If you wish to pursue a bachelors degree, you would transfer to a college or university that offers a field of study that interests you. You should make sure whatever the field of study is, that you have a passion for that work. If the bachelors is within the same area of study as the associates, the transfer will be much better in terms of transferring your already completed work. Read carefully the following to research colleges and universities that will meet you needs.
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Well an associates degree is a two year degree while a bachelors is four. Not all major will transfer from an associates to a bachelors. For example you can get an associates in nursing and go on later to get your bachelors and it only be about two more years. But if you have an associates in nursing and you want a bachelors in business. You will pretty much have to start over and most likely only your prerequisites will count toward your new degree.
You do not need an associates degree to get a bachelors, one is just more extensive than the other. If I were you, I would go straight for the bachelors.
it depends what kind of degree you want to get 2 years - associates 4 years - bachelors 6 years - masters
If I understand your question correctly, the AA is a degree at the two year level and not a minor. If you take a bachelors degree, the associates would still remain a degree; a bachelors in elementary education, an associates of arts degree in early childhood education (which should be the way you would want it).
This is a vague question but I will help as best as I can. With an associates degree you open your possibilities to so many options but specifying your associates degree is what counts. You can get an associates in practical science or an associates in business, arts, science*. All these have different pathways and the more and more you specify what you want, the better outlook you will have on career choices.
The associates degree is often a springboard for students intending to transfer to a four year institution to pursue a bachelors degree. In this case, the associates degree would come first, then the bachelors degree. However, there are some individuals who have a bachelors degree and then take an associates because of a want or need to change careers. In other words, someone who already has a bachelors degree in business, may wish to then take an associates degree to become a registered nurse. Still, many individuals who intend to complete a bachelors degree, start with the associates degree first. Individuals take an associates degree for a variety of reasons; below are listed some of these reasons. * Cost of tuition and fees * Smaller academic community * More one on one attention * Did not meet the admissions requirements of the four year college or university * Better student to professor ratio * Career oriented programs to enter the workforce after the two years * Transfer programs to four year colleges and universities * Existing career enhancement
If there is an urgency to get out into the workforce as soon as possible, a community college is a great place to start. At the community college you can acquire an associates degree as a registered nurse much sooner than attempting a bachelors in nursing. However, I would consider continuing on for the bachelors after the associates degree. The higher the degree the more opportunities that will be open to you. If your home county community college does not offer a registered nurse degree, try some of the surrounding counties.
Answer 1: First and foremost, the four-year bachelors program must be accredited by an agency approved by the US Department of Education (USDE), and/or the USDE-sanctioned Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).Next, you'll want your entire two-year associates degree to count as the entire first two (freshman and sophomore) years of the bachelors degree; so that you may enter said bachelors program as a full junior, and complete just two more years in order to earn your bachelors. If any part of the associates won't count toward the freshman and sophomore years of the bachelors, then you may have to take a few additional lower division (freshman and sophomore level) courses to satisfy whatever are the bachelors degrees requirements which the bachelors degree program says you're missing. You'll want to be crystal clear about all that before entering the bachelors program.Beyond that, there's not too much to worry about, academically, because it's mostly the upper-division (junior and senior year) courses that matter in a bachelors program... that's where all the courses in the major (and minor, if one is declared), and the general electives, are taken; and almost nothing that you took in the associates degree manifestly affects any of that. What matters most about the associates is that it satisfies whatever are the bachelors program's requirements; and said requirements are usually related to what's called "lower division general education" (LDGE).If your associates is sufficiently well-crafted, then the bachelors program's LDGE requirement will be either entirely, or nearlly entirely satisfied by the associates degree. As long as that's the case, then the only academic questions you should have for the bachelors program will be related to your major and/or minor... neither of which have anything to do with the associates, even if the associates is in the very same thing, or something compatible with, whatever will be your bachelors degree's major.So, then, all that leaves, really, are questions about things like what life will be like on campus, in what kinds of extra-curricular activities you could become involved, what things cost, what are the rules, where and how will you live, etc., etc., etc.
Personally I would not back up into another associates degree. Move on to the bachelor's degree. The college or university you enroll in will evaluate your transcript and apply all usable credits toward your degree in teaching. Then, just go from there.
Some banking jobs have minimal requirements and will only ask for an Associates Degree with a strong focus on math, accounting, finance or other related fields. More advance positions will require a Bachelors Degree or higher.
It depends on your overall career goals and objectives. An associates degree is a great way to start. However, I would seriously consider transfer to a four year institution after completion of the associates degree to pursue your bachelors degree. It will open up more doors of opportunity for you. Acquire a vision of exactly what it is that you want to accomplish in terms of career goals, and your path will become clear.
Getting an associates in Anthropology should take 2 years, the same as any associates degree. However, because you will not select an area to focus on (Linguistics, Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology or Archaeology) until you begin work on your bachelors degree, an associates degree will probably not be particularly useful in obtaining a job in the field. == You would be able to get certified to work on archaeological digs as a field archaeologist (aka shovel bum), but it would generally be better to get the degree and a Masters if you want to work in analyzing what is found or in research. The Army also hires anthropologists.