Is AAS in computer information system transfarable to a 4 years college after finishing AAS how long is it going to take to complete bachelor in which colleges of New York can you transfer?

Answer 1

Answer 1: You're asking a question which cannot easily be answered, here; in part, because each college in New York (or anywhere else, for that matter) is going to have its own requirements... things it will and/or won't accept, and under what circumstantces; and every school is different. Figure out a few schools that interest you, and then either ask for a printed-on-paper version, or go to its website and download a PDF version, of the school's "catalog." A college's catalog explains absolutely everything you could possible need to know about the school, its requirements, it rules, its costs, it procedures... the works. Doing that is going to be the only way that you're ultimately going to be able to get anything even close to the answer you seek.

However, I can give you some information, right now, that I know will help you.

A two-year Associate of Arts (AA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree is typically exactly one-half of a four-year Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree. A typical AA or AS is sixtey (60) semester credit hours, and a typical BA or BS is 120 semester credit hours; and at most schools which offer four-year BA or BS degrees, the two-year AA or AS degree counts as the entire first two years of the four-year bachelors. And so most people with an AA or AS may simply enter a BA or BS program, and then complete only the final two years thereof.

And part of the reason that works is because all regionally-accredited AA or AS degrees contains the exact same "lower division general education" (LDGE) courses as pretty much all regionally-accredited BA or BS degrees. Said another way: A two-year AA or AS degree from pretty much any college contains all the LDGE that a four-year BA or BS degree contains; and so most BA/BS programs will accept most AA/AS degrees, and let them count as the entire first two years of said BA/BS degrees, because it's usually during said first two years that all of the BA/BS's LDGE is earned.

However, an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree is different from either an AA or AS. AAS degrees are usually for people who aren't necessarily planning on going on and getting a BA or BS. AAS degrees are usually for people who plan on only having an AAS degree, and no higher degree, in their lives. AAS degrees, then, tend to be more oriented toward certain kinds of jobs or careers. AA and AS degrees, on the other hand, tend to be more aimed at preparing people to go on and earn a BA or BS degree. AA and AS degrees, then, tend to be more "academic," where AAS degrees tend to be more professional or career-oriented.

Consequently, the AAS degree usually contains less LDGE than does the typical AA or AS degree... sometimes, depending on the school, as little as half as much LDGE as an AA or AS degree will be in the AAS degree.

Said another way: All accredited BA/BS programs contain/require that a certain amount of academic LDGE be earned during the first two years... typically at least 30 semester credit hours, and sometimes as much as 45 semester credit hours. And a typical academic AA or AS degree will tend to contain that amount of LDGE.

However, a typical AAS degree may contain only 18 to maybe 24 semester credit hours of academic LDGE... closer to only half of what any good BA or BS degree requires.

Therefore, if one presents to a BA or BS program with an AAS degree, then one is going to be quite a bit short of the academic LDGE that said BA or BS degree requires. And so whomever tries to enter a BA or BS program with an AAS (instead of an AA or AS) is likely going to have to make-up all those courses that will be necessary to get the amount of LDGE up to whatever the BA or BS degree program requires.

Normally, a person with an AA or AS degree may enter a BA or BS program, and the entire AA or AS degree will be counted as the entire first two years of the BA or BS degree; thereby allowing the person with the AA/AS degree to just complete two more years in the BA/BS program, and, voila!, s/he has a BA or BS degree.

But the person with the AAS degree who tries to enter the BA/BS program will likely be told that s/he has some catching-up to do when it comes to LDGE; and so the first up-to-a-year in the BA/BS program might be spent doing said catching-up; and only after that will the third year of the BA or BS program be entered.

So, in other words, the person with the AA/AS degree who enters the BA/BS program will likely be able to complete said BA/BS program in just two more years (for a total of four years between the AA/AS and the BA/BS). But the person with the AAS degree who enters the BA/BS program may be required to spend up to one year just getting caught up, then two more years to complete the BA/BS degree (for a total of up to five years between the AAS and the BA/BS).

Unfortunately, no matter which school you choose in New York (or pretty much anywhere else in the United States), your AAS will likely be lacking in LDGE; and so you will have to do some catching-up.

For that reason, I never recommend an AAS to anyone unles s/he is absolutely, positively, 100% certain that s/he will never want to go on into a BA or BS program. And, of course, few people, at such a young age, can possible know such a thing; and so I always try to dissuade people from getting an AAS and, instead, try to convince them to get an AA or AS.

So if you haven't yet started the AAS (or even if you have), please choose (or switch to) an AA or AS program. That way, no matter which BA/BS program in New York you choose, the entirety of your associates degree will quite likely be either entirely (or almost entirely) counted as the entire (or almost the entire) first two years of the BA/BS so that all you'll have to do in order to earn said BA/BS is go to school for two more years... two years and a summer session, at most.