I'm thinking about getting this in community college and then going to a Major University, but what kind of choices do I have? Any of you go this way? I originally just signed up for an art class for fun this semester, but it looks like i'll be able to afford books to go full time this semester. Monday i'm going to talk to a counselor to talk to her and get signed up for some more class. Any of you have advice or anything. I was going with primary education but I was looking through a book and this applied science sounds pretty nice. HELP ME!!!
I've been at a community college the past two years and am now tranfering to a 4 year university. I think that it's a good way to get all the basics out of the way without paying alot of money. But if you plan on continuing on and getting a Bachelors then there's little point in getting an Associate's. I was 2-3 classes short of an Associate of Arts degree but what in the hell was I going to do with that? Even if I had the credity I don't think that I would have applied for a diploma or walked at graduation. I'll do that when I get my Bachelor's and my Master's.
If you have any idea where you want to go to school and what you want to major in after you transfer, try to find out what lower division courses they require for a degree and take those. I had to take about 10 classes that had nothing to do with computer engineering (chemistry, philosophy, english, etc.) Junior College is a good place to get those out of the way (although I only took Anthropology in JC.) If you go to a JuCo, take it seriously. My brother didn't think of it as "real" college so he farted around and was stuck there for 4+ years.
Like has been said before, it is a great place to get some of the credits that you will need for a BS without paying the bucks that a university would want...and in most cases, the class credits do transfer over. Check with the counselor at the Juco and at the university that you plan to get your degree at to make sure you only take clsses that will transfer over. I have a AAS that I got straight out of HS...didnt do me a damn bit of good..who the hell cares if your mechanic has a AAS in Auto Tech? Certainly not the shop owners.. I am currently 3 credits away from switching to UH to finish my BS in Network Administration..shouldnt take too long since I got most of the crap outta the way at Juco..
Do you know what major university you want to go to? If so, contact them about what courses they'll accept for credit at your community college. I know UT Austin and Austin Community College are pretty good about such things, but I don't know about others.
Ok Folks time for a professional to step in... I'm not gonna take any steps to tell you where I work or what I do but trust me on this one, when it comes to the requirements for getting a degree, I KNOW what I am talking about. In 1997, the Texas legislature passed bill SB 148 setting up what those of us at public Universities affectionately refer to as "the CORE". It was designed so that community colleges would know what classes will transfer to ANY PUBLIC University in Texas and count towards a degree. Each higher ed institution sets IT's OWN courses for the core but CORE at HCC also counts at UH or A&M or whatever... as long as it is a public University in Texas. An associate's degree is usually 67 hours and if you just go to a Community College 66 of those hours will transfer to a 4 year University. The Texas CORE is: I. Communication - Two English Comp Classes II. Math - 3 Hrs college algebra or higher III. Math Reasoning - 3 hrs. (wich course works best depends on your major) IV. American History - 6 hrs. US History to 1877, US History after 1877 V. Government - 6 hrs. US and Texas Politics, US Government. VI. Humanities - 3 hrs. Stuff like Philosophy, Literature, etc. VII. Visual and Performing Arts - 3 hrs. VIII. Natural Science - 6 Hrs. IX. Social and Behavioral Sciences - 6 hrs. Stuff like Psychology, Sociology, Obviously depending on your major you will knock some of this without trying (Math majors need not worry about the Math Core, you'll get it as you go.) All that being said, in most cases and Associates of APPLIED SCIENCE does NOT contain the CORE curriculum. If you get an Associates of Applied Science in Aircraft Repair, don't expect those classes to count for anything towards most bachelors degree besides elective hours. If you have any other questions, post em and I will answer them for you.
Well, that at least shows me what areas I will have to take when transferring.. I already have: English classes Math classes Humanities Visual and Performing arts social and behavioural Sciences these are all classes that Iwas required to take as a partt of my AAS.. so to say that none of the AAS required curriculum applies to BS requirements is jumping the gun a little bit.
Just giving fair warning as to what I normally see with AAS degrees. It is not uncommon to see one formal math, one technical math (elective) and then 60+ hours of tech electives. Just don't enjoy telling people that the last 2 years doesn't mean squat towards their Bachelors.
I received an AAS after my BA. None of the classes at a community college or the culinary school where I attended would have been accepted at my college but all of the classes I took in college were accepted towards an AAS. I realize that the classes at a community college are much less expensive but I think if you can possibly manage it you should go straight for the four-year college. If there are some fun things offered at an associate degree level that might help you in a particular career and that you can't get at a university (culinary school is a good example) then you can always pick those up later.
If money weren't issue, I would say the easiest thing to do is go the 4 years at the institution. Because the biggest thing you get out of college is a network of friends. That network makes every class easier and gives you something to build on for the rest of your life. So the earlier you get into that school the more you will learn in the long run. That is just my opinion. But everybody must take their own path. So you do what you have do and make it work for you.
Yup. I went a different way and signed up for classes I need for my education major. They check to make sure your class will transfer to the major college you plan on going to. Why would anyone not check that our before wasting two years? Crazy.
Like everyone else, I agree it is a cheap way to get the basics out of the way...Make sure you and your counselor are on the same page because not all credits transfer to your "Major University"... The AA doesn't help, but it doesn't hurt either...I went to UofH after SanJac and even on my resume now, I just refer to UofH as this is where I recieved my Bachelor's degree...Good Luck...
