Tyler Burkman: In all honesty, an associates in either field is useless. These degrees serve one purpose... transfer to a 4/ year bachelor's program.
Jesse Pirieda: Well, the AA/AS degrees do qualify you for more advanced clerical and administrative positions, including those offered at a university. Most full-time university positions include comprehensive benefits, including free or low-cost tuition. If you are serious about education and/or health careers (yep, they can be combined), then try to get a position with a university so that they will pay for the next few years of your schooling. Be sure you have official copies of your transcripts, of the course syllabi (in case credit transfer issues arise), and recommendations from faculty and such from your school. Check the Human Resources departments at schools which interest you, and make sure you understand how to go about applying (some are really bearish, while others are a delight). But honestly, I don't see! much of anything in either field that allows someone with an associates to progress or do very much of interest, much less something related to the fields themselves. Good luck!...Show more
Patricia Dornbos: You can be a para-educator in K-12 schools... Other than that, not a hell of a lot... At least to my knowledge.
Robin Marchione: The purpose of an AA/AS in the liberal arts is not to prepare you for a job. Their purpose is to prepare you for transfer to a 4-year program. The liberal arts are not vocational. Whether the major is "Social Science & Humanities" or "Psychology" won't matter because no jobs in those fields employ professionally at this level. The major will matter if you plan to go on and get a BA/BS in one of those fields. Understand though that the minimum professional qualification for a psychologist is a master's degree and the PhD is preferred. Also, that the social sciences usually require a master's degree for professional positions ! as well.Nursing, on the other hand, is a vocational field and ! the associates degree in nursing (usually RN) will qualify you for employment. Most LPNs don't have an associates degree - having one in anything could improve your employment options or at least the chances of you being selected over those without.There is no useless degree. They all serve a purpose. The relevant question is whether you are interested in the purpose they serve. A BS in Accounting is far from useless - but not nearly as useful if you want to become a nurse. Decide what it is you want a degree to accomplish for you and then go get the degree required to be that. Getting the degree and then trying to find something to do with it is like putting a horse behind the buggy....Show more
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