CLEP Testing
Scores Accepted and Credit Granted
Butler Community College awards college credit for College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams in a number of different areas.
Testing for Credit in English Composition 1
The requirement can be satisfied in the following ways:
| Test | Score & Essay evaluation | Credit Award |
| *College Composition | 60 | 3 |
| *College Composition Modular | 50 | 3 |
| #ACT English | 31 | 3 |
*To receive credit for English Comp I from Butler, students will take the College Composition exam. There will be a two week delay for results as CLEP grades the exam. A student must score as high on any given test as the above mentioned scaled score. In addition to the examination, each student taking the College Composition test must write an essay and submit it to Butler’s English Department for grading and then a review along with the examination to see if credit is granted. If the essay is of sub-standard quality, no credit will be given for English Composition I for any CLEP/ACT test.
#Same grade awarded at completion of Composition II
Students cannot test for English Composition II at Butler.
Testing for Credit in College Algebra or Pre-Calculus Math
The requirement can be satisfied in the following ways:
| Test | Score Needed | Credit |
| College Algebra | 50 | 3 |
| ACT mathematics | ||
| *College Algebra credit | 31 | 3 |
| **Pre-Calculus Math | 31 | 3 |
*Students must also have completed the equivalent of Algebra II and one year of high school geometry with at least a "B" average.
**Students must also have completed the equivalent of algebra II, one year of high school geometry, and one-half unit of trigonometry with at least a "B" average.
Additional CLEP Exams Scaled Scores and Credit Awarded:
| Examinations | Scaled Score | Credit Awarded |
| American Government | 50 | 3 |
| American Literature | 60 | 3 |
| Biology | 50 | 3 |
| Calculus with Elementary Functions (Equivalent to our Calculus 1) | 50 | 3 |
| Chemistry (Equivalent to our Basic Chemistry) | 50 | 5 |
| College Algebra | 50 | 3 |
| College Mathematics | 50 | 6 |
| English Literature | 60 | 3 |
| Financial Accounting (Equivalent to our Accounting I & II) | 50 | 6 |
| French I | 50 | 5 |
| French II | 62 | 5 |
| History of US I: Early Colonization to 1877 | 50 | 3 |
| History of US II: 1865 to Present | 50 | 3 |
| Humanities | 70 | 3 |
| Human Growth and Development (Equivalent to our Developmental Psych) | 50 | 3 |
| Introductory Business Law | 50 | 3 |
| Introductory Psychology | 50 | 3 |
| Introductory Sociology | 50 | 3 |
| Natural Sciences | 50 | 6 |
| Pre-Calculus | 50 | 3 |
| Principles of Macroeconomics | 50 | 3 |
| Principles of Microeconomics | 50 | 3 |
| Social Sciences & History | 50 | 6 |
| Spanish I | 50 | 5 |
| Spanish II | 63 | 5 |
| Western Civilization I: (Ancient Near East to 1648) | 50 | 3 |
| Western Civilization II: (1648 to Present) | 50 | 3 |