Economics (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 military specialties | COMM 101R or MKTG 200R | 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 and Information | 3 |
| CLEP Any Social Science exam | Human Behavior requirement | 3 |
| CLEP Any History exam | Interpreting the Past requirement | 3 |
| CLEP American or Analyzing & Interpreting Literature | Literature requirement | 3 |
| CLEP Biology | Nature of Science requirement | 8 |
*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 & 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 or previous E7-E9 or CLEP Principles of Management | MGMT 325 Contemporary Organizations and Management | 3 |
| Current or previous E8-E9 | MGMT 330 Organizational Behavior (meets Business elective) | 3 |
| DSST Human Resource Management | MGMT 340 Human Resource Management (meets Business elective) | 3 |
| Current or previous E9 | MGMT 410 Leadership in Organizations (meets Business elective) | 3 |
| CLEP Principles of Marketing | MKTG 311 Marketing Principles and Problems | 3 |
| Current or previous E6-E9 or DSST Principles of Supervision | SEPS 302 Workforce Supervision (meets Upper Division General Education requirement) | 3 |
Total requirements potentially met outside classroom: 77 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
| Short Title | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BNAL 206 | Business Analytics I | 3 |
| BNAL 306 | Business Analytics II | 3 |
| ECON 301 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| Human Creativity | Human Creativity requirement | 3 |
| IT 360T | Principles of Information Technology (meets Impact of Technology requirement) | 3 |
| MGMT 485W | Business Policy and Strategy (C or better) | 3 |
| OPMT 303 | Operations Management | 3 |
| PHIL 230E | Introduction to Ethics (or an upper-level ethics course; meets Philosophy and Ethics requirement) | 3 |
Economics Requirements (C- or higher required in ECON and BUSN courses)
| Short Title | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BUSN 110 | Introduction to Contemporary Business | 1 |
| ECON 304 | Intermediate Microeconomic Theory | 3 |
| ECON 305 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory | 3 |
| ECON 311 | Economics, Causality, and Analytics | 3 |
| ECON 400 | Research Methods in Economics | 3 |
| ECON Electives | Select two courses from catalog | 6 |
| Free Elective | Free Elective requirement unless met elsewhere (cannot be ECON 200S) | 3 |
| Free Elective 200-400 | Free Elective requirement 200-400-level unless met elsewhere (cannot be ECON 200S) | 3 |
| Business Electives 300-400 | Business Elective requirements 300-400-level unless met elsewhere | 6 |
Total requirements met at ODU: 55 credits
Total credits for degree: 120
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