AS vs AAS

[sanantone]

And to me, that was a very smart move on your part. When I tell people even with bachelors degrees that I have an AAS in Aviation Mx Technology, their eyes open up. Especially when I tell them I've been in the business for 20 years and fly free. An AAS shows you specialized in something. You found a cheap way to do something to get gainfully employed. Like you, my AAS didn't hardly cost me more being I had a previous AA and Aviation maintenance with FAA license. A degree in this looks far greater than an AA in my line of work. You can always build on your AAS as your doing now. And hopefully, I will too.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the AAS in Environmental, Safety & Security Technologies is useless. It has everything to do with the subject and nothing to do with the type of degree. I have had the degree for 8 months and it has not gotten me one interview. It's rarely applicable to any job opening because most safety and emergency management jobs require a BS. Now I wish I hadn't taken the freebie because I want associates in computer studies and biology, but TESC has a two associates degree limit.

I've seen plenty of lab tech jobs that just require an associates and the type does not matter because employers only care about the number of science credits you have. An associates in anything is often required at large police departments.