Mechanical Engineering Technology (BSET) Military Pathway

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology
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 specialtiesOral Communication requirement3
CLEP Precalculus or select military specialtiesMATH 162M and 163 Precalculus I and II6
CLEP Foreign Languages or military linguist or DLIFLC gradLanguage and Culture requirement*6
CLEP Any Social Sciences exam except Educational PsychologyHuman Behavior requirement3
CLEP Any one of six History examsInterpreting the Past requirement4
CLEP American or Analyzing & Interpreting LiteratureLiterature requirement3
CLEP Chemistry or select military specialtiesCHEM 121N Foundations of Chemistry I (lecture) or 121N and 122N3-4
Subtotal: 33-34 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:

  • E6 earns SEPS 302.
  • E7 earns SEPS 302 and MGMT 325.
  • 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 ExamODU Equivalent CourseCredits
CLEP or DSST multiple choicesGeneral Education requirementsvarious
Select military specialtiesENGN 121 Introduction to Engineering and Technology4
Select military specialtiesENGN 122 Computer Programming for Engineering4
Select military specialtiesMET 300 Thermodynamics3
Select military specialtiesMET 320 Design of Machine Elements3
Select military specialtiesMET 330 and 331 Fluid Mechanics and Laboratory4
Select military specialtiesMET 351 Thermal Applications Laboratory1
Select military specialtiesMET 300/400 Electives (two courses)6
Select military specialtiesPHYS 111N and 112N Introductory General Physics8
Subtotal: 33+ credits

Total requirements potentially met outside classroom: 66+ credits

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

CourseCredits
ENGT 200 Statics3
ENGT 220 Strength of Materials and MET 225 Strength of Materials Laboratory4
ENGT 230 Engineering Graphics and Computer Solid Modeling3
ENGT 270 Automation and Controls and ENGT 286 Automation and Controls Laboratory4
ENGT 305 Advanced Technical Analysis3
ENGT 365 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing3
ENGT 434 Introduction to Senior Design Project3
ENGT 435W Senior Design Project3
ENMA 302 Engineering Economics3
ENMA 480 Ethics and Philosophy in Engineering Applications (meets Philosophy and Ethics requirement)3
MET 200 Materials and Manufacturing Processes3
MET 310 Dynamics3
MET 340 Heat Transfer3
MET 350 Thermal Applications3
Select one approved MET elective from catalog3
Human Creativity requirement3
MATH 211 Calculus4
Upper-Division General Education requirements unless met elsewhere0-6

Total requirements met at ODU: 54-60 credits

Total credits for degree: 121+