Electrical Diploma or Electrical AAS?

[Boognish]

Diploma or AAS?

Ok, so I am enrolled at Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis, MN. Currently, I am enrolled to complete their Electrical Construction and Maintenance Diploma program. The only difference between the Electrical Diploma and Electrical AAS is that with the AAS, I would have to take a bunch of general elective classes. Do employers really care about the general elective courses? I would think that they only care about the Electrical aspect of things and not so much about classes that do not apply to the electrical field.

I am half-way through an A.A.S. transfer degree at a public school where the credits will actually transfer to Universities (Dunwoody is a private school and its credits do not transfer). What are your thoughts on this? I will finish the Diploma at Dunwoody. If the general consensus here is to get the A.A.S., I will take those courses and complete it at the school that I was previously enrolled in.

 

[Regularkevin]

I am getting an AAS through my local JATC. They say the degreee is transferable now, as opposed to 4 years ago.

Good luck with your schooling. I have 1 year left out of my 5 year apprenticeship.

 

[jumper]

In todays job market, I would recommend getting all the education you can. I have the diploma in Applied Electricity and AS in Electronics. I went ahead and got the regular degree, Associates in Science vs Associates in Applied Science, because it was more readily transferable to 4 year colleges if I choose to continue on.

Also,

1. Take CPR for your health req. Employers like it when you have the card.

2. If you have a humanities req. Foreign language is in that category. Spanish 101 is an easy A and beats taking Fine Arts, Philosophy, Religion, etc.

 

[cadpoint]

I am half-way through an A.A.S. transfer degree at a public school where the credits will actually transfer to Universities (Dunwoody is a private school and its credits do not transfer). What are your thoughts on this? I will finish the Diploma at Dunwoody. If the general consensus here is to get the A.A.S., I will take those courses and complete it at the school that I was previously enrolled in.

You need to talk to a counselor maybe at both places!

Let me see if I got this correct, your enrolled in HS, and taking additional course studies either in conjunction with your studies, but still outside of HS or your base classes. All Schools have to meet state requirements and give out information of your complete grades. If your going on with your studies at two different places, then your record should reflect your achievements accomplished at each, they might not be any assoication of the two schools.

I'm going to go with the others that say got for the AAS. No one can take an education away from you. A higher education opens many doors that aren't available without a degree. A AAS degree is quite a prize, I'd go for it.

To transfer credits the receivership of the records can be limited in a review of non college level classes be it by the rules of the state board of education, or by charter.

In most cases, not all times the college might be associated to other colleges in the regional area. You may be limited to credit transfer to a true college that’s local to you but not to another associated college. If it is a state run community college system even better, you should be good.

You got a full plate their, I hope you stay hungry, Good Luck!

ps I would think an AAS degree will not be so "elective" in nature, it should more relate to core classes that the degree is based on.

 

[electrician.71]

minneapolis,mn. job market is tough here! today you need all that you can get to offer an employer. I am state licensed journeyman electrician, journeyman maintenance, railroad electrician, and have a boiler license. the company I work for had one maint. position open and hundred plus applications to chose from. Do you think electrical would be enough to beat everyone else out for the job?

 

[firealarmguy]

minneapolis,mn. job market is tough here! today you need all that you can get to offer an employer. I am state licensed journeyman electrician, journeyman maintenance, railroad electrician, and have a boiler license. the company I work for had one maint. position open and hundred plus applications to chose from. Do you think electrical would be enough to beat everyone else out for the job?

Haha, it's rough out there beyond anyone's comprehension....hopefully for not much longer.

Have had my Fire Protection PE license for a year now and still struggling to get work. Normally just having that was a license to get jobs....now it's just a pat on the back.

 

[wawireguy]

I'd get the AAS as you can get a 4 year degree later if you like. A diploma from a program is just that. A diploma.

 

[SegDog]

Don't wait too much...

Don't wait too much...

Getting a degree, any degree, goes much further than most knuckleheads know. I was rejected for positions because of a lack of.

Make certain your counselors put requirements in writing. I had one tell me my forty year-old credits would be counted, and the next one say "no". When I applied for graduation, I had my couselor's requirement paper in-hand.

Best of luck!