Specific Help with Social Sciences and History

[BGSU_Alum_86]

When reading through your CLEP download you did see the "Knowledge and Skills Required" section, right? Whenever someone tells me that they have looked through the CLEP exam description and didn't see anything that tells them what to study I point this section out first. Looking at the Social Sciences & History exam, yes, 40% of the test covers history (US History, Western Civ, World History), 13% Govt/Political Science, 11% Geography, 10% Economics, 10% Psychology, 10% Sociology, and 6% Anthropology. This one of the very few exams that does not list any suggested references (textbooks, online resources, etc.) and instead refers the candidate to the study resources listed for American Govt, History I & II, Macroecon, Microecon, Psych, Sociology, and Western Civ I & II.

This is one of those all-encompassing exams (probably explains the 6 credits it should be worth!). A high chunk of the exam is history, but the other 60% of the exam covers multiple areas.

Peterson practice exams are just one resource to use. Again and again, I remind testing candidates that this source is not published by CLEP/CollegeBoard. Peterson has access to the same info that CLEP presents on their website and then Peterson creates their own practice test questions based on that info. It is a good practice under the time constraint of the real test, but the wording and difficulty level of the questions could be different.

Good luck in your prep!