Credit by Examination Options in Math
Official Policy on Proficiency Exams and Portfolios in the Discipline of Mathematics
The Department of Mathematics at Clinton Community College (CCC) has an approved
list of math proficiency exams that students may successfully complete to earn math credit at CCC. Included in this list will be the proficiency exam title, the minimum passing score a student must earn to receive CCC math credit, the number of credits a student will be awarded, the course number and title that will appear on the CCC transcript, and whether or not the proficiency exam is administered at SUNY Plattsburgh. Only methods of evaluation on the list of approved proficiency exams will be honored by the CCC Mathematics Department due to their known reliability/validity and increased transferability. This policy encompasses all CCC courses with a MAT prefix.
|
Program Name |
Tests Available |
Score Needed for Credit |
CCC Course Equivalent |
Administered at PSU |
|
CLEP (The College Board’s College-Level Examination Program) |
Calculus |
50 or higher (out of 80) |
MAT 224 (4 credits) |
Yes |
|
AP (The College Board Advanced Placement Examinations) |
Calculus AB |
3, 4, or 5 |
MAT 224 (4 credits) |
No |
|
AP (The College Board Advanced Placement Examinations) |
Calculus BC |
3, 4, or 5 |
MAT 224 (4 credits) |
No |
|
CLEP (The College Board’s College-Level Examination Program) |
Precalculus |
50 or higher (out of 80) |
MAT 204 (4 credits) |
Yes |
|
DSST (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests) |
Principles of Statistics |
400 or higher Prior to 2008: 48 or higher |
MAT 161 (3 credits) |
No |
|
AP (The College Board Advanced Placement Examinations) |
Statistics |
3, 4, or 5 |
MAT 161 (3 credits) |
No |
|
Excelsior College Examinations (formerly Regents College Examinations and ACT PEP) |
Statistics |
C or higher |
MAT 161 (3 credits) |
No |
|
CLEP (The College Board’s College-Level Examination Program) |
College Algebra |
50 or higher (out of 80) |
MAT 104 (4 credits) |
Yes |
|
DSST (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests) |
Fundamentals of College Algebra |
400 or higher Prior to 2008: 47 or higher |
MAT 104 (4 credits) |
No |
|
DSST (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests) |
Math for Liberal Arts |
400 or higher |
MAT Elective (3 credits) |
No |
|
CLEP (The College Board’s College-Level Examination Program) |
College Mathematics |
50 or higher (out of 80) |
MAT Elective (3 credits) |
Yes |
Notes:
- If a student is in a degree program requiring MAT105, the student may request a substitution of CLEP College Algebra or DSST Fundamentals of College Algebra.
- If a student is in a degree program requiring MAT205, the student may request a substitution of CLEP Precalculus.
- If a student is in a degree program requiring MAT215, the student may request a substitution of CLEP Calculus, AP Calculus AB, or AP Calculus BC.
- The number of credits earned for CLEP Calculus, CLEP Precalculus, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, CLEP College Algebra, DSST Fundamentals of College Algebra and CLEP College Mathematics differ from the American Council on Education’s recommendation. The number of credits earned for these proficiency exams were assigned based on the recommendation of the CCC Mathematics Department.