |
| Sociology, Introductory |
SOCI 1301 |