Need Help With Associates Degree

[collegecareerstudent]

Hello everyone! I'm in the process of finishing my English degree for which most of the top credits are for. I originally left that degree program thinking Charter Oak would be faster (and it was) with the intention to return later. I have an AS in General Studies from the school, the only AS they had at the time. They've since expanded some options, but none of them are of interest to me. Im looking to complete an AS or AA in either Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, or Business- at a very reasonable cost that won't take up too much considerable time.  Employers are having trouble knowing what to make of the AS in General Studies. It doesn't seem like they get what it means. Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm including my credits below. Thank you, in advance, for your time and consideration.



ENGL 1101 Fall Semester 2007 Composition I 
KSU 1101 Fall Semester 2007 First-Year Seminar 
MATH 1101 Fall Semester 2007 Mathematical Modeling
MUSI 1107 Fall Semester 2007 Arts in Society: Music 
COM 1109 Spring Semester 2008 Human Communication 
ENGL 1102 Spring Semester 2008 Composition II 
HIST 1110 Spring Semester 2008 Intro World Civilization 
ENGL 2110 Fall Semester 2008 World Literature 3
HPS 1000 Fall Semester 2008 Fitness for Living 3 
POLS 1101 Fall Semester 2008 American Government 3 
SCI 1101 Fall Semester 2008 Science, Society & Environ I 4 
ENGL 4220 Spring Semester 2009 Critical Theory 
ENGL 4570 Spring Semester 2009 20th-Century British Lit 
PSYC 3335 Spring Semester 2009 Theories of Personality 
ENGL 2145 Fall Semester 2009 Intro. to English Studies 
HIST 3307 Fall Semester 2009 Intro. to the European Union 
PHIL 2200 Fall Semester 2009 Ways of Knowing 
ANTH 2105 Spring Semester 2010 Soci Issues: Perspec in Anth 
ECON 1100 Spring Semester 2010 Global Economics 
SCI 1102 Spring Semester 2010 Science, Society & Environ II 
WRIT 3100 Spring Semester 2010 Poetry Writing 
WRIT 3130 Spring Semester 2010 Literary Nonfiction 
CRJU 1101 Fall Semester 2010 Foundation of Criminal Justice 
ENGL 2174 Fall Semester 2010 British Lit. 1660 to Present 
GEOG 1101 Fall Semester 2010 World Regional Geography 
HIST 2112 Fall Semester 2010 America Since 1890 
ECON 2100 Spring Semester 2011 Principles of Economics-Micro
ENGL 3230 Spring Semester 2011 Literary Genre 
SCI 1102 Spring Semester 2011 Science, Society & Environ II 
SPAN 1002 Spring Semester 2011 Introduction to Spanish II 
WRIT 3111 Spring Semester 2011 Professional Editing 
ECON 2200 Fall Semester 2011 Principles of Economics-Macro 
ENGL 2160 Fall Semester 2011 American Literature Survey 
ENGL 2172 Fall Semester 2011 British Lit. to 1660 
ENGL 3360 Fall Semester 2011 Major African American Writers
ENGL 4340 Spring Semester 2012 Shakespeare 
ENGL 4374 Spring Semester 2012 Brit Restoration/18th Cent 
ENGL 4470 Spring Semester 2012 19th-Century British Lit 
SPAN 2001 Summer Semester 2021 Intermediate Spanish


Dantes/DSST/Computing and Info Technology
Dantes/DSST/Introduction to Business
Dantes/DSST/ Principles of Supervision
Dantes/DSST/Organizational Behavior
Dantes/DSST/Personal Finance 
Dantes/DSST/Intro to Modern Middle East
Dantes/DSST/ A History of Vietnam War
College Level Examination Management & Behavioral Scienc
Dantes/DSST/ Ethics in America
Dantes/DSST/Business Ethics and Societ 
Dantes/DSST/ Life Span Developmental Psych
Metropolitan Community College PSYC 2150 Survey of Human Sexuality 
Dantes/DSST/Prometric DSST562 45 Fundamentals in Counseling 
University Of Idaho PSYC 390 Psych of Learning
University Of Idaho PSYC 415 History/Systems of Psychology 
Dantes/DSST/ Intro to World Religions
College Level Examination Principles of Sociology
Dantes/DSST/ Substance Abuse
Various FEMA credits

Other-

DSST- Technical Writing
TECEP- The Psychology of Women
Excelsior College Exams- 
Organizational Behavior
The Psychology of Adulthood and Aging
Research Methods In Psychology
Social Psychology
World Population
Abnormal Psychology

Charter Oak State College-

Cornerstone Seminar Class
Capstone Seminar in Psychology Class

Patten University-
College Algebra

[ss20ts]

I would focus on a bachelor's degree instead an associate degree especially since you already have an associate degree. You won't gain anything from an additional associate degree.

[collegecareerstudent]

I would focus on a bachelor's degree instead an associate degree especially since you already have an associate degree. You won't gain anything from an additional associate degree.

I will graduate with my English degree in December, but I do still want an associates degree more closely related to what I actually studied.

[allvia]

You stated 'Employers are having trouble knowing what to make of the AS in General Studies' - why do you include your 'AS in General Studies' at all on your resume if you have a BS in Psychology? The AS in General Studies is easily explained as the general education courses needed as the first steps towards any bachelor degree; it adds no value to a resume.  Plus you're a grad student now - which I assume you reflect on your resume.  What sort of employer would put any focus on any associate degree of a person currently pursuing a graduate degree?

[ss20ts]

You stated 'Employers are having trouble knowing what to make of the AS in General Studies' - why do you include your 'AS in General Studies' at all on your resume if you have a BS in Psychology? The AS in General Studies is easily explained as the general education courses needed as the first steps towards any bachelor degree; it adds no value to a resume.  Plus you're a grad student now - which I assume you reflect on your resume.  What sort of employer would put any focus on any associate degree of a person currently pursuing a graduate degree?

They don't even look at at associate degree once you have a bachelor's degree. If you're working on a grad degree that's what employers are looking at. They won't care about an associate degree. Associate degrees aren't really that useful in the liberal arts. It's one thing to have an associate degree in Construction Management. That means something because it's a trade.

[collegecareerstudent]

Literally every employer in China cares. I'm in China. In China, we use CVs. They require all data of jobs and education. If someone could give me some program recommendations, that'd be awesome. I'm also in the public eye and people ask questions. They also want and are allowed legally to have access to that public data. Regardless, I'd like a second associates.

[rachel83az]

If they don't understand "General Studies", are they really going to understand "Liberal Arts"? They're exactly the same thing. It's just different names used by different schools.

[collegecareerstudent]

General Studies is not a subject of study in China, so no. Humanities, liberal arts, and business are.

It doesn't help I joined Charter Oak before they had degrees in subjects of study. I graduated with a BS in General Studies with an emphasis in Psychology. I'd like an AS to separate from that. I get that people would prefer I focus on finishing my BA and I will, but I've literally watched people on this thread for 12 years and going to TESC/now TESU and taking advantage of the credits to get 2 ASs and 2 BAs/BSs. I don't think it's that uncommon to want a second associates degree, particularly in something more enjoyable and something that more adequately reflects your study.

[rachel83az]

In that case, I would just explain that it's a liberal arts degree.

The only reason why students at TESU even bother to get Associate degrees is that those degrees are "free" if you graduate with a Bachelor's degree at the same time. It's just ridiculously expensive, in general, to get an Associate's degree on its own. https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/As...7s_Degrees

[collegecareerstudent]

Bummer. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case or that I could use prior learning to reduce the cost.

Thanks for the advice, everyone!