Can credits used for an associate's also be used for a bachelors?

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An Associate's is typically half of a Bachelors.  60 out of the total of 120 you need for the BA/BS. Rather than exhausting the credits, you sometimes have an easier time transferring somewhere to get a BA/BS with the AA in hand; some state systems have "block transfer" of the entire degree, rather than doing it course-by-course.

The first part is true; the second, not so much.  Generally speaking, with in-state CC to 4yr transfers, the 4yr school is still going to look at each course to make sure that you have taken all necessary courses - or they're going to make the CC "certify" that you took everything needed for the particular degree.

An example: you want to transfer as a business major.  Not only will you have to take the required GE, you also have to take the required pre-req courses for the major.  The 4yr school is going to check.