Health Services Administration (BSHS) Military Pathway
Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences*
For Catalog Years 2023-24
*As of Fall 2024, this major is now part of the Bachelor of Science in Public Health.
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 |
| CLEP Any Social Science exam except Educational Psychology | Human Behavior requirement | 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 grad | Language and Culture requirement* | 6 |
| CLEP Principles of Management | MGMT 325 Contemporary Organizations and Management | 3 |
| DSST Human Resource Management | MGMT 340 Management elective | 3 |
| DSST Principles of Statistics | STAT 130M Elementary Statistics | 3 |
| Current or previous E7-E9, or DSST Principles of Supervision | SEPS 320 Workforce Supervision (general elective if 120 credit hours not met elsewhere) | 3 |
| Instructor, career counselor, recruiter, select specialties | Oral Communication requirement | 3 |
| Determined by faculty evaluation of exam scores; college, CCAF, and joint service transcripts; plus interview | Program elective or prerequisite courses | 0-23 |
*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: 44-67 credits
Requirements Met 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 |
| Information Literacy & Research requirement | 3 |
| ENVH 100 Principles in Environmental Health Science | 3 |
| PHIL 345E Bioethics | 3 |
| PUBH 200 Principles of Public Health | 3 |
| HLSC 320 Health Equity and Disability Culture | 3 |
| HLSC 335 Population Health | 3 |
| HLSC 390 The U.S. Healthcare Delivery System | 3 |
| HLSC 430W Community Health Resources and Health Promotion | 3 |
| HLSC 440 Finance and Budgeting in Healthcare | 3 |
| HLSC 445 Health Services Research Methods | 3 |
| HLSC 450 Public and Community Health Administration | 3 |
| HLSC 461 Managerial Epidemiology | 3 |
| HLSC 480 Health Ethics and the Law | 3 |
| HLSC 485 Health Informatics (meets Impact of Technology requirement) | 3 |
| HLSC 468 Internship (200+ hours required for 3 credit hours)* | 1-3 |
| Three or more Management Electives not satisfied elsewhere | 9+ |
*Students with five or more years of supervisory or management experience in a related field may apply for a Prior Learning ePortfolio Challenge which could replace the internship course. Prior Learning assessment costs are not covered by TA.
Total requirements met at ODU: 55+ credits
Total credits for degree: 120
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