Catalog Year: 2012-2013

Recommended Courses for Transfer from the Virginia Community College System

The ODU general education program consists of requirements all undergraduate students must complete. The number of credit hours necessary to complete these requirements may vary, depending upon the academic discipline selected by the student. The following list of courses can serve as a guide for academic planning. Additionally, major specific curriculum sheets with all VCCS transfer equivalencies are available on the ODU Transfer Advising website.

VCCS Transfer Guide

Associate Degrees-Transfer Articulation Agreements

Old Dominion University has established articulation agreements with all of the VCCS institutions which, in accordance with the State Policy on Transfer, considers the lower division general education requirements in all bachelors degree programs satisfied for students who earn an approved Associate in Arts, an Associate in Science, or an Associates in Arts and Sciences degree at any Virginia Community College or Richard Bland College.   Some degree programs require specific General Education courses to meet departmental and/or college requirements that are not automatically satisfied by the articulation agreement.  Students must earn a C (2.0) or better in the specific General Education courses to receive credit for the specific General Education requirements.

In addition, associates degrees in General Studies programs at the following community colleges have been approved by the State Committee on Transfer for recognition under the conditions of the State Policy on Transfer:

• Dabney S. Lancaster Community College

• Germanna Community College

• John Tyler Community College

• Lord Fairfax Community College

• Mountain Empire Community College

• New River Community College 

• Patrick Henry Community College

• Piedmont Virginia Community College

• Southside Virginia Community College

• Southwest Virginia Community College

• Virginia Highlands Community College 

• Virginia Western Community College

• Wytheville Community College

Students who transfer to ODU from a Virginia community college or Richard Bland College without earning an associate's degree must have all credits evaluated on a course-by-course basis by the Office of Admissions as specified in the appropriate edition of the ODU Transfer Guide for Virginia community colleges and Richard Bland College.  For more information, please consult the current ODU Transfer Guide.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students obtaining a transfer associate degree (A.A., A.A. & S., or A.S.) are waived of the lower division general education foreign language requirement even though foreign language is not a requirement of most associate degree programs.  Additional foreign language is required for students pursuing a Bachelor's of Arts or International Business (see the foreign language equivalency above for more details).

Students not pursuing an associate degree may also be waived of the foreign language lower division general education requirement if:

• Student earned high school diploma prior to December 31, 1985

• Third level (junior) level of one spoken foreign language was successfully completed in high school (requires submission of the high school transcript to the Office of Admission for verification

• Second level (sophomore) level of two different spoken foreign languages were successfully completed in high school.

Associate in Applied Science degrees

In order to facilitate the transfer of students who successfully complete an Associate in Applied Science  (A.A.S.) degree through the Virginia Community College System and plan to attend Old Dominion University, the following provisions have been established:

1. A student who receives an A.A.S. degree in specific articulated programs (see curricula) at a Virginia Community College, with a grade of C or better in all courses, and who completes a minimum of 37 specified general education credits (see below, 3.b) while obtaining the minimum cumulative grade point average required of all transfer students (or provisional admission if the program requires a higher grade point average) will be eligible to apply for transfer to Old Dominion University.

2. Virginia Community College A.A.S. degree graduates may expect the following:

   • To have all of the approved courses in the degree program accepted and recorded by Old Dominion University provided the student received grades of C (2.0) or better, as identified in the articulated agreement.

   • To be admitted to Old Dominion University with junior status, as provided in each specific articulation agreement. This includes being considered as satisfying the lower-division general education requirements (see below, 3.b) of Old Dominion University, except those required specifically by a school and/or department for a given major. 

   • To complete the remaining credits at Old Dominion University in course work prescribed by the University.

   • To be treated on an equal basis with native students with regard to award and distribution of financial aid, campus housing, selection of courses, and other student services.

3. Old Dominion University will accept full credit toward the completion of the baccalaureate degree(s) identified in the selected articulated programs, including curriculum-related credits (occupational/technical), provided the following conditions are met:

   • The student has graduated from the Virginia Community College System with an A.A.S. degree in an articulated program with Old Dominion University (see list of articulated programs);

   • The student has satisfactorily completed the specified 37 general education credits from the following areas: English composition (6 credits); humanities/fine arts (6 credits); social/behavioral sciences (9 credits); natural sciences (8 credits); mathematics (6 credits); and wellness (2 credits); and

   • The student has a cumulative grade point average that meets the minimum required of all students transferring to Old Dominion University.

For more information on the articulation process please contact Crystal Anderson. 

Director of Transfer Advising and Articulations, at 757-683-3699 or ccanders@odu.edu