So, get THIS...

I'll have my Associate's in Interdisciplinary Studies, with an emphasis in Early Childhood Development, as of May 29, 2012. So, in light of my upcoming degree, I began researching for employment opportunities. After not finding much, I went to my school's website to look up my degree information where they include potential job titles. After about twenty solid minutes of searching, I realize my degree isn't listed anymore. However, I do see a newly listed program with all the same courses listed that I've taken (minus two)- Associate's in Applied Science in Early Childhood Development. THIS is the degree I want. I can't help but think this newly named degree would please the eye of a potential employer more than my current one.

So, I called to see what I need to do to have the "new" degree. An academic adviser tells me I would need the two other courses listed in the new plan. I can't replace my needless two keyboarding classes because the two combined equal 5 credits. If I took the other classes for the new degree, I would exceed my program credit requirements of 90, which I'm not supposed to do. And I wouldn't if my last adviser hadn't scheduled me for Bachelor's level honors courses and screwed up my credit count.

Then I ask, "Couldn't I get my current degree, then take the missing two courses for the new one, carry over the same credits and have both degrees?"

His reply? "Well, yes, but the degrees are really the same thing, with different names."

"But if they're the same degree, why are there different courses? With my current degree, I'm missing these two courses to have the "new" degree," I point out.

"Well, yeah, I guess you are."

"Yeah, I guess I am."

So, I'm left with a degree that I'm not sure I want. I planned to start my Bachelor's in Child Psychology in June, accompanied by some Master's courses, which would leave me with my Bachelor's in Child Psychology by July 2015 and my Master's of Science in Psychology- Applied Behavior Analysis by March 2016.

However, I think I'm going to take those two courses first and get the degree I want. 

What's two Associate's degrees going to hurt? Nothin'. Ain't gonna hurt nothin'.

Well then... I'm gonna seem purty smart with all them there degrees.