How many credits do you need for a degree in law?

Answer 1

Answer 1: A two-year associates degree, no matter the subject, is 60 semester credit hours. A four-year bachelors degree, no matter the subject, is 120 semester credit hours.

It depends, I admit, on the school, though. Some schools award associates degrees that contain 63 or 66, give or take, semester credit hours; and some schools award Bachelors Degrees that contain 123 or 128, give or take, semester credit hours. But, by and large, most associates degrees are 60, and most bachelors are 120. Period.

So, then...

If you want an Associate of Science (AS) in Sociology (or, at some schools, it might be an Associate of Arts (AA)) degree, then it'll be around 60 semester credit hours.

If, on the other hand, you want an Bachelor of Science (BS) in Sociology (or, at some schools, it might be an Bachelor of Arts (BA)) degree, then it's be around 120 semester credit hours.

Either way, you'll take the same basic courses in what's called "Lower Division General Education" (LDGE), which consist of courses across a wide range of subject areas -- most of which have nothing to do with a sociology degree -- so that you'll get a broadly-based general education, in many areas, in addition to the course in your sociology major.

LDGE, at most schools -- and, again, this is regardless whether it's an associates or bachelors -- tends to be from 30 to as many as 45 semester credit hours; and so LDGE, alone, will take-up at least 1/2 to as much as 2/3 of an associates degree (or 1/4 to 3/8 of a bachelors degree). The rest of the courses, in either case, will be a combination of both general electives, and courses in the major (and in the minor, if you declare on... though typically only bachelors degrees allow the declaration of a minor).

Answer 2

The actual requirements are set by the law school. Most require about 82 hours to graduate. Some allow you to take up to ten percent of the classes on a pass/fail basis.