<p>I'm a student at a community college and I'm going for geology and chemistry. Geology isn't really my major because my CC doesn't offer Meteorology so I picked geology as my major.</p>
<p>Do you think it's worth it or just get a degree in geology them transfer to either Penn state or University of Oklahoma to study Meteorology? </p>
<p>FYI: Only reason i want to get a chemistry degree is to get some background so I can use it for my real major meteorology </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>An AS in chemistry is only going to involve a basic General Chemistry sequence and a sequence in Organic Chemistry. You may not even need organic for meteorology, but I’m not sure of that. </p>
<p>That being said, there’s really no point in getting a second AS. An associates degree isn’t really a degree ‘in’ anything. It’s just a general degree. There are different concentrations within them, but the real point of an associates degree is to prepare for transfer into upper level courses at a university. </p>
<p>To succeed in OU’s meteorology program you should get an AS in math or physics. Read the degree requirements for OU and Penn State’s meteorology degrees. Almost no geology is required, but plenty of math and physics is.</p>
<p>A far better plan would be to take the required courses for one degree, and simply take the relevant courses for the other field as electives. </p>
<p>For instance, you could major in physics and choose to take the general chemistry and organic chemistry courses as electives. Adding the chemistry courses would only amount to 4 additional courses. I’ve never heard of any community colleges going beyond those two sequences for chemistry, just like most community colleges aren’t going to go beyond the introductory calculus based physics sequence. </p>
<p>Thank you guys!! So today my advisor told me to take bio and chem at the same time. Is that possible? Are they irrelevant? </p>
<p>I would say yes! geology is different enough that I could see a reason to get both 
granted this is only if those degrees will help you in your career path and not burden you with too much debt. I am not familiar with science degrees (I’m an undergraduate business student) but my personal opinion is that the AA degrees would maybe help you get assistant research positions, not much else. I just got my AS degree in business administration about 6 months ago and it has given me a couple benefits. 1. I have reached a milestone and gained an edge over some of the job market. 2. I feel like if I had to I could go out and get a job that pays $12 an hour; enough to give me a head start on finances while living at home. and 3. getting the degree has given me the motivation to finish my bachelor’s degree. Trust me… the two degrees could be used as a “one-two punch combo” when transferring. Geology seems closer to meteorology, and frankly so does biology, but meteorology sounds like it relates back to all the life sciences.</p>
<p>To conclude, yes go ahead and get the two degrees; they’re both relevant to your desired field and the cost per credit hour vs a 4 year school is very affordable. good luck. </p>
<p>They might both be relevant, but is having two AS degrees going to constitute any type of ‘edge’ in any way at all? The majority of an AS degree is made up of GenEd classes, with a handful of introductory science courses. One could transfer, major in one of the two fields, and still get all of the same science courses from the other major that they would have gotten with a second AS by declaring a minor. Unless you’re going for something radically different (like music major to nursing major), there really is no point to getting multiple AS degrees. </p>
<p>In your areas of study, the Associates Degree has no material value whatsoever. Community College attendees often do not file for award of degree. For some programs, and for some people, the Associates degree is a terminal degree. For them, fulfilling AS requirements is very important. For those using community college as an on-ramp to a four-year degree, the 2-year degree is superfluous. This is where you live.</p>
<p>What does matter for you is preparation for the major at OU or Penn State. Your focus is better spent determining how you can get the most “bang for your buck” and for your time spent at community college from the perspective of looking back from graduating from 4-year college. Do not be driven at all by degree requirements at the 2-year school, but consider carefully how to ease your transition to and speed your transit through your 4-year program.</p>
<p>Whether you are not awarded a 2-year degree at all does not matter to you. Going for 2 associate degrees (let alone 1) is not at all helpful to you. Your requirements are driven by the 4-year school, not the 2-year school.</p>
<p>What about Geology and math AS? If i go for AS in math I can get a lot of my math requirements </p>
<p>All you’d complete is the calculus sequence, and possibly linear algebra or differential equations. And in addition to that, you’d have a ton of completely irrelevant classes such as humanities, social sciences, English etc. You would have literally the entire Associates Degree to do all over again - not just the math courses.</p>
<p>There seriously is no point at all to getting a second AS if you’re planning on transferring. It’s not going to make you more appealing in transfer admissions. It’s also worth pointing out that you aren’t likely to get any type of financial aid aside from unsubsidized loans for a second AS. </p>
<p>You would be vastly better off just forgetting about this idea of getting a second AS. Your best bet is to transfer. You’ll have room to do your meteorology major, with a minor in one of the other fields. </p>
<p>I agree. It is far more important to get ALL your CC credits being accepted by the Target 4 year college and intended major than get more than one AS degree. When you have that BS degree, all those AS degrees are meaningless.</p>