You may be able to earn a degree or certificate from RVCC sooner than you think. The College will work with you to make sure you get credit for courses taken at other colleges or universities. We’ll help you pursue other alternate credit options including: 

  • Credit from Non-academic Institutions
  • Credit from Professional Licensure
  • Credit by Examination

CLEP

CLEP (College Level Examination Program) offers 33 exams that allow you to accelerate your academic career by earning college credit through testing for a subject in which you may have gained knowledge as a result of experience. Study Guides are available at: www.collegeboard.org/clep

CLEP (College Level Examination Program) Registration Procedure
Set up an appointment at least two days in advance:

On the day of the appointment:

  • Bring one form of government issued ID: a current Driver's License, passport, state or Province ID, National ID, Tribal ID, naturalization card or certificate of citizenship, a Permanent Resident card or Military ID. All ID's must be current and contain name, photograph, and signature.
  • Pay $45 proctor fee by cash or check

CLEP Subject Exams

Score

Credit

Accounting, Financial

50

4 cr. Financial Accounting
Algebra, College

50

3 cr. Precalculus I
American Literature

50

6 cr. American Literature I & II
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature

50

6 cr. 200 Level English Literature
Biology, General

50

8 cr. General Biology I & II
Business Law, Introductory

50

3 cr. Business Law I
Calculus w/Elementary Functions

50

4 cr. Calculus I
Chemistry, General

50

8 cr. General Chemistry I & II
College Composition

50

6 cr. English Composition I & II
Educational Psychology, Introduction to

50

3 cr. Educational Psychology
English Literature

50

6 cr. 200 Level English Literature
French Language, College Level4

59

3 - 6 cr. Intermediate French I & II
College Math

50

3 cr. Number Systems
German Language, College Level4

63

3 - 6 cr. Intermediate German I & II
History of the U.S. I: Early Colonizations-1877

50

3 cr. U.S. History: Beginnings to 1877
History of the U.S. II: 1865-Present

50

3 cr. U.S. History: 1877 to Present
Human Growth & Development

50

3 cr. Child Development OR Psychology elective
Humanities1

50

6 cr. Humanities elective
Information Systems & Computer App.5  

50

5 cr. Comp Concepts & Programming & JAVA Programming
Macroeconomics, Principles of

50

3 cr. Macroeconomics
Management, Principles of

50

3 cr. Principles of Management
Marketing, Principles of

50

3 cr. Principles of Marketing I
Microeconomics, Principles of

50

3 cr. Microeconomics
Natural Science1,2

50

6 cr. non-lab Science elective
Pre-calculus

50

6 cr. Precalculus I and II
Psychology, Introductory

50

3 cr. Introduction to Psychology
Social Sciences - History3

50

6 cr. General Education elective
Sociology, Introductory

50

3 cr. Introduction to Sociology
Spanish Language, College Level4  

63

3 - 6 cr. Intermediate Spanish I & II
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East-1648

50

3 cr. World Civilization I
Western Civilization II: 1648-Present

50

3 cr. World Civilization II


1. Limited to a maximum of 6 cr. of previous course work in the discipline.
2. For non-science/math majors only.
3. Limited to a maximum of 9 cr. of previous course work in the Social Sciences and/or History disciplines.
4. Departmental essay is required and will determine the number of credits awarded.
5. Must demonstrate knowledge of JAVA programming by Computer Science Dept. after minimum cut score is met.

DEPARTMENTAL EXAM

A Departmental Exam is an option if you want to earn credit by assessment in a subject that is not available through CLEP or DSST/DANTES.  You should speak with an academic advisor to discuss options. You will be asked to complete the Departmental Exam Request Form that is available in Office of Advising & Counseling. After you request has been approved by Advising and Counseling, the form will be sent to the academic department for assignment to a faculty member. You will be contacted by the faculty member administering the test in order to schedule a mutually convenient time. At the time of testing, you are required to bring a photo ID and payment at the rate of $40 per credit attempted.

NYU FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXAM

The NYU Foreign Language Exam is available in over 50 languages, for both native and non-native speakers. You may contact Barbara Luby at 908-526-1200 x8374 or via email at barbara.luby@raritanval.edu to see which languages are available and to arrange a testing date. RVCC will award 6 credits for Intermediate I and II of foreign language upon confirmation that the student has scored an 11or 12 on the exam. Exam fees are $300 for a 12-point exam and $400 for a 16-point exam. Postage & handling is $20. Payment requires two separate money orders. RVCC charges a $45 proctoring fee payable on the day of testing.

CREDIT BY EXAM POLICY
  • The College awards credit on the basis of a student having achieved a specified minimum score on certain nationally recognized standard examinations, or on examinations created by the College.
  • Specific examinations, the credit awarded, and the minimum scores required for the awarding of credit are determined by the faculty in the academic department responsible for the academic discipline or special program in which credit is to be awarded.
  • A student who has previously earned credit in a course may not receive credit by examination in a lower-level course in the same academic discipline.
  • Because a student may not attempt credit by examination in any course already part of the student's permanent academic record, a student who has registered for a course will not be eligible to earn credit by exam for that course unless officially withdrawn before the published last day to withdraw without course on record.
  • Credit by examination is not awarded until the student has been admitted into a specific degree or certificate program.
  • The College does not guarantee that alternative academic credits awarded by RVCC will be honored by another college or university to which an individual student might transfer.
  • Alternative Academic Credit is evaluated and awarded for individual students and for individual degree and certificate programs offered by RVCC.
  • The College accepts up to 45 semester credit hours in Alternative Academic Credit toward an Associate's degree (so a student must complete at least 15 credits through course work at RVCC) or 75 percent of the semester credit hours required for the completion of a Certificate program.
  • Alternative Academic Credit does not count as enrollment credit in any academic term for establishing full-time or part-time status.
  • Grades are not assigned for Alternative Academic Credit.
  • Alternative Academic Credit is not used in computing a student's grade point average.
  • If a student attempts credit by exam covering two semesters of course work, and the student has already completed the first semester of such course work, only half of the credit awarded by exam will be granted.
  • Students will receive notification of an award of credit from the Enrollment Services
ADVANCED PLACEMENT

If you took Advanced Placement courses in high school you may be eligible to receive RVCC credits depending on your score.

The following AP exams are accepted by RVCC:

Exam

Score 

RVCC Equivalent

ART

Art Drawing
Art 2D Design

3+
3+		ARTS 110- Basic Drawing I
ARTS 105- Two Dimensional Design

ART HISTORY

Art History

3+
3+		ARTH 110- Art History I
ARTH 111- Art History II

Final award of credit will be determined by an essay (to be taken in the RVCC Testing Center).

COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Computer Science A
Computer Science AB

3+
3+		CISY 105- Foundations of Computer
CISY 254- Data Structures

ECONOMICS

ECON- MAC
ECON-MIC

4+
4+

ECON 101- Macroeconomics
ECON 102- Microeconomics

ENGLISH

English Lit/Comp

English Language

3+

3+

ENGL 111- English I
ENGL 112- English II
ENGL 111- English I
ENGL 112- English II

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Spanish

French, German & Italian

4 or 5

3
4 or 5

Conversation and Composition I
Conversation and Composition II
Conversation and Composition I
Conversation and Composition I
Conversation and Composition II

HISTORY

US History

World History

4 or 5

4 or 5		HIST 201- US History- Beginnings to 1877
HIST 202- US History- 1877 to Present
HIST 101- World Civilization I
HIST 102- World Civilization II

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Human Geography

4 or 5GEOG 102- Cultural Geography

MATHEMATICS

Calculus AB
Calculus BC

Statistics

4+
4+

4+		MATH 151- Calculus I
MATH 151- Calculus I
MATH 152- Calculus II
MATH 110- Statistics I

MUSIC

Music Theory

4 or 5MUSC 101- Fundamentals of Music

POLITICAL SCIENCE

US Government & Politics 4+

POLI 121- American Government & Politics

PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology

3+PSYC 103- Introduction to Psychology

SCIENCE

Biology

Chemistry

Environmental Science
Physics 1
Physics 2
Physics C (Mechanics)
Physics C (Elec. and Mag.)

4+

4+

4+
4+
4+
4+
4+

BIOL 101- General Biology I
BIOL 102- General Biology II
CHEM 103- General Chemistry I
CHEM 104- General Chemistry II
ENVI 101- Introduction to Environmental Studies
PHYS 101- General Physics I
PHYS 102- General Physics II
PHYS 150- Analytical Physics I
PHYS 151- Analytical Physics II