Cybersecurity (BS) Military Pathway
Bachelor of Science
For Catalog Years 2023-2024
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
Lower Division General Education Requirements
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.
| 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 |
| CLEP Precalculus | MATH 162M Precalculus I | 3 |
| CLEP American or Analyzing & Interpreting Literature | Literature requirement | 3 |
| CLEP Biology | Nature of Science requirement | 8 |
| CLEP Any History exam | Interpreting the Past requirement | 3 |
| CLEP Foreign Languages or military linguist or DLIFLC graduate | Language and Culture requirement* | 6 |
| Instructor, career counselor, recruiter, select specialties | Oral Communication requirement | 3 |
| CLEP/DSST multiple choices | Program Elective or Prerequisite requirements | various |
| Faculty evaluation of exam scores, college, CCAF, and joint service transcripts plus interview | Program Elective or Prerequisite requirements not met elsewhere | various |
| Intelligence, cryptologic, or information systems specialties | CYSE 200T Cybersecurity, Technology, and Society | 3 |
| Passing exam score via Prior Learning Assessment (cost not covered by TA) | CYSE 250 Basic Cybersecurity Programming & Networking | 3 |
| Intelligence, cryptologic, or information systems specialties | CYSE 300 Introduction to Cybersecurity | 3 |
| Must be serving in cybersecurity billet. Faculty will provide requirements to be signed off by servicemember’s supervisor. | CYSE 368 Cybersecurity Internship | 3 |
*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.
Total requirements potentially met outside classroom: 44+ credits
Requirements Satisfied at ODU or Other Regionally Accredited School
A minimum of 30 credits must be taken at ODU and 120 credits gained in total to earn this degree.
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| Human Creativity requirement | 3 |
| Philosophy and Ethics requirement | 3 |
| Information Literacy & Research requirement | 3 |
| CRJS 215S Introduction to Criminology, or DASC/SOC 205S Data, Technology and Society | 3 |
| IDS 300W Interdisciplinary Theory and Concepts | 3 |
| CYSE 201S Cybersecurity and the Social Sciences | 3 |
| CYSE 301 Cybersecurity Techniques and Operations | 3 |
| CYSE/CRJS/CPD 406 Cyber Law | 3 |
| CRJS/POLS 425W Cybersecurity Strategy and Policy | 3 |
| CS 462 Cybersecurity Fundamentals | 3 |
| Select three Principles courses | 9 |
| Select three Applications courses | 9 |
| Elective requirements not satisfied elsewhere | various |
| CYSE 494 Entrepreneurship in Cybersecurity (waived if CYSE 368 is satisfied) | 3 |
| IDS 493 Interdisciplinary Studies Electronic Portfolio Project | 3 |
Total requirements met at ODU or elsewhere: 54+ credits
Total credits for degree: 122+
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