Information Systems & Technology (BSBA) Military Pathway
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, or select specialties | Oral Communication requirement | 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 |
| CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics | ECON 201S Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| CLEP Principles of Microeconomics | ECON 202S Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| CLEP Any one of six History exams | Interpreting the Past requirement | 3 |
| CLEP American or Analyzing & Interpreting Literature | Literature requirement | 3 |
| CLEP Biology | Nature of Science requirement | 8 |
| Subtotal: 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.
Credit for Rating:
- E8 earns SEPS 302, MGMT 325, and MGMT 330.
- E9 earns SEPS 302, MGMT 325, MGMT 330, and MGMT 410.
Department or Major Requirements
| Military Course, Certification, Experience or Exam | ODU Equivalent Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CLEP or DSST Multiple Choices | General Education requirements | various |
| CLEP Financial Accounting | ACCT 201 & 202 Principles of Financial & Managerial Accounting | 6 |
| CLEP Introductory Business Law | FIN 331 Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| CLEP Principles of Marketing | MKTG 311 Marketing Principles and Problem | 3 |
| 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 |
| DSST Principles of Finance | FIN 323 Introductory Financial Management | 3 |
| Subtotal: 21+ credits | ||
Total requirements potentially met outside classroom: 62+ credits
Requirements Met at ODU or Elsewhere
A minimum of 30 credits must be taken at ODU and 120 credits gained in total to earn this degree.
Business Administration Core Requirements
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| BNAL 206 Business Analytics I | 3 |
| BNAL 306 Business Analytics II | 3 |
| BUSN 110 Introduction to Contemporary Business | 1 |
| ECON 301 Managerial Economics | 3 |
| Human Creativity - one course | 3 |
| IT 150G Basic Information Literacy and Research or a “G” course (meets Information Literacy and Research requirement) | 3 |
| MGMT 485W Business Policy and Strategy | 3 |
| OPMT 303 Operations Management | 3 |
| PHIL 230E Introduction to Ethics (meets Philosophy and Ethics requirement) | 3 |
| Subtotal: 25 credits | |
Information Systems & Technology Core Requirements
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| IT 201 Introduction to Information Systems (prerequisite for upper-level IT courses) | 3 |
| IT 205 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming | 3 |
| IT 315 Introduction to Networking and Security | 3 |
| IT 317 Enterprise Information Architecture (prerequisite for IT 464) | 3 |
| IT 363 Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| IT 450 Database Concepts (not required for Enterprise Cybersecurity major | 3 |
| IT 464 Essentials of Project Management | 3 |
| IT 474 Strategic IT Administration (not required for Enterprise Cybersecurity major) | 3 |
| Subtotal: 24 credits | |
Application Cluster Requirements
| Information Systems & Technology Cluster Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Course | Credits |
| Select two Information Technology courses | 6 |
| IT 425 Information Systems for International Business | 3 |
| Select one 300-400-level Business Elective course | 3 |
| Database Cluster Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Course | Credits |
| Select two of four Information Technology courses plus one additional Information Technology course | 9 |
| IT 425 Information Systems for International Business | 3 |
| Network Engineering Cluster Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Course | Credits |
| Select two of three Information Technology courses plus one additional Information Technology course | 9 |
| IT 425 Information Systems for International Business | 3 |
Subtotal for Application Clusters: 12 credits
Total requirements met at ODU or elsewhere: 61 credits
Total credits for degree: 120
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