List of Tests and Credit Values Key to Programs AP CLEP COSC DSST GRE ECE OHIO NYU TECEP Key to Levels Advanced Placement (College Board) Examinations College-Level Examination Program Charter Oak State College Examination Prometric DSST Program Graduate Record Examination Subject Tests Excelsior College Examination Program (UExcel) Ohio University End-of-Course Examinations* New York University Language Exams* Thomas Edison College Examination Program * Check with Registrar for complete list L Lower Level U Upper Level (junior/senior four-year college/university) L, U Combination of Lower and Upper Level Key to Liberal Arts Yes Key to General Education a b d e g y q n o s u ANTHROPOLOGY All credits are categorized as Liberal Arts. Credit notation indicates the number of total credits available in Liberal Arts. Literature and Fine Art Behavioral/Social Science Ethical Decision Making Written Communication Global Understanding Information Literacy Mathematics Non-U.S. History/Culture Oral Communication Natural Science U.S. History/Government General Anthropology DSST 47 3 L b Yes ART Art of the Western World DSST 400 3 L a, n Yes Art History AP 3 6 L a, n Yes Art/Studio Drawing or General Portfolio BIOLOGY AP 3 6 L a Yes Anatomy and Physiology UExcel C 6 L s Yes Anatomy and Physiology I UExcel C 3 L s Yes Anatomy and Physiology II UExcel C 3 L s Yes Basic Genetics UExcel C 3 L s Yes Biology GRE 40th %tile 2 L, U s Yes Biology AP 3 8 L s Yes Biology CLEP 50 6 L s Yes Microbiology UExcel C 3 L s Yes Pathophysiology UExcel C 3 U s Yes
BUSINESS Business Ethics & Society DSST 400 3 U d Yes Business Ethics UExcel C 3 U Business in Society TECEP 60 3 U d Yes Business Law CLEP 50 3 L Business Law UExccel C 3 L Business Mathematics DSST 400 3 L Strategic Management TECEP 60 3 U Statistics (Business) COSC 52 6 L q 3 cr Federal Income Taxation TECEP 60 3 U Financial Accounting CLEP 50 3 L Financial Accounting UExcel C 3 L Introduction to Business DSST 400 3 L Introductory Business Law CLEP 50 3 L Managerial Accounting UExcel C 3 L Principles of Financial Accounting Principles of Managerial Accounting TECEP 60 3 L TECEP 60 3 L Quantitative Analysis UExcel C 3 U Workplace Communication With Computers (Bus Com) CHEMISTRY UExcel C 3 L Chemistry GRE 40th %tile 2 L, U s Yes Chemistry AP 3 4 8 L s Yes Chemistry CLEP 50 6 L s Yes CHINESE Chinese Language & Culture AP 3 6 L n Yes COMMUNICATION Interpersonal Communication UExcel C 3 L Yes Introduction to News Reporting TECEP 65 3 L Yes Principles of Public Speaking DSST 3 L o Yes Public Relations Thought/Practice TECEP 60 3 L COMPUTER SCIENCE Computer Concepts/Appl TECEP 70 3 L Computer Science GRE 40th %tile 2 L, U Yes/9 cr
Computer Science A AP 3 3 L Fundamentals of Cybersecurity DSST 400 3 U Introduction to Computing DSST 400 3 L Introduction to Cybersecurity UExcel C 1 L Information Systems and Computer Applications CLEP 50 3 L Management Information Systems DSST 400 3 L Network Technology TECEP 70 3 L CRIMINAL JUSTICE Criminal Justice DSST 400 6 L b Yes Introduction to Law Enforcement EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION/EDUCATION Infant/Toddler Growth & Development Infant/Toddler Evaluation & Assessment Intro to Early Childhood Education Early Language and Literacy Development DSST 400 3 L COSC 58 3 L COSC 64 3 L COSC 47 3 L COSC 54 3 L Foundations of Education DSST 400 3 L b Yes Literacy Instruction in the Elementary School EARTH SCIENCE UExcel C 6 U Astronomy DSST 400 3 L s Yes Earth Science UExcel C 3 L s Yes ECONOMICS Economics/Macroeconomics AP 3 3 L b Yes Economics/Microeconomics AP 3 3 L b Yes Financial Inst. & Markets TECEP 60 3 U Yes Introduction to Macroeconomics Introduction to Microeconomics UExcel C 3 L b Yes UExcel C 3 L b Yes Microeconomics TECEP 70 3 L b Yes Money and Banking DSST 48 3 U b Yes Principles of Macroeconomics CLEP 50 3 L b Yes Principles of Microeconomics CLEP 50 3 L b Yes ENGLISH American Literature CLEP 50 6 L a Yes Analyzing & Interpreting Literature CLEP 50 6 L a Yes
College Composition (new exam starts 7/1/10) CLEP 50 6 L e Yes College Writing UExcel C 3 L e Yes English Composition (Essay format) UExcel C 6 L e Yes English Composition I TECEP 70 3 L e Yes English Composition II TECEP 70 3 L e Yes English/Language & Composition English/Literature & Composition AP 3 6 L e Yes AP 3 6 L e Yes English Literature CLEP 50 6 L a, n Yes Literature in English GRE 40th %tile 18 L, U a, n Yes FINANCE Personal Finance DSST 400 3 L Principles of Finance DSST 400 3 L Principles of Finance UExcel C 3 L Security Analysis & Portfolio Mgt FRENCH College Level French Language: TECEP 60 3 U Level I CLEP 50 6 L n Yes Level II CLEP 59 6 L n Yes French Language AP 3 6 L n Yes GEOGRAPHY Human Geography AP 3 3 L b, g, n Yes Human/Cultural Geography DSST 48 3 L b, g, n Yes GERMAN College Level German Language: Level I CLEP 50 6 L n Yes Level II CLEP 60 6 L n Yes German Language AP 3 6 L n Yes GERONTOLOGY Foundations of Gerontology ECE C 3 U b Yes HEALTH Substance Abuse DSST 400 3 U Yes Here s To Your Health DSST 400 3 L Medical Terminology TECEP 52 3 L Radiation Safety Officer TECEP 49 3 L HISTORY
A History of the Vietnam War DSST 400 3 L g, n Yes Civil War and Reconstruction DSST 400 3 U u Yes History/European AP 3 6 L n Yes History of the United States I CLEP 50 3 L u Yes History of the United States II CLEP 50 3 L u Yes History/United States AP 3 6 L u Yes Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union DSST 45 3 U g, n Yes Western Civilization I CLEP 50 3 L n Yes Western Civilization II CLEP 50 3 L n Yes World History 1600-Present TECEP 52 3 L n Yes World History AP 3 6 L n Yes HUMANITIES Humanities CLEP 50 6 L a, n Yes ITALIAN Italian Language and Culture AP 3 6 L n Yes JAPANESE Japanese Language & Culture AP 3 6 L n Yes LATIN Latin/Vergil AP 3 6 L n Yes MANAGEMENT Human Resource Management UExcel C 3 U Human Resource Management DSST 46 3 L Labor Relations ECE C 3 U Negotiations & Conflict Mgmt TECEP 70 3 U Operations Management UExcel C 3 U Operations Management TECEP 60 3 U Organizational Behavior DSST 400 3 L b Yes Organizational Behavior UExcel C 3 U b Yes Principles of Management CLEP 50 3 L Principles of Management UExcel C 3 L Principles of Supervision DSST 400 3 L MARKETING Advertising TECEP 60 3 U Marketing Communications TECEP 60 3 U Principles of Marketing CLEP 50 3 L Principles of Marketing UExcel C 3 L Sales Management TECEP 70 3 U MATHEMATICS Applied Liberal Arts Math TECEP 48 3 L Yes
Calculus CLEP 50 3 L q Yes Calculus UExcel C 4 L q Yes Calculus AB AP 3 3 L q Yes Calculus BC AP 3 6 L q Yes College Algebra CLEP 50 3 L q Yes College Algebra TECEP 45 3 L q Yes College Mathematics CLEP 50 6 L q Yes Contemporary Mathematics UExcel C 3 L q Yes Fundamentals of College Algebra DSST 400 3 L q Yes Mathematics GRE 40th %tile 24 L, U q Yes Pre-Calculus CLEP 50 3 L q Yes Pre-Calculus Algebra UExcel C 3 L q Yes Principles of Statistics DSST 400 3 L q Yes Principles of Statistics TECEP 55 3 L q Yes Statistics AP 3 3 L q Yes Statistics UExcel C 3 L q Yes MUSIC Introduction to Music UExcel C 3 L a Yes Music History II TECEP 70 3 L a Yes Music Theory AP 3 6 L a Yes NURSING Adult Nursing UExcel C 8 U Clinical Performance in Nursing Exam ECE C 8 L Community Focused Nursing UExcel C 4 U Essentials of Nursing Care: Chronicity Essentials of Nursing Care: Health Diff. Essentials of Nursing Care: Health Safety (Essentials Nursing Care) Reproductive Health Foundations in Nursing Practice Focused Clinical Competencies: Head to Toe ECE C 2 L Focused Clinical Competencies: ECE C 2 L Multi/Managing Teams Fundamentals of Nursing UExcel C 8 L
Health Differences Across The Life Span 1 Health Differences Across The Life Span 2 Health Difference Across The Life Span 3 Maternal & Child Nursing (Assoc.) Maternal & Child Nursing (Baccalaureate) Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing UExcel C 6 L UExcel C 8 U UExcel C 8 U Research in Nursing UExcel C 3 U Transition Registered Profess Nurse Role PHILOSOPHY Bio-Ethics: Philosophical Issues UExcel C 3 U d Yes Environmental Ethics TECEP 52 3 L d Yes Ethics in America DSST 400 3 L d Yes Ethics-Theory & Practice UExcel C 3 U d Yes Intro to Critical Reasoning TECEP 70 3 L Yes Introduction to Philosophy UExcel C 3 L Yes PHYSICS Physics GRE 40th %tile 24 L, U s Yes Physics UExcel C 6 L S Yes Physics B AP 3 8 L s Yes Physics C/Electricity & Magnetism AP 3 4 L s Yes Physics C/Mechanics AP 3 4 L s POLITICAL SCIENCE American Government CLEP 50 3 L b, u Yes Government & Politics/Comparative AP 3 3 L b, g, n Yes Government & Politics/U.S. AP 3 3 L b, u Yes Intro to Comparative Politics TECEP 70 3 L g Yes Intro to Political Science TECEP 60 3 L b Yes Political Science UExcel C 3 L b Yes PSYCHOLOGY Abnormal Psychology UExcel C 3 U b Yes Abnormal Psychology TECEP 60 3 U b Yes Child Developmental Psychology COSC 50 3 L b Yes Fundamental of Counseling DSST 45 3 L b Yes Human Growth & Development CLEP 50 3 L b Yes Yes
Intro Educational Psychology CLEP 50 3 L b Yes Introduction to Psychology UExcel C 3 L b Yes Introductory Psychology CLEP 50 3 L b Yes Lifespan Developmental Psychology Lifespan Developmental Psychology DSST 400 3 L b Yes UExcel C 3 L b Yes Psychology AP 3 3 L b Yes Psychology GRE 40th %tile 18 L, U b Yes Psychology of Adulthood and Aging UExcel C 3 U b Yes Psychology of Women TECEP 60 3 L b Yes Research Methods in Psychology UExcel C 3 U Yes Social Psychology UExcel C 3 U b Yes RELIGION Introduction to World Religions SCIENCE DSST 400 3 L g, n Yes Environment and Humanity DSST 400 3 L g, s Yes Environmental Science AP 3 4 L g, s Yes Natural Sciences CLEP 50 6 L s Yes Principles of Physical Science I DSST 400 3 L s Yes The Science of Nutrition TECEP 65 3 L s Yes Science of Nutrition UExcel C 3 L s Yes Weather & Climate UExcel C 3 L s Yes SOCIAL SCIENCES/HISTORY Social Sciences/History CLEP 50 6 L b, n Yes Cultural Diversity UExcel C 3 U b Yes Introduction to Sociology UExcel C 3 L b Yes Introductory Sociology CLEP 50 3 L b Yes Juvenile Delinquency UExcel C 3 U b Yes Marriage & Family TECEP 60 3 L b Yes World Conflicts since 1900 UExcel C 3 U b, g, n Yes World Population UExcel C 3 U b, g, n Yes SPANISH College Level Spanish Language: Level I CLEP 50 6 L n Yes Level II CLEP 63 6 L n Yes Spanish Language AP 3 6 L Yes Spanish Language UExcel C 6 L Yes Spanish Literature AP 3 6 L a, n Yes
TECHNICAL WRITING Technical Writing DSST 400 3 L e* Yes Technical Writing TECEP 70 3 L e* Yes * Exam fulfills 2nd half of e requirement Note 1: Some comprehensive examinations may yield credit in more than one subject and/or subject area. Information on these credit values by subject area for all comprehensive examinations will be provided upon request. Note 2: Charter Oak accepts some tests as lower level even though ACE or the testing agency recommends upper level.