My credits didn't transfer to ODU properly. What can I do?

Credits not transferring the way that the student expected are very common. This is due to several factors:

1) the course comes in as an elective instead of as a particular required course… this often happens when a course is transferred from an institution that either ODU does not have a transfer relationship with or the course being transferred has never been transferred to ODU before.

 2) Another scenario may be that an error has been made from the admissions office. If one of these situations does occur and you believe that you have had the particular requirement, simply go to the academic department, provide for them a copy of the course description from your other institution and a syllabus if possible, and the chief dept. advisor or dept. chair from that dept. will review it. If it is considered equivalent, the advisor or chair will send in a form to correct it. If it is not considered equivalent that you will need to take the course in question.