Okay so today I mailed off....

[alleycat]

"Terminal" as it applies to associates degrees is that most AAS degrees are considered terminal because they are very specialized and apply directly to a specific job path. They lack enough general education requirements to be used toward a more advanced degree hence being "terminal". I have an AAS and ALL of my courses that I completely to do that degree transfered directly into a BA without a problem. In my area our 2 year school system has many teachers that do not have a Master degree and they are teaching. I have never seen or heard of these credits not transfering into a 4 years school. For instance a graphic design program has instructors that only have a AAS in Graphic Design. These students that enter the program go onto a 4 year Graphic Design do not have their credits edited because they might have had A teacher with a two year degree. Much of the issues in transfer I find is that the schools have set courses that must be completed in their degree.