The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) is a national program of credit-by-examination that offers an opportunity to obtain recognition for college-level achievement outside of a college or university environment. You can take a CLEP exam, and if the results meet Sinclair's criteria, you can receive college credit. CLEP offers a variety of subject examinations. Sinclair Community College has established equivalencies for most of the CLEP subject examinations. Click here for a current list of exams for which Sinclair awards credit. Each examination costs $70. The fee for optional essays is $10. Most testing sites also charge an administrative fee.

To have these courses applied to your Sinclair record if you have already taken the exam, you should bring or send a copy of your CLEP scores to the Academic Advising Center, Room 11-346, Attention: Vicky (fax #937-512-5054). Include your name, address, and Sinclair I.D. number. If you have not yet taken the exam, you can request that your scores be sent to Sinclair, or you can submit your personal copy. There is a processing fee of $10 per course for each course you wish to have added to your Sinclair transcript.

CLEP exams are offered locally at the following locations:

University of Dayton
Gosiger Hall, Room 127
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-0910
937-229-3277

University of Phoenix -- Dayton Learning Center
7691 Poe Avenue
Dayton, OH 45414
937-898-3732

Visit the College Board website at http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html for other testing sites, fees, additional information regarding preparing for CLEP exams and to register.

POLICIES:

1. A student must have completed a Sinclair Community College application and paid the appropriate fees.

2. The course(s) will be recorded on the student’s transcript with a “Y” grade.

3. No more than 45 credit hours earned through proficiency examination/articulation agreement/APP/CLEP/DANTES/ACE-CREDIT may be applied toward degree requirements.

4. Credits earned via CLEP examinations do not apply toward the college residency requirements.