AP US History Credit

GAMomto4
Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:58:30 +0000

There is another way to test to get credit for the two American History classes. If you go to the UA website ans search “CLEP” it lists the scores needed to receive credit for various gen ed classes. There is a CLEP test for each freshman US History class and a 52 (out of 80) score is required. If your student recently took AP Us History (or even regular US History in high school) it is a great time to prep a little and take the CLEP test this summer. Clep tests are 90 minute multiple choice only tests and you get the results the same day. They are offered at lots of colleges every week and cost about $100. Also middle/high school students can take the tests too - so if your student is a junior and got a 3 on the AP test they can CLEP this summer while it is fresh in their mind. (My daughter CLEPed her fist college class when she was 12!)

My son hasn’t had history in three years (and it was a a mediocre non-honors high school history class) and recently learned he needed a 6 hour history or lit sequence. (Because he decided he wanted two degrees instead of a double major he had to fill the Gen Ed requirements for “not-engineers”) He studied the US History II REA CLEP prep book and the second half of a AP US History review book for a couple of weeks in the evenings and just passed the US History II test with lots of room to spare. He’s now got the US History I book and will use that with the first half of the AP prep book to prepare for the US History I test later this month. This will complete the 6 hour sequence required for one of his degrees.

At UA this summer the tests are given every Tuesday.