What are the differences between an Associate’s Degree and a Bachelor’s Degree?
Updated October 13, 2022
The Associate’s Degree consists of 100 and 200 level classes and is a minimum of 90 quarter credits or 60 semester credits. A Bachelor’s Degree consists of 100-400 level classes and is a minimum of 180 quarter credits or 120 semester credits.
Typically, an Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer degree (AAOT), Associate of Science (AS) or and Associate of Science Oregon Transfer-Business (ASOTB) will satisfy the first 90-120 quarter credits of a Bachelor degree, leaving the student to complete only the additional 60-90 credits of upper division work (300 and 400 level) for the Bachelor degree at an Oregon University (public or private). For most full-time students, this means it will take another 2 years of full-time course work after they earn their Associate degree to earn a Bachelor degree.
Though there is no “major” or “minor” on a transfer degree, there may be 100 and 200 level courses required by the transfer institution that can be included on your PCC transfer degree and applied toward you Bachelor degree major or minor.
PCC students interested in pursuing a Bachelor’s degree should?meet with an academic advisor to determine if the Associate Degree they are working on has coursework applicable to a Bachelor degree program.
Many?Career Technical degrees (AAS)?have transfer?options?to Bachelor degree programs.