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Exemption and Challenge Exams

There are several options whereby students can earn credit for their knowledge by successfully completing an examination:

  • Hood Departmental Challenge Exams
  • CLEP Exams
  • DANTES Exams

Students may earn advanced placement credits through the College Entrance Examination Board's (CEEB®) Advanced Placement and Achievement tests. Students also may earn credits by taking College Level Examination Program (CLEP®) subject matter tests, Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education Support (DANTES) examinations, and departmental "challenge" examinations.

The Office of Academic Services coordinates the departmental challenge examinations at Hood.

Limits/Restrictions:

  1. Any test, once taken, may not be repeated.
  2. Credits are awarded for an A, B, or C on departmental tests.
  3. Students should refer to the Hood College Catalog for specifics regarding the number of credits earned and the fulfillment of Core Requirements.
  4. Quality points for credit are not granted on the basis of these examinations.
  5. Students may earn up to 30 hours of credit through examination or a combination of examination, portfolio assessment, and credits earned on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) basis.
  6. Students may not receive credits through examinations or portfolios during the final 15 hours of credit, nor may they count such credits in the minimum of 30 Hood credits required for a Hood degree.
  7. Students may not earn credit by examination for courses which they have previously audited, failed, or from which they have withdrawn.

Hood Departmental Challenge Exams

Exams are offered for the following courses (fee $160.00):

  • Chemistry 101,102
  • History 200, 202, 205, 206
  • IT 180
  • Math 120, 201, 202, 207
  • Music - any course
  • Philosophy 207
  • Physical Education 225, 226
  • Physics 101, 102, 203, 204

CLEP Exams

Credit can be earned by successful completion of a College Level Examination Program (CLEP®) exam.  Unless otherwise noted, Hood College awards credit for scores of 50 on the following CLEP examinations:

Biology:
Biology, 4 credits for BIOL 110-139 for score of 52

Economics:
Principles of Macroeconomics, 3 credits for ECON 205
Principles of Microeconomics, 3 credits for ECON 206

Education:
Human Growth and Development, 3 credits for EDUC 223 for score of 52. Students who transfer credit for a similar human growth and development course must take the departmental test to qualify for courses for which EDUC 223 is a prerequisite.
No additional credit is earned for this test.

English:
American Literature, 3 credits for ENGL 223
English Literature, 3 credits for ENGL 222

History:
History of the United States I, 3 credits for HIST 217
History of the United States II, 3 credits for HIST 218

Management:
Principles of Management, 3 credits for MGMT 205
Principles of Accounting, 6 credits for MGMT 281, MGMT 284

Mathematics:
Calculus, 6 credits. No Hood equivalency
Pre-calculus, 3 credits for MATH 120

Political Science:
American Government, 3 credits for PSCI 203

Psychology:
Human Growth and Development, 3 credits for PSY 237
Introductory Psychology, 3 credits for PSY 101

Sociology:
Introductory Sociology, 3 credits for SOC 101 with a score of 52

DANTES Exams

Credit can be earned by the successful completion of the Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education Support DANTES examinations. These are available for non-military college students. The following examinations are accepted under this program:
  • Geography 101
  • History – no Hood course equivalency
  • History 234
  • Mathematics 112
  • Religion – no Hood course equivalency