associates of arts in social science. I want to get a degree in sociology though. I have talked to some people that have told me not to get the associates but Im not sure what to do or how to go about getting a degree in sociology…any helP??
You need to explore the college catalog(s) for the college(s) where you’re thinking of transferring.
You can find the catalog online on most college Web sites. This will tell you what courses are needed for the sociology degree. You then need to find out which courses offered at your community college will transfer to the four year college or university.
You may very well be able to earn the associates degree AND at the same time complete the courses which you need as a transfer student. It depends on a number of factors. Its okay to go back to your academic counselor and ask these kinds of questions – they’re there to help you succeed and meet your goals. (By the way, and hopefully you know this already but just in case – Sociology is one of the "Social Sciences".)
Examples of college sites with sociology programs:
http://www.wiserp.umich.edu/soc/
http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/soc/
Most community colleges also offer a transfer center or at least a Web page with transfer information. Examples:
http://www.pasadena.edu/transfer/
http://www.nvcc.edu/current-students/transfer/index.html
Look for a transfer page on your own college Web site.
Your community college or local public library can also be a great resource. The reference section is likely to include books about colleges and the librarians can help answer some of your questions.
Library chat service examples:
http://www.askmn.org/
http://www.nypl.org/questions/
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I will have 26 credits at the end of this Spring semester which is around May and am a student at a community college taking the Associate’s in Arts degree program looking for any grants or programs that might get me to study abroad in London for little/no/low cost. My family doesn’t make the most money, so this would really help me out a ton!
schools.medianewsonline.com – it provides some tips about applying to US federal and state grants for college students.
I’m going to a regional college campus at the University of Central Florida. Its close to my home and I wouldn’t have to travel far to Orlando. I want to major in business yet they only have a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. The program consists of a business core and then you choose a minor outside of the college of business — no choice of a specific business focus like finance or marketing. Is this degree ANY good? Also, my community college is now offering a Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management. It seems to lean more towards a specific focus than the other business degree, but without the core. But I don’t know if getting a bachelor’s at a community college is any good? Please help me out. I want to pick the best program between the two.
A Bachelor of Arts in business is not as good as the Bachelor of Science in business. You did not mention the school but the community colleges in the Orlando area can give you a good start at a good business degree. However, I would advise you to complete your degree at an accredited university. In Orlando that would be University of Central Florida. They have a good business school and the degree you get there is highly respected.
Another alternative is the degree in International Business at Rollins College in Winter Park. Rollins is an excellent private college, one of the best in Florida. They also offer the most respected MBA degree in Florida. However, you first need to get the Bachelors degree before you consider the MBA.
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I’m looking into culinary schools and after narrowing down my options I’m stuck in a predicament. I applied for the Baking and Pastry Arts certificate program at the Culinary Institute of America California Campus but there is a Baking and Pastry Arts program at my local community college which is much cheaper and would give me an associates degree. The problem is which one do I go for? The degree or the name?
I’ve worked on and off for 20 years in the restaurant and hospitality business and I have to say that the overwhelming majority of people who are at the top of their game give little credence to schooling. You can learn about technique and how to run a business in culinary school but a lot of the stuff you learn there doesn’t seem to translate very well to real life work.
I would recommend looking for a job in a good, reputable bakery to start. you’ll start out at the bottom of the ladder but in a relatively short period of time, if you stick to it, you will learn a lot about the business and whether you really want to per sue it as a career. In the interim you can go to business school and learn how to balance books etc. After a year or two if you feel like school is going to benefit you then go for it or you can seek out a better bakery (maybe in a different market) and work as an apprentice or, because you have been to business school, you can help run a bakery with a really talented baker/ pastry chef.
The best part of this approach is you get paid, although small wages, to learn a skill and to learn about a business.
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some of them are really expesive, however, community colleges that offer that program are quite affordable. Is it recommendable to go for one of those schools (CC) for a degree in culinary arts?
I went to a very large midwestern university then on to The Culinary Institute of America in New York. I then went on to teach culinary arts in a large midwestern university setting for almost 25 years.
My husband is a master chef and he has worked within the industry in another scope of the field in several areas besides cooking itself, He is in upper management (regional vice president)for Best Foods (kraft) corporation.
It can be very rewarding. Not the matter whether you go to a good local school or the best in the country, you’ll work hard and give a lot of yourself to the service industry. We both have loved our jobs and what they’ve brought to us and what we’ve contributed to them.
We have a nephew who graduated from Johnson and Wales in NC and he is doing well. We all must begin when we leave school no matter where we go and its always a struggle at first. It’s the where you want to go that will help make up your mind on where TO go that should help make the decision along with your financial situation..
If you simply want to be respected and work locally and run establishments for others, or work towards having your own place, there is never anything wrong with the community college setting, I highly recommend it. They do very well for people.
Upper crust schools are very expensive, but they will open very high end doors for you also within the service field, considering you did well in school. So, really it depends on what you want to do with your degree, how far you want to go.
Hope I helped. Any of the alternatives will lead you to a happy career.
Ive applied ED to Cornell, my result comes out in a few hours! Though im not too sure about getting in! I would like to know how good/bad is cornell amongst other ivy league schools?
My SAT score is 2030 and 2180( in my subject sat)
Im the chief editor of my school magazine and a running editor sonce 7th grade.
I’ve also done a lot of community service.
Could you tell me what are my chance of getting into cornell? (no financial aid)
Also, if i wish to, is it possible to tranfer in my second year? Im an international student from India. Are there any extra requirements?
Could ou also tell me which out of the following are the best schools:
Boston U
Barnard College(Columbia)
Smith
Pomona
Washington in st louis
Tufts
Vassar
Cornell’s reputation is the easiest to get in but the hardest to graduate from. There is no grade inflation at CU, whereas 97-98% of harvard grads graduate with honors. Not to say that Harvard is easy, because it obviously is not… Regardless, a CU education will get you pretty far.
I dont know about literature, but I know that the UPenn and CU are always among the top 5 psych programs in the US. Cornell also has the Cognitive Sciences minor, which is an amazing thing to have with psych. CU will also make sure you have a liberal arts education. Believe me, there are many options at Arts and Sciences.
The other school Ive heard about in your list is BU. BU is great in literature and communications. Other than that, I cant say much about it, other than it is almost (if not more) expensive than most better schools.
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