Geography (BA or BS) Military Pathway
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science
For Catalog Years 2024-2027
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 |
| Instructor, career counselor, recruiter, select specialties | COMM 101R Public Speaking | 3 |
| CLEP College Math, College Algebra, or Precalculus | MATH 101M, 102M, or 162M (BA) | 3 |
| DSST Principles of Statistics | STAT 130M Elementary Statistics (BS) | |
| CLEP Foreign Languages or military linguist or DLIFLC grad | Language and Culture requirement* (CLEP for 201 & 202 may satisfy additional 6 credits for BA) | 6-12 |
| CLEP Any Social Science exam except Educational Psych | Human Behavior requirement | 3 |
| CLEP Any History exam | Interpreting the Past requirement | 3 |
| CLEP American or Analyzing & Interpreting Literature | Literature requirement | 3 |
| DSST Introduction to Geology | OEAS 111N Physical Geology (meets part of Nature of Science requirement) | 4 |
| CLEP Biology | Nature of Science requirement | 4 |
| Subtotal: 35-41 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 or DSST multiple choices | Elective or General Education requirements | various |
| Current or previous E6-E9 or DSST Principles of Supervision | SEPS 302 Workforce Supervision | 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 | 3 |
| Current or previous E9 | MGMT 410 Leadership in Organizations | 3 |
| Select specialties or DSST Introduction to Geography | GEOG 100S Human Geography | 3 |
| Select specialties | GEOG 101S Environmental Geography | 3 |
| Select specialties | GEOG 300 Maps and Geographic Information | 3 |
| Select specialties | GEOG 402 Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| Select specialties | GEOG 404 Digital Techniques for Remote Sensing | 3 |
| Select specialties | GEOG 432 Advanced GIS | 3 |
| Select specialties | GEOG 462 Advanced Spatial Analysis | 3 |
| Select specialties | GEOG 473 Geographic Information Systems for Emergency Management | 3 |
| Subtotal: 36+ credits | ||
Total requirements potentially met outside classroom: 71+ 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.
Geography Requirements
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| GEOG 306T Hazards: Natural and Technological (meets Impact of Technology requirement) | 3 |
| GEOG 308 Research Design (meets Information Literacy and Research requirement) | 3 |
| GEOG 400W Seminar in Geography or GEOG 422W Coastal Geography or GEOG 454W Latin America or GEOG 480W Senior Seminar in International Studies | 3 |
| GEOG 418 Quantitative Methods (unless GEOG 402 and 404 are met outside the classroom) | 3 |
| Three (BS) or four (BA) 300- or 400-level GEOG electives not met elsewhere | 9 or 12 |
| Three 400-level GEOG electives not met elsewhere | 9 |
| Human Creativity requirement | 3 |
| Philosophy and Ethics requirement | 3 |
| Elective courses not met elsewhere to reach 120 total credits | various |
Total requirements met at ODU: 36+ credits
Total credits for degree: 120
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