I%26#039;m working on my associates now for Marketing and Management (well actually it%26#039;s Fashion Marketing and Management but we%26#039;ve recently been told that the school is changing it to straight marketing managment to give us more job options) Any way...I plan to get my associates and transfer to a 4 year BUT an issue i%26#039;m having is I think I may want to change majors when I get to the 4 year. I think that i may want to go into teaching but I love my school now and don%26#039;t want to leave it to find a school that offers associates for that area. My question- will i be able to take up teaching with an associates in Marketing Managment? I%26#039;ve been told that if i have an AS it doesn%26#039;t matter what it was in, as long as I have one I can take up anything. I can change my major now, but the only other major that would remotly apply would be general Business and I don%26#039;t think that would help me at all in the teaching field. Help!|||I have a friend who was recently in a similar situation. Since I%26#039;m a teacher, he turned to me.
First of all, you may want to consider whether you%26#039;ll find it beneficial to finish your associate%26#039;s in Marketing %26amp; Management. If you%26#039;ve already decided to go into teaching, there%26#039;s a chance you%26#039;re spending time in classes you won%26#039;t need later. If, however, you want to teach at the high school level and would like to teach something related to Marketing %26amp; Management, it would make sense to finish the track you%26#039;re on now.
You may also want to finish your associates now, because if anything ever came up, you%26#039;d still have that degree, and no one can take that from you.
Also, consider the cost factor. Are you at a community college now? If you are, and you plan to transfer to a 4-year college or university, the cost difference for classes may blow you away. (For my friend, for example, it was the difference of about $250 vs. $2500 per 3-hour class!) It may make sense for you to go ahead and grab some of those education classes now. That way, you%26#039;re sure that it%26#039;s interesting to you, and you%26#039;ll save money in the long run.
Most colleges list their class offerings and transfer guides online. You can look up in advance what education classes your current place offers and check your schedule.
Remember, too, you%26#039;ve surely had to take some gen. ed.%26#039;s to get your associates. A lot of those things should transfer to a 4-year college, so you have wasted any time. All of the extra classes have given you different experiences that will have a funny way of being useful in the future.
Good luck!
