Business Analytics & Intelligence (Information Systems & Technology) (BSBA) Military Pathway
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
For Catalog Years 2026-2029
Military Pathway Information
This military pathway outlines degree requirements that may be satisfied by military training and experience or exams, as well as requirements that must be satisfied through courses taken at Old Dominion University.
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Requirements Potentially Met Outside the Classroom
Where indicated, a passing CLEP or DSST examination score will satisfy the ODU course requirement.
- CLEP Exams - College Board
- DSST Exams - GetCollegeCredit.com
- ODU CLEP and DSST Credits
- CLEP Preparation - ModernStates.org
A student may forego the CLEP or DSST option and satisfy the requirements by taking the actual courses. If a course is taken elsewhere, check first for transfer equivalency in ODU's Transfer Equivalency Tool.
Prior learning credit is also available in specific situations at a cost of 20-50% of the current tuition rate. Prior learning credit may not be paid for by military tuition assistance (TA). Prior learning credit cannot exceed 60 credit hours.
Lower Division General Education Requirements
| Military Course, Certification, Experience or Exam | ODU Equivalent Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CLEP College Composition (NOT Modular) | ENGL 110C English Composition | 3 |
| DSST Technical Writing | ENGL 231C Writing, Rhetoric, and Research: Special Topics | 3 |
| Select specialties | Oral Communication requirement | 3 |
| CLEP Precalculus | MATH 162M Precalculus I | 3 |
| CLEP Calculus | MATH 200 Calculus for Business and Economics | 3 |
| CLEP Foreign Languages or military linguist or DLIFLC grad | Language and Culture requirement | 6 |
| Current or previous E6-E9 | STEM 251G Computer Literacy: Communication & Information | 3 |
| CLEP Any one of six History exams | Interpreting the Past requirement | 3 |
| CLEP American or Analyzing & Interpreting Literature | Literature requirement | 3 |
| CLEP Biology | Nature of Science requirement | 8 |
| Subtotal: 38 credits | ||
*ODU’s Language and Culture requirement can be satisfied by three years of a foreign language or two years of two foreign languages in high school. Students whose native language is not English are exempt from taking a foreign language for general education.
Department or Major Requirements
| Military Course, Certification, Experience or Exam | ODU Equivalent Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CLEP Financial Accounting | ACCT 201 & 202 Principles of Financial and Managerial Accounting | 6 |
| CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics | ECON 201S Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| CLEP Principles of Microeconomics | ECON 202S Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| DSST Principles of Finance | FIN 323 Introductory Financial Management | 3 |
| CLEP Introductory Business Law | FIN 331 Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| Current/previous E7-E9 or CLEP Principles of Management | MGMT 325 Contemporary Organizations and Management | 3 |
| CLEP Principles of Marketing | MKTG 311 Marketing Principles and Problems | 3 |
| Current/previous E6-E9 or DSST Principles of Supervision | SEPS 302 Workforce Supervision | 3 |
| Subtotal: 39 credits | ||
Total requirements potentially met outside classroom: 65 credits
Requirements Met at ODU
A minimum of 30 credits must be taken at ODU and 120 credits gained in total to earn this degree.
Business Administration Core Requirements
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| BNAL 206 Business Analytics I | 3 |
| BNAL 306 Business Analytics II | 3 |
| ECON 301 Managerial Economics | 3 |
| Human Creativity requirement | 3 |
| IT 360T Principles of Information Technology (meets Impact of Technology requirement; exempt if IT 363 is taken) | 3 |
| MGMT 485W Business Policy and Strategy | 3 |
| OPMT 303 Operations Management | 3 |
| PHIL 230E Introduction to Ethics (meets Philosophy and Ethics requirement) | 3 |
| Subtotal: 24 credits |
Business Analytics and Intelligence Requirements
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| BUSN 110 Introduction to Contemporary Business | 1 |
| IT 201 Introduction to Information Systems | 3 |
| IT 205 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming | 3 |
| IT 363 Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| IT 410 Business Intelligence | 3 |
| IT 450 Database Concepts | 3 |
| BNAL 405 Spreadsheet-Based Data Analysis for Decision Making | 3 |
| BNAL 407 Prescriptive Analytics of Management Science | 3 |
| BNAL 415 Advanced Business Analytics/Big Data Applications | 3 |
| BNAL 476 Simulation Modeling and Analysis for Business Systems | 3 |
| Select two Category I courses from catalog | 6 |
| Select one Category II course from catalog | 3 |
| Subtotal: 37 credits |
Total requirements met at ODU: 61 credits
Total credits for degree: 120+
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