About
Founded in 1962, UVI is a public, co-ed, land-grant HBCU in the United States Virgin Islands.
The University of the Virgin Islands is an official limited center for the College Level Examination Program (CLEP). Students who have acquired sufficient skill and knowledge in an area of study tested by the program may contact the Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning (CELL) Center to arrange for testing at cell@uvi.edu or by calling (340) 692-4230 (St. Croix) and (340) 693-1100 (St. Thomas). There is a fee of $80.00 (USD) per examination.
In general, credit at the University of the Virgin Islands will be awarded for CLEP scores at or above the level recommended by the College Board for the following areas only:
CLEP Test |
UVI Course Equivalent |
Credits |
Minimum Score Required |
Financial Accounting |
ACC 201: Financial Accounting |
3 |
50 |
General Biology |
BIO 141-142: General Biology I-II |
8 |
49 |
Principles of Marketing |
MKT 301: Principles of Marketing (formerly BUS 231) |
3 |
48 |
Principles of Management |
MGT 301: Principles of Management |
3 |
47 |
Introductory Business Law |
BUS 351: Business Law |
3 |
51 |
General Chemistry |
CHE 151-152: General Chemistry I-II |
10 |
47 |
Information Systems and Computer Applications |
CIS 210: Business Information Systems |
3 |
47 |
Principles of Macro-Economics |
ECO 221: Introduction to Macro-Economics |
3 |
48 |
Principles of Micro-Economics |
ECO 222: Introduction to Micro-Economics |
3 |
48 |
Analysis and Interpretation of Literature |
ENG 261-262: World Literature I-II |
6 |
49 |
English Literature |
ENG 321, 322: British Literature |
6 |
46 |
American Literature |
ENG 361-362: American Literature-Major American Writing |
6 |
46 |
French |
FRE 131-132: Elementary French I-II FRE 131-132, 231: Elementary and Intermediate French |
8 12 |
45 50 |
Trigonometry |
MAT 142: College Trigonometry |
4 |
44 |
College Algebra |
MAT 140: College Algebra w/Applications Or MAT 143: Pre-Calculus Algebra |
4 |
44 |
Calculus |
MAT 241-242: Intro to Calculus and Analytical Geometry I-II |
8 |
48 |
Introductory Psychology |
PSY 120: General Psychology |
3 |
47 |
Introductory Sociology |
SOC 121: Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
48 |
Spanish |
SPA 131-132: Elementary Spanish I-II SPA 131-132, 231: Elementary and Intermediate Spanish |
8 12 |
45 50 |