associates vs bachelors?
ok i got accepted a university and was talking to the counselor before enrolling. She said i should go for my bachelors after going for my associates there. She said AS takes 2 years and BS takes 2 years, not 2 for AS and 4 for BS. So before actually enrolling there i looked around at other schools and found one with the same degree but only offered bachelors. They said it would take 4 years to complete. Does that mean that their bachelors is like AS and BS together?
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Associate's degrees are only offered by Junior Colleges and are equivalent to the first two years at a four year college.
Four year colleges don't give out Associate's degrees. Instead, people who leave them after two years are referred to a college dropouts.
A bachelor's degree takes four years. You can do your first two years at a junior college and then transfer to a four year college where you do your last two years, or you can go to a four year college and do the whole thing there.
You are better off going directly to the school that offers a BS.
A bachelors degree is a 4-year degree. You can either just do all 4 years at once straight out of high school, or do 2 years for an associates, transfer all the credits, and do 2 more to finish the bachelors. If you start at the university and do the associates first, they automatically apply to the bachelors. Once you have the bachelors, the associates doesn't really matter any more - so people usually do it that way if they aren't sure they'll finish the bachelors.
What your counsler ment is this...
Go to college for 4 years. At 2 years in you will have all the requirements for your AS so go ahead and graduate with that. Then after an ADDITIONAL 2 years in that program you will have all required classes done for a BS.
AS--- 2 year degree
BS-- 4 year degree
She ment go an additional 2 years. The reason other colleges aren't offering the AS is because it's not as benefitial to graduate with it. Colleges are promoting 4 year (BS) degrees because it will be the better for you. An AS is good but, you really want a BS because typically that's what others in your field will have and you don't want to hear no because you missed 2 years of training.
An AS in say Math will lay the foundation for you. But, the BS is when you pick up from the foundation and really start to begin to build the house...and get in depth.
Hope this helped!
Add-- colleges offer 2 year degrees and they are perfectly fine. The thing is some (a lot) of colleges are dropping these degrees because they get the most tax funding for students who graduate in 4yrs for BA degrees.
I wouldn't stop at 2years b/c a masters is typically needed now to secure a job after college but, if you feel you want to get the 2yr degree then continue right away then do that if you want.
the only reason to get an acquaintances in criminal Justice is to bridge the hollow between intense college (perhaps you had particularly undesirable grades then) and learn at an outstanding college. With a bachelor's you will get somewhat extra admire. maximum companies won't hire you considering the fact which you have an associate's. besides the undeniable fact that, a bachelor's will assist you get a job. definite, you are able to word to the FBI with a bachelor's degree. it is not recommended to observe with an acquaintances. the competition is purely too stiff.
If you go to an accredited university or college in the U.S. (not University of Phoenix or a similar institution, though I'm not knocking them), then an associates degree isn't even issued, and it's certainly not asked for by most employers.
A 4 year Bachelors of Science (BS) or Bachelors of Arts (BA) is its own degree; the desigation of "arts" or of "sciences" depends on what you major in (creative writing majors get BAs; engineers should get BS's). So her explaination was actually very misleading and full of unecessary info. You should just focus on getting a Bachelors and going from there.
An associates degree is usually not worth the paper it's printed on. I would actually think twice about going to a college/university that even offers an associates programme.
EDIT: funny how everyone who made a comment similar to mine (which is the truth if you ask any college professor) got thumbs down! Hope we didn't offend someone.