How many credits required to get associate's degree in early childhood education?

Answer 1

A bachelor's degree in most areas can require between 120 to 128 college credits particular to a specific program of study. This would be based on a college or university that operates on a regular two semester academic year which is the most common. For institutions that operate on a tri-semester or quarter-semester it would be quite different. That being said, the Bachelor's degree - in most cases - is designed as a four year program of study, provided the student is full-time and follows their chosen program of study as prescribed by the college or university, and also provided the individual does not require prerequisite or developmental coursework as a result of basic skills testing. The minimum credit load for a full-time student is no less than 12 credits per semester. However, to complete the degree within the four years, a credit load of approximately 15 to 18 credits is recommended. For individuals who work or who have other responsibilities that would prohibit them from attending full-time, completion of the degree may take twice as long. Still, some of this time can be cut down by attending summer sessions and/or interim sessions. In addition, the bachelors and associate degrees are referred to as undergraduate degrees while the masters and doctorate degrees referred to as graduate degrees.

Answer 2

Answer 1: All associates degrees, regardless of the major, take two years of full-time college/university attendance to earn; and require that you complete sixty (60) semester credit hours of coursework.

Bachelors Degrees take exactly twice that long (four years), and require exactly twice the number (120) of semester credit hours of credit.

Each course/class, in both cases, is worth three (3) semester credit hours; and so an associates degree consists of twenty (20) three-semester credit hour courses, and a bachelors degree consists of forty (40) three-semester credit hour courses.

If the college is on the "quarter credit" system, instead of the "semester credit hour" system, then the amount of work you'll do is about the same, but how the credits are calculated is a little different, to wit: In colleges which are on the "quarter credit" system, each course/class is worth 4 quarter credits; and a full-time student earns 45 quarter credits per year. So an associates degree from a college on the quarter credit system will contain 90 quarter credits (sometimes just called "90 credits"), and a bachelors degree from such a school will contain 180 credits.

However, whether the degree is in early childhood education, or underwater basketweaving, matters not to how long the degree takes.

If it's an associates degree, then it takes two years, and requires 60 semester credit hours (or 90 quarter credits, if that's the system the college uses instead of the "semester credit hour" system).

If it's a bachelors degree, then it takes four years, and requires 120 semester credit hours (or 180 quarter credits, if that's the system the college uses instead of the "semester credit hour" system).

Answer 3

A bachelor's degree in most areas can require between 124 to 128 college credits particular to a specific program of study. This would be based on a college or university that operates on a regular two semester academic year which is the most common. For institutions that operate on a tri-semester or quarter-semester it would be quite different. That being said, the Bachelor's degree - in most cases - is designed as a four year program of study, provided the student is full-time and follows their chosen program of study as prescribed by the college or university, and also provided the individual does not require prerequisite or developmental coursework as a result of basic skills testing. The minimum credit load for a full-time student is no less than 12 credits per semester. However, to complete the degree within the four years, a credit load of approximately 15 to 18 credits is recommended. For individuals who work or who have other responsibilities that would prohibit them from attending full-time, completion of the degree may take twice as long. Still, some of this time can be cut down by attending summer sessions and/or interim sessions. In addition, the bachelors and associate degrees are referred to as undergraduate degrees while the masters and doctorate degrees referred to as graduate degrees.

Answer 4

A bachelor's degree in most areas can require between 120 to 128 college credits particular to a specific program of study. This would be based on a college or university that operates on a regular two semester academic year which is the most common. For institutions that operate on a tri-semester or quarter-semester it would be quite different. That being said, the Bachelor's degree - in most cases - is designed as a four year program of study, provided the student is full-time and follows their chosen program of study as prescribed by the college or university, and also provided the individual does not require prerequisite or developmental coursework as a result of basic skills testing. The minimum credit load for a full-time student is no less than 12 credits per semester. However, to complete the degree within the four years, a credit load of approximately 15 to 18 credits is recommended. For individuals who work or who have other responsibilities that would prohibit them from attending full-time, completion of the degree may take twice as long. Still, some of this time can be cut down by attending summer sessions and/or interim sessions. In addition, the bachelors and associate degrees are referred to as undergraduate degrees while the masters and doctorate degrees referred to as graduate degrees.

Answer 5

The degree will take 124 to 128 credits. It is designed to be a four year program of study provided the student takes the program as prescribed by the institution.

Answer 6

Typically, a masters in this field will run between 33 to 36 credit hours.

Answer 7

It can be from 60 to 64 credits.