You will have to go on for your bachelor's degree first which is a critical prerequisite to apply for a master's degree program. If you completed the associates degree in a transferable program, it will take approximately another 60 to 68 credits to complete a bachelor's degree. Then you can apply for a program at the master's level which can take approximately two to three years to complete post bachelor's degree.
First, your indicating you already have two degrees. So, I don't understand your question as such. If you have accumulated credits at different schools that equal the number of credits required for an associates degree, you cannot claim you have an associates degree. Degrees require more than just an accumulation of credits. The credits must be in specific areas, under a specific program of study, within an acceptable grade point average, as prescribed by the college.
Typically, an associates degree in this field can run between 60 and 64 credits depending on the college and state mandate.
Transfer to a four year college or university that offers the bachelor's degree in criminal justice. Submit your associates degree transcript to that institution and they will transfer all usable credits toward your criminal justice degree. With an associates in liberal arts, and transferring to a criminal justice program, most, if not all credits should be transferable.
24 credits towards a Bachelors degree; in addition to 24 needed for the associates
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The amount of credits that can be applied from one associates to another second associates would be strictly dependent on what area that second associates is in. For example, a Liberal Arts degree would do better with a second Associates of Arts in International Studies rather than in Engineering. Nonetheless, unless the second associates is in a specific practical field - Allied Health for example - why would you want a second associates degree. You would be much better off using your already accumulated credits toward a Bachelors Degree. I would recommend moving vertically and not horizontally. Viper1
Obtaining a college degree is very important. For an Associates degree, 60 semester credits, for a Bachelors 120 credits are needed. This also depends on the college and degree specifics.
Typically, there are four levels of college degrees (to include nursing). They are as follows from lowest to highest.AssociatesBachelorsMastersDoctorate (highest level of academic attainment)The associates and bachelors are referred to as undergraduate coursework. The master's and doctorate are referred to as graduate degrees. Refer to the below.
Typically the associates degree can run between 60 and 64 credits depending on the state mandates. However, because of the amount of clinical hours involved, the associates in nursing can run approximately 75 credits.
The equivalent of a United States Associates degree in India is the Associates of Arts or AA degree. It is a two year degree where the student earns 60 credits.
A masters in eduction will take approximately between 33 and 36 credits to complete.
I can't think of any Master's Degree or Doctoral programs that don't require a Bachelor's degree first. That doesn't mean that you can't still work toward the program, but you will probably have to get more credits (a bachelor's degree usually is 4 years, and an associates is 2... so two years worth of credits typically) first.