Examination Credit

Advanced Placement (AP) Credit:
Earned from high school prior to entering Mercyhurst University: for course equivalency and credit to be awarded, students must earn a score of 4 or above on the AP Exam.
International Baccalaureate (IB) Examinations:
For course equivalency and credit to be awarded students must earn a score of 5 or above on the standard exam and a score of 4 or above on the higher-level exam.
Challenge Exams (ordinarily provided by the Academic Department)
College Level Examination Program (CLEP):
For course equivalency and credit to be awarded, a minimum score equivalent to a “C” as determined by the Academic Department is required to award credit for a CLEP exam.

CLEP Notes:

AP, CLEP or a comprehensive course examination may not be used by a student to challenge a grade in a course taken at Mercyhurst University.
Only by repeating the course may a student remediate a grade.
Ordinarily, credit received through CLEP or AP is applied to satisfy REACH or elective requirements.
All credit received through proficiency exams appear on the student transcript as PASS. Failure will not be recorded on the transcript.

Current CLEP exams accepted by the University are:
CLEP Exam	Course	Course Title	Cred	Min Score
Introductory Business Law	BADM 310	Business Law I	3.00	50
Macroeconomics	ECON 105	Macroeconomics	3.00	56
Intro Educational Psychology	EDEC 302	Educational Psychology	3.00	50
College Composition	ENG 110	Composition	3.00	50
College Comp Modular	ENG 120	Research and Writing	3.00	50
French Language I	FREN 102	Intro. to French II	3.00	50
French Language II	FREN 204	Intermediate French II	3.00	62
History of the U.S. I	HIS 101	U.S. History to 1865	3.00	60
History of the U.S. II	HIS 102	U.S. History Since 1865	3.00	50
Western Civilization II 1648 to Present	HIS 146	European History Since Renaissance	3.00	50
West Civilization I	HIS 170	World History I: Agriculture to Zheng He	3.00	50
College Algebra	MATH 108	Mathematical Problem Solving	3.00	50
College Math	MATH 108	Mathematical Problem Solving	3.00	50
Calculus Exam	MATH 170	Calculus I	4.00	55
Principles of Management	MGMT 120	Principles of Management	3.00	50
Information Systems and Computer Applications	MIS 110	Advanced Computer Applications	3.00	50
Principles of Marketing	MKTG 162	Principles of Integrated Marketing	3.00	56
American Government	POLI 100	American Government	3.00	63
Introductory Sociology	SOC 100	Introduction to Sociology	3.00	50
Human Growth and Development	SOC 108	Human Growth and Development	3.00	50
Spanish Language, Level I	SPAN 102	Introduction to Spanish II	3.00	50
Spanish Language	SPAN 204	Intermediate Spanish II	3.00	66
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature	THUM 999	Humanities / Literature	3.00	50
Biology Exam	TSCI 998	Natural Science and Lab	4.00	50