Humanities CLEP Exams

General Description

The humanities CLEP exam covers a huge amount of knowledge. You do not need to know everything about humanities over the year as the questions are somewhat broad but it is still one of the harder exams to study for.

Mark Allocation

The Humanities CLEP is broken out into 2 main sections which then are broken down again. They are:

50% Literature

10% Drama
10-15% Poetry
15-20% Fiction
10% Nonfiction


50% The Arts

20% Visual arts: painting, sculpture, etc
5% Visual arts: architecture
15% Performing arts: music
10% Performing arts: film, dance, etc

How to Study for the Humanites CLEP

Studying for the humanities CLEP is difficult to say the least. My suggestion is to look at how the marks are broken up and make sure to have great knowledge in a few areas and some general in the others. So perhaps learn Fiction, Visual Arts and music well and not spend as much time on the others. In general this one is tricky so I suggest you pick up a study guide or check out our online guide review section for help.