Organizational & Interpersonal Communication (BA or BS) Military Pathway

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Communication
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.

Download a PDF of the Organizational & Interpersonal Communication pathway

Have questions? Contact us today!

Learn more about our military student services

Image
Enlisted Navy personnel stand at attention on the deck of a ship at sea.

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, recruiter, career counselor, select specialtiesCOMM 101R Public Speaking3
CLEP College Mathematics, College Algebra, or PrecalculusMATH 101M, 102M, or 162M (BA only)3
DSST Principles of StatisticsSTAT 130M Elementary Statistics (BS only)3
CLEP Foreign Languages or military linguist or DLIFLC grad

Language and Culture requirement*

(CLEP for 201 & 202 may meet additional 6 credits for BA only)

6

(6)

CLEP any Social Sciences exam except Educational PsychHuman Behavior requirement3
CLEP any History examInterpreting the Past requirement3
CLEP American or Analyzing & Interpreting LiteratureLiterature requirement3
CLEP BiologyNature of Science requirement8
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.

Credit for Rating: 

  • 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 choicesUpper- or Lower-Division General Education or Social Science requirementsvarious
Current or previous E6-E9 or DSST Principles of SupervisionSEPS 302 Workforce Supervision3
Faculty review of exam scores and military/college transcriptsElective requirements to meet 120 credit minimumvarious
Mass Communication specialtyCOMM 200S Introduction to Human Communication3
Mass Communication specialtyCOMM 260 Understanding Media3
Mass Communication specialtyCOMM 272G Digital Literacy (meets Info Literacy & Research req)3
Mass Communication specialty in communication-related billetCOMM 368 Internship (requires department approval)3
Subtotal: 15+ credits

Total requirements potentially met outside classroom: 50+ credits

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

Organizational and Interpersonal Communication Lower-Division General Education or Core Requirements

CourseCredits
COMM 280T Entertainment Technologies or COMM 372T Introduction to New Media Technologies (meets Impact of Technology req)3
COMM 301 Critical Methodologies3
COMM 302 Communication Research Methods I (BS only)3
COMM 335W Rhetorical Criticism or COMM 445 Communication Analysis and Criticism (BA only)3
One Communication "W" writing Intensive requirement3
Human Creativity requirement (cannot be COMM or THEA 270A)3
Philosophy and Ethics requirement3
Up to two Social Science 300/400-level requirements not met by CLEP/DSST (BS only)0-6
Subtotal: 15+

Organizational and Interpersonal Communication Major Requirements

CourseCredits
Select three Foundations courses from catalog9
Select six Applied Theories courses from catalog; one may be met by COMM 368 credit outside the classroom15-18
One Communication elective requirement3
Elective requirements not satisfied elsewhere to meet 120 credit minimumvarious
Subtotal: 27+

Total requirements met at ODU or elsewhere: 42+ credits

Total credits for degree: 120