What are the required classes for an associate's degree?

Answer 1

Classed needed to earn an associate's degree depend on the school you are attending and the degree you are working toward. Some examples are:

• To get an Associate's Degree from a community college, most of your classes will be the "core curriculum". At the community college I attend, you must take College Algebra, English I, English II, Literature, 2 Science classes, 2 History classes, Political Science, Speech, Economics, and electives.

• I just graduated with my Associate of Science (or AA degree) and it all depends on the college you are at. My college, SWCC required you to take so many credits worth of sciences and I chose to take 1 year of Inorganic chemistry, 1 yr of Organic Chemistry both with labs,a year of Biology with lab, definitely good idea to take Physics with lab (while you're at a comm. college-earier) which requires you to take Calc I, Human Anatomy & Physiology and Science and Nutrition. If you are going to be a science major you will need to take those for your own sake, because you will have to take them no matter what, and that way you get them out of the way and it will go towards your AA/AS degree. Also you will need usually most schools want you to have around 8 math credits, I took Calc I and college Alg & Trig. Then every school has their own requirements for English: at SWCC I had to take Speech, English Composition I and II, and you only had to have 8 credits, so each one of those classes was a semester. Next you are required to take to pointless electives and humanities and Social Sciences classes which are basically the bulk of your credits those will be your pointless classes which really don't have anything to do with your major. I for example took: Sociology, General Psychology, Western Civ, Human Growth and Development, Asian Culture by Film, The Short Story, music appreciation, you can also take computer classes, art, music, journalism, history classes, they offer you a lot to choose from but the ones I listed were just ones I chose to take. My college also required us to choose from a variey, of PE classes as well.

Answer 2

An associates in science (AS) degree can cover a variety of areas. There is no generic curriculum particular to an AS, For example, one can acquire an AS in Nursing, Engineering, and even Liberal Studies (exploring the arts ans sciences). What I can say is the science degree will be more specific or we can say more career oriented than the arts degree. Thus, there will be more career focused.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

That depends on the type of institution and the particular program of study. Each will have requirements particular to itself. Still, most core corriculums will include, communication (written and oral), humanties such as history, social sciences, math, exact sciences (for example biology) and general electives.

Answer 6

For the transfer degree, it typically would consist of the following subject areas.

• Communication (written and may include oral)
• social sciences
• Humanities
• Laboratory science
• Higher level math and may include business statistical analysis
• Economics
• Accounting I and II
• Intro to business
• Business Law I
• General elective
• Business elective

Some of the above may vary according to the specific college.

Answer 7

What associate degree each has different requirements. In general to get an asso. degree you need two classes of each subject. Go to www.owens.edu and you should find your answers.

Answer 8

Typically, the educational prerequisite is a high school diploma or GED. Specific programs of study (majors) may have other prerequisites in terms of prior coursework.

Answer 9

An AA is 2 years of collage.