A student at Grambling State University may gain credit in a number of subjects by scoring on a Subject Examination at or above the level recommended by the College-Level Examination Program. The examinations are available at Louisiana Tech's Testing Center and are given on Wednesdays (10:00 AM and 3:00 PM). Registration must be filed in the Counseling Center three weeks prior to a test date. Applications are available in the LA Tech Counseling Center. Each test is 90 minutes in length. Scores are provided by Educational Testing Service with the exception of the Essay for College Composition which will be scored by the Grambling State University English Department. Students are graded on a pass/fail basis and must earn the minimum scores indicated for a passing grade. The grade is not computed in the student's cumulative grade point average nor does it replace an earned letter grade. Students may not attempt credit by examination more than once in a given course. The score in College Composition, excluding Essay, will take two to three weeks. Final score for college composition with Essay results (provided by Grambling State University) will take approximately four weeks. Credit by means of Subject CLEP Examinations is limited to 30 semester hours. Whether or not this credit is applicable to a student's degree program will be determined by those responsible for his academic program. Some of the Subject Examinations presently available and approved for Grambling State University, the course(s) for which they substitute, and the level of scoring needed on each for earning credit are given below.
Grambling State University
College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) Credit
| Paper & Pencil Testing | Computer Based Testing | ||||
| Clep Examinations | Grambling's Equivalent Course | Passing Score | Semester Hrs | Passing Score | Semester Hrs |
| Business | |||||
| Accounting, Prin of | ACCT 201/202 - Prin of Acct I & II | 45 | 6 | 50 | 6 |
| Business Law, Introductory | GB 301 - Business Law | 51 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Information Systems and Comp Applications | CIS 115 - Intro to Computer Software Appl | 52 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Management, Prin of | MAN 301 - Prin & Policies Management | 46 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Marketing, Principles of | MKT 301 - Prin of Marketing | 50 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Composition and Literature | |||||
| American Literature | ENG 203 and 204 - Intro to American Literature I & II | 46 | 6 | 50 | 6 |
| Analyzing & Interpreting Literature | NOT AVAILABLE | ||||
| English Composition, (with or without essay) | ENG 213 - Advanced Composition | 420-500 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| English Literature | ENG 205
and 206 - Introduction to English Literature I & II |
46 | 6 | 50 | 6 |
| Freshman College Composition | ENG 101/102 - Freshman Comp I and II | 44 | 6 | 50 | 6 |
| Humanities | Hum 200, 201, 202, 301 or Hist 201 | 420-500 | 6 | 50 | 6 |
| Foreign Languages | |||||
| French Lang, Level 1 |
FR 101/102 - Elementary French | 42 | 6 | 50 | 6 |
| French Lang, Level 2 |
FR 101/102/201/202
- Elementary/ Intermediate French |
45 | 12 | 62 | 12 |
| German Lang, Level 1 | NOT AVAILABLE | ||||
| German Lang, Level 2 | NOT AVAILABLE | ||||
| Spanish Lang, Level 1 | SPAN 101/102- Elementary Spanish | 45 | 6 | 50 | 6 |
| Spanish Lang, Level 2 | SPAN101/102/201/202 - Elementary/ Intermediate Spanish | 50 | 12 | 66 | 12 |
| History and Social Sciences | |||||
| American Government | PS 201 - American National Government | 47 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Educational Psy, Introduction to | ED 300 - Educational Psychology | 47 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| History of the U.S. I: Early Colonizations to 1877 | HIST 201 - American National Multicultural History to 1877 | 47 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| History of the U.S. II: 1865 to Present | HIST 202 - Recent American History | 46 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Human Growth & Development | ED 200 - Human Growth and Development | 45 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Macroeconomics, Principles of | ECON 201 - Macro Economics | 44 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Microeconomics, Principles of | ECON 202 - Micro Economics | 41 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Psychology, Introductory | PSY 200 - General Psychology | 47 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Social Sciences & Hist | Social Science Electives | 420-500 | 6 | 50 | 6 |
| Sociology, Introductory | SOC 201 - Introduction to Sociology | 47 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 | HIST 101- History of Western Civilization I | 46 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present | HIST 102 -History of Civilization II | 47 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Science and Mathematics | |||||
| Biology | BIOL 103, 104 - General Biology Lecture | 46 | 6 | 50 | 6 |
| Calculus | MATH 153 - Calculus I | 41 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Chemistry | CHEM 111/112 General Chemistry | 47 | 6 | 50 | 6 |
| College Algebra | MATH 131 - College Algebra | 46 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| College Algebra-Trig | NOT AVAILABLE | ||||
| College Mathematics | NOT AVAILABLE | ||||
| Natural Sciences | NOT AVAILABLE | ||||
| Trigonometry | MATH 148 - Pre Calculus II | 50 | 3 | 50 | 3 |