Geography - Geographic Information Systems (BS) Military Pathway

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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Where indicated, a passing CLEP or DSST examination score will satisfy the ODU course requirement.

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 ExamODU Equivalent CourseCredits
CLEP College Composition (NOT Modular)ENGL 110C English Composition3
DSST Technical WritingENGL 231C Writing, Rhetoric, and Research: Special Topics3
Instructor, career counselor, recruiter, select specialtiesCOMM 101R Public Speaking3
DSST Principles of StatisticsSTAT 130M Elementary Statistics (BS)3
CLEP Foreign Languages or military linguist or DLIFLC gradLanguage and Culture requirement*6
CLEP Any Social Science exam except Educational PsychHuman Behavior requirement3
CLEP Any History examInterpreting the Past requirement3
CLEP American or Analyzing & Interpreting LiteratureLiterature requirement3
DSST Introduction to GeologyOEAS 111N Physical Geology (meets part of Nature of Science requirement)4
CLEP BiologyNature of Science requirement4
Subtotal: 35 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 ExamODU Equivalent CourseCredits
CLEP or DSST multiple choicesElective or General Education requirementsvarious
Current or previous E6-E9 or DSST Principles of SupervisionSEPS 302 Workforce Supervision3
Current or previous E7-E9 or CLEP Principles of ManagementMGMT 325 Contemporary Organizations and Management3
Current or previous E8-E9MGMT 330 Organizational Behavior3
Current or previous E9MGMT 410 Leadership in Organizations3
Select specialties or DSST Introduction to GeographyGEOG 100S Human Geography3
Select specialtiesGEOG 101S Environmental Geography3
Select specialtiesGEOG 300 Maps and Geographic Information3
Select specialtiesGEOG 402 Geographic Information Systems3
Select specialtiesGEOG 404 Digital Techniques for Remote Sensing3
Select specialtiesGEOG 432 Advanced GIS3
Select specialtiesGEOG 462 Advanced Spatial Analysis3
Select specialtiesGEOG 473 Geographic Information Systems for Emergency Management3
Subtotal: 36+ credits

Total requirements potentially met outside classroom: 71+ credits

A minimum of 30 credits must be taken at ODU and 120 credits gained in total to earn this degree.

CourseCredits
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 Studies3
GEOG 418 Quantitative Methods (unless GEOG 402 and 404 are met outside the classroom)3
GEOG 419 Spatial Analysis of Coastal Environments (campus only)3
GEOG 490 Applied Cartography/GIS (campus only)3
Select two 300- or 400-level GEOG electives not met elsewhere6
Human Creativity requirement3
Philosophy and Ethics requirement3
Elective courses not met elsewhere to reach 120 total credits various

Total requirements met at ODU: 30+ credits

Total credits for degree: 120