Question About College Degree:

[-Carlos-]

Can a person have two (2) Associate Degrees? I know it sounds like a dumb question, sorry. :whistling:

 

[Polly Parrot]

I don't see why not.

 

[-Carlos-]

I want to be certain. Thanks.

 

[Polly Parrot]

I'm not certain as I am not in the US and don't have to deal with such things, but since you can have several university degrees I don't see why that shouldn't be possible with an associate's degree either.

 

[Gilgamesh]

I don't see why not? Colleges love getting paid. You pay for it, they'll give it.

I googled it, and here it is:

Second Associate Degree

It is not possible to simultaneously work toward two degrees at the same level—such as two associate's degrees—using the same credit. However, students may pursue a second AA degree after the first AA degree has been awarded.

Here's the url: UMUC Asia - Associate Degrees

 

[-Carlos-]

Thanks you. That's what I needed to learn. Thanks again.

 

[sparkchaser]

Do you have a AA already, AB?

 

[-Carlos-]

I do. I just wanted to know if I could go for another one.

 

[-Carlos-]

The major I want (now) is offered as an AA only at my city college. No BA...just AA.

 

[sparkchaser]

Of course you can. You can get multiple Bachelors degrees (and Doctorates too if you were feeling particularly masochistic).

 

[Polly Parrot]

What do you want to get a degree in?

 

[-Carlos-]

ASL terp. (?)

I want to be a certified interpreter for the deaf. I want to be fluent in American Sign Language and work as an interpreter (terp) with a degree in the field. I know how to communicate manually now but I am not fluent, never taught. I taught myself all this time. I just had that degree question. So I can have two AA degrees. Great.

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[Polly Parrot]

Terp?

And go for it.

 

[-Carlos-]

Yeah. Terp is short of Interpreter. It's a word deaf folks invented.

 

[OReillysRose]

I am pretty sure deaf folks didn't invent the word "interpreter".

 

[Libra]

Yeah. Terp is short of Interpreter. It's a word deaf folks invented.

*facepalm*

 

[-Carlos-]

And hearing folks are hearies.

 

[-Carlos-]

I am pretty sure deaf folks didn't invent the word "interpreter".

I am certain of that as well. (?)

 

[dude]

I worked at a school for the handicapped for two summers and used to be very good at sign language. Not "fluent" but I could hold conversations. I wish I didn't give it up.

 

[-Carlos-]

I worked at a school for the handicapped for two summers and used to be very good at sign language. Not "fluent" but I could hold conversations. I wish I didn't give it up.

You can still go for it. It's never too late. There are many resources on the Web that can get you back on the learning road. I am a high level beginner to a low level intermediate signer. The reason? I do not practice with the Deaf culture...I am learning solo. I love the language though. I am a very visual person so I grasp ASL faster than most things.

These are my regular (online learning sites):

www.signingsavvy.com
Fingerspelling Drills
www.aslpro.com
ASL Browser
www.asl.ms

There plenty of other sites plus books and DVD instructional material. The sooner you start, the sooner you will achieve fluency. If I get fluent in ASL, it'll be my third language...I'll be a trilingual! Go for it again dude!

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