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Arts & Communication

Hicks Art Center 125, Newtown Campus · 215-968-8425

Bucks Course Exam Minimum Score Credits
MUSC111 CREX 70 6
MUSC112 CREX 70 6
MUSC211 CREX 70 6
MUSC212 CREX 70 6
VAFA100 CREX 80 3
VAFA192 DSST - Art of the Western World 48 3
VAMM100 CREX 70 3

*Voice, Guitar Piano and Percussion are excluded from this CREX option. Students must have their reperoire vetted 15 weeks prior to the scheduled School of Music jury dates at the end of the Fall and Spring semesters. Please contact pla@bucks.edu.



Business, Innovation, and Legal Studies

Grupp Hall 401, Newtown Campus · 215-968-8227

Bucks Course Exam Minimum Score Credits
ACCT105 CLEP - Financial Accounting 50 4
MGMT100 DSST - Introduction to Business 46 3
MGMT120 DSST - Business Mathematics 48 3
MGMT130 CLEP - Introductory Business Law 50 3
MGMT140 DSST - Principles of Supervision 46 3
MGMT200 DSST - Organizational Behavior 48 3
MGMT230 CLEP - Principles of Management 50 3
MGMT250 DSST - Human Resource Management 46 3
MKTG215 CLEP - Principles of Marketing 50 3
OADM140 CREX 70 3



Health Sciences, Kinesiology, and Sport Studies

Founders Hall 112, Newtown Campus · 215-968-8353

Bucks Course Exam Minimum Score Credits
HLTH103 CREX 80 3
HLTH120/120N CREX 80 3
MEDA120 CREX 70 3
NURS120 CREX 80 1



Language & Literature

Grupp Hall 105, Newtown Campus · 215-968-8150

Bucks Course Exam Minimum Score Credits
AMSL110 CREX 70 3
COMP110 CLEP - College Composition 50 3
COMP111

CLEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Literature

Only open to Nursing students in lieu of transferring in a successfully completed comparable Composition II course from a regionally accredited college or university.

50 3
COMP114 DSST - Technical Writing 46 3
FREN110/111 CLEP - French Language, Level 1 50 6
FREN201/202 CLEP - French Language, Level 2 59 6 (plus 6 for FREN110/111)
GRMN110/111 CLEP - German Language, Level 1 50 6
GRMN201/202 CLEP - German Language, Level 2 60 6 (plus 6 for GRMN110/111)
LITR205 CLEP - English Literature 50 3
LITR206 CLEP - English Literature 65 3 (plus 3 for LITR205)
LITR231 CLEP - American Literature 50 3
LITR232 CLEP - American Literature 65 3 (plus 3 for LITR231)
SPAN110/111 CLEP - Spanish Language, Level 1 50 6
SPAN201/202 CLEP - Spanish Language, Level 2 63 6 (plus 6 for SPAN110/111)



Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

Founders Hall 110 · 215-968-8305

Bucks Course Exam Minimum Score Credits
CISC100 CREX 70 3
CISC110 CLEP - Information Systems and Computer Applications 50 3
CISC110 CREX 70 3
CISC113 CREX 70 3
CISC128 CREX 70 4
CISC143 CREX 70 4
MATH101 CLEP - College Mathematics 50 3
MATH115 CREX 70 3
MATH115 DSST - Principles of Statistics 48 3
MATH120 CLEP - College Algebra 50 4
MATH125 CLEP - Precalculus 50 4
MATH140 CLEP - Calculus 50 4
MATH141 CLEP - Calculus 65 4 (plus 4 for MATH140)



Social & Behavioral Sciences

Grupp Hall 301, Newtown Campus · 215-968-8270

Bucks Course Exam Minimum Score Credits
CRIJ100 DSST - Criminal Justice 49 3
CRIJ250 DSST - Introduction to Law Enforcement 45 3
ECON111 CLEP - Principles of Macroeconomics 50 3
ECON112 CLEP - Principles of Microeconomics 50 3
HIST111 CLEP - Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 50 3
HIST112 CLEP - Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present 50 3
HIST151 CLEP - U.S. History: Young America 50 3
HIST152 CLEP - U.S. History: Modern America 50 3
POLI111 CLEP - American Government 50 3
PSYC110 CLEP - Introductory Psychology 50 3
PSYC180 CLEP - Human Growth and Development 50 3
PSYC190 CLEP - Introduction to Educational Psychology 50 3
SOCI110 CLEP - Introductory Sociology 50 3
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