The associates degree is designed as a two year program of study as a full-time student provided the student takes the degree as prescribed by the college, and provided the student does not require prerequisite coursework as a result of basic skills testing. There are some programs of study that may take a bit longer depending on the number of credits required. Usually these are programs within the health related fields. In addition, for students who require developmental course work as a result of basic skills testing, it would take longer. How much longer would depend on the extent of the developmental courses they are required to take. Evidently, those individuals who attend college on a part-time based would also extend their time in school. How much longer would depend on the credit load carried each semester. Typically, an associates degree takes between 60 and 64 credits to complete depending on the specific school, program of study, and state mandates.
To complete general education requirements at a 4 year college, which is called a “college degree,” the undergraduate bachelor's degree generally takes 4 years to complete, and needs 120-128 semester credit hours, depending on your major/concentration.
If you need 15 credits hours, and your attending a college or university that operates on a regular two semester academic year, you can finish the degree in one semester as a full-time student.
Normally you will need to complete 120-130 semester hours to earn a Bachelor's degree. Depending on your program of study there will be certain course requirements that you must fulfill to meet the requirements of your particular major.
It depends on where you take the program. Through a community college college, it runs approximately 52 credits and takes one academic year.
one (1) semester unit is defined as fifteen (15) contact hours
It means that to obtain a Bachelor's degree recognized in the US you have to obtain about another 40 to 50 credit hours. This is particularly important if you are applying for graduate school.
At AMU, students are placed on academic warning if their cumulative grade point average (CGPA) falls below a 2.0 for undergraduate students or a 3.0 for graduate students while attempting their first 12 semester hours of APUS coursework at undergraduate level or 9 semester hours at the graduate level. Students are placed on academic probation if their CGPA has fallen below a 2.0/3.0 and they have attempted 13 or more semester hours of APUS coursework at the undergraduate level or 12 semester hours at the graduate level.
A server at a busy or nice restaurant. Or a nanny. You can't do much without a college degree, 30 hours of coursework is essentially still a high school diploma. You may fare better once you get 60 hours/your AA degree.
Most all colleges will convert quarter hours into semester hours. As long as you attended a regionally accredited college or university, you should be fine.
Around 60 or so semester hours.
sixteen
For colleges and universities that operate on a semester system, one credit requires 16 hours of class contact time for the semester.