CLEP & DSST General/Subject Exams

Northern Essex Community College awards CLEP & DSST credits earned by the achievement of score requirements set through the recommendation of the American Council on Education (ACE) and based on a review by faculty at Northern Essex Community College.

The American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT) has evaluated CLEP processes and procedures for developing, administering, and scoring the CLEP exams. Per the ACE recommendations for CLEP Credit-Granting Recommendations, candidates can earn 6, 9, or 12 credits in the Foreign Language CLEP exams at Northern Essex Community College.

CLEP & DSST General/Subject Exams

CLEP Examination Chart

CLEP Examination Chart (exams accepted at NECC)
CLEP Exam	Credit Granting Score	Credit Granted	NECC Equivalent
Business
Financial Accounting	50	3	ACC 101 Introductory Accounting I
Information Systems	50	3	CTN 110 Introduction to Information Technology
Intro to Business Law	50	3	BUS 211 Business Law I
Principles of Management	50	3	MGT 201 Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing	50	3	MKT 210 Principles of Marketing
Composition and Literature
American Literature	50	6	LIT 201 American Literature I & LIT 202 American Literature II
Analyzing & Interpreting Literature	50	3	Literature Elective or Equivalent
English Literature	50	6	Two semesters of English/British Literature or Equivalent
College Composition*	50 (with two essays scored by CLEP)	3	ENG 101 English Composition I
Humanities	50	3	Humanities Elective
Foreign Languages
College Level French Language	50	6	FRN 101 Introductory French 1 & FRN 102 Introductory French 2
College Level French Language	59	9	FRN 101 Introductory French 1 & FRN 102 Introductory French 2 and FRN 201 Intermediate French 1
College Level German Language	50	6	GER 101 Introductory German 1 & GER 102 Introductory German 2
College Level German Language	60	9	GER 101 Introductory German 1 & GER 102 Introductory German 2 and GER 201 Intermediate German 1
College Level Spanish Language	50	6	SPN 111 Introductory Spanish 1 & SPN 112 Introductory Spanish 2
College Level Spanish Language	63	9	SPN 111 Introductory Spanish 1 & SPN 112 Introductory Spanish 2 and SPN 201 Intermediate Spanish 1
College Level Spanish with Writing Exam*	50 (with two writing tasks scored by CLEP)	6	SPN 111 Introductory Spanish 1 & SPN 112 Introductory Spanish 2
College Level Spanish with Writing Exam*	65 (with two writing tasks scored by CLEP)	12	SPN 111 Introductory Spanish 1 & SPN 112 Introductory Spanish 2 and SPN 201 Intermediate Spanish 1 & SPN 202 Intermediate Spanish 2
History and Social Sciences
American Government	50	3	GOV 101 American Government & Politics
History of the U.S. I: Early Colonization 1877	50	3	HIS 101 US History I
History of the U.S. II: 1865 to the Present	50	3	HIS 102 US History II
Human Growth & Development	50	3	PSY 110 Lifespan Psychology
Introduction to Psychology	50	3	PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Sociology	50	3	SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
Principles/Micro-Economics	50	3	ECO 201 Micro Economics
Principles/Macro-Economics	50	3	ECO 202 Macro Economics
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East 1648	50	3	HIS 111 Western Civilization I
Western Civilization II: 1648 to Present	50	3	HIS 112 Western Civilization II
Science and Mathematics
Biology	50	4	BIO 111 Introduction to Biology or Equivalent
Calculus	64	4	MAT 251 Calculus I
Chemistry	50	4	CHM 111 College Chemistry I or Introductory to Chemistry or Equivalent
College Algebra	50	3	MAT 120 College Algebra
College Mathematics	50	6	MAT 111 Contemporary Math I & MAT 112 Contemporary Math II
Natural Sciences	50	3	ERS 110 Earth Science
Pre-Calculus	61	4	MAT 130 College Algebra & Trigonometry

* Please check with the test administrator as to when College Composition exam scores and the Spanish with Writing Exam scores are mailed out. These scores can take up to five weeks to receive. Therefore students should plan accordingly.

DSST Examination Chart

DSST Examination Chart (exams accepted at NECC)
DSST Exam	Credit Granting Score	Credit Granted	NECC Equivalent
Business Law II	44/400	3	BUS 212 Business Law II
Introduction to Business	46/400	3	BUS 101 Introduction to Business
Human Resource Management	48/400	3	MGT 205 Human Resource Management
Organizational Behavior	48/400	3	PSY 105 Organizational Behavior
Principles of Finance	46/400	3	FIN 201 Business Finance

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