Blinn College will accept hours for credit by examination. Blinn College Admissions and Records Office evaluates AP, CLEP, and IB credit as transfer credit.
Credit by examination may be earned through the College Board Advanced Placement Program (AP), the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Subject Examination, and International Baccalaureate Program (IB).
Credit by examination may not be used to satisfy the minimum residence requirements for the degrees or certificates awarded at graduation. Credit by examination assumes the student has had no formal classroom instruction, as an enrolled student or as an auditor.
College Level Examination Program (CLEP) – Subject Examinations
Students may be awarded up to 12 semester hours based on credit-by-examination test results. Students must take the College Level Examination Programs test (subject matter tests only) or the Advanced Placement examination. To receive credit for English 1301, English 2322 and English 2328 using the CLEP test, the student must qualify on both the objective and essay parts of the exam. A grade of “CR” will be posted to the transcript when the student has successfully completed 6 semester hours at Blinn College and also earned a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 at Blinn College. The application for credit by examination may be made at any time while the student attends Blinn College as long as he or she has not attempted the course for which credit is being sought. There is no charge for this service.
CLEP Examination |
Minimum |
Equivalent |
Credit |
General Chemistry |
45 |
CHEM 1411 |
4 |
General Chemistry |
50 |
CHEM 1411 & 1412 |
8 |
College Composition Modular* |
50 |
ENGL 1301 |
3 |
English Literature w/Essay* |
53 |
ENGL 2322 |
3 |
American Literature w/Essay* |
52 |
ENGL 2328 |
3 |
French Language |
50 |
FREN 1411 |
4 |
German Language |
50 |
GERM 1411 |
4 |
American Government |
50 |
GOVT 2305 |
3 |
History of the United States I |
65 |
HIST 1301 |
3 |
History of the United States II |
65 |
HIST 1302 |
3 |
Western Civilization I |
65 |
HIST 2311 |
3 |
Western Civilization II |
65 |
HIST 2312 |
3 |
College Algebra |
50 |
MATH 1314 |
3 |
Trigonometry |
50 |
MATH 1316 |
3 |
Calculus w/Elementary Functions |
50 |
MATH 2413 |
4 |
Introductory Psychology |
50 |
PSYC 2301 |
3 |
Introductory Sociology |
50 |
SOCI 1301 |
3 |
Spanish Language |
50 |
SPAN 1411 |
4 |
Credit will be granted only if the student completes 6 semester credit hours at Blinn College and earns a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0.
Credit earned by examination while enrolled at Blinn College may not be used to meet the minimum residence requirement for that degree or certificate awarded at graduation.
Credit will not be granted if the student has already attempted the course for which credit is being sought.
Credit by CLEP examination assumes the student has had no formal classroom instruction, as an enrolled student or as an auditor.
Students must qualify on both the objective and essay parts of the CLEP test.
High school students with superior academic achievements in any of the following areas may earn college credit in these fields through the College Board Advanced Placement Program.
AP Examinatioin |
Minimum |
Equivalent |
Credit |
Calculus (AB) |
4 or 5 |
MATH 2413 |
4 |
Calculus (BC) |
3 |
MATH 2413 |
4 |
Calculus (BC) |
4 or 5 |
MATH 2413 & 2414 |
8 |
English Language & Composition |
3 |
ENGL 1301 |
3 |
English Language & Composition |
4 |
ENGL 1301 & 1302 |
6 |
English Literature & Composition |
3 |
ENGL 1301 |
6 |
English Literature & Composition |
4 |
ENGL 1301 & 1302 |
3 |
French Language |
3 |
FREN 1411 & 1412 |
8 |
French Language |
5 |
FREN 1411, 1412, & 2311 |
11 |
German Language |
3 |
GERM 1411 & 1412 |
8 |
German Language |
5 |
GERM 1411, 1412, & 2311 |
11 |
Spanish Language |
3 |
SPAN 1411 & 1412 |
8 |
Spanish Language |
5 |
SPAN 1411, 1412, & 2311 |
11 |
Biology |
4 |
BIOL 1406 & 1407 |
8 |
Chemistry |
3 |
CHEM 1411 |
4 |
Chemistry |
4 |
CHEM 1411 & 1412 |
8 |
Physics (B) |
3 |
PHYS 1401 & 1402 |
8 |
Physics (C) Mechanics |
3 |
PHYS 1401 |
4 |
Physics (C) Electricity & Magnetism |
3 |
PHYS 1402 |
4 |
Psychology |
3 |
PSYC 2301 |
3 |
U. S. Government & Politics |
3 |
GOVT 2305 |
3 |
U. S. History |
4 |
HIST 1301 & 1302 |
6 |
The International Baccalaureate Diploma is an international program of courses and exams offered at the high school level. In keeping with Senate Bill 111 passed in 2005, Blinn College will grant (CR) credit for I exams with certain required scores.
Texas institutions of higher education must award 24 hours of course specific college credit in subject appropriate areas of all IB exam scores of 4 or above as long as the incoming freshmen have earned an IB diploma. However, course credit does not have to be awarded on any IB exams where the score received is a 3 or less. This may mean that such students will not receive 24 hours of college credit, even if they have an IB diploma.
Students must send an IB transcript to Blinn College. All IB students must show proof of meeting the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requirements prior to their enrollment at Blinn.
IB Examination |
Minimum |
Equivalent |
Credit |
Biology (SL) |
4, 5,6 or 7 |
BIOL 1406 |
4 |
Biology (HL) |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
BIOL 1406 & 1406 |
8 |
Business and Management |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
BUSI 1301 |
3 |
Chemistry (SL) |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
CHEM 1411 |
4 |
Chemistry (HL) |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
CHEM 1411 &1412 |
8 |
Computer Science |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
COSC 1301 |
3 |
Economics (SL) |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
ECON 2301 & 2302 |
6 |
Economics (HL) |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
ECON 2301 & 2302 |
6 |
English (SL) |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
ENGL 1301 & 1302 |
6 |
Language A1 or A2 |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
ENGL 1301 & 1302 |
6 |
English (HL) |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
ENGL 1301 & 1302 |
6 |
Language A1 or A2 |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
ENGL 1301 & 1302 |
6 |
Geography |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
HIST 1301 & 1302 |
6 |
History of the Americas (HL) |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
GEOG 2312 |
6 |
Mathematics (HL) |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
MATH 1314 & 1316 |
6 |
Mathematics with Further Mathematics |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
MATH 1314, 1316, & 2342 |
9 |
Modern Languages |
|
|
|
Language A1 or A2 (SL) |
|
|
|
French |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
FREN 1411 & 1412 |
8 |
German |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
GERM 1411 & 1412 |
8 |
Spanish |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
SPAN 1411 & 1412 |
8 |
Language A1 or A2 (HL) |
|
|
|
French |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
FREN 1411, 1412, 2311,& 2312 |
14 |
German |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
GERM 1411, 1412, 2311, & 2312 |
14 |
Spanish |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
SPAN 1411, 1412, 2311, & 2312 |
14 |
Language B (SL) |
|
|
|
French |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
FREN 1411 & 1412 |
8 |
German |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
GERM 1411 & 1412 |
8 |
Spanish |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
SPAN 1411 & 1412 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
Language B (HL) |
|
|
|
French |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
FREN 1411, 1412, 2311, & 2312 |
14 |
German |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
GERM 1411, 1412, 2311, & 2312 |
14 |
Spanish |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
SPAN 1411, 1412, 2311, & 2312 |
14 |
Language AB Initio |
|
|
|
French |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
FREN 1411 |
4 |
German |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
GERM 1411 |
4 |
Spanish |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
SPAN 1411 |
4 |
Music |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
MUSI 1306 |
3 |
Philosophy |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
PHIL 1301 |
3 |
Physics (SL) |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
PHYS 1401 |
4 |
Physics (HL) |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
PHYS 1401 & 1402 |
8 |
Psychology |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
PSYC 2301 |
3 |
Social and Cultural Anthropology |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
ANTH 2351 |
3 |
Theatre Arts |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
DRAM 1310 |
3 |
Visual Arts |
4, 5, 6 or 7 |
ARTS 1301 |
3 |