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Choosing a Transfer Plan and a Career
Before deciding on a program and career, you need to know your interests, abilities,
and strengths. Choosing the correct transfer plan to help move on to a bachelor’s degree
and career is very important to your success at Broward College. The Career Center has
different self-assessment tools that can help you with your search.
Career Insight allows you to complete a career assessment, but also allows you the
opportunity to access real-time, current job demand in Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami
Dade counties, career-specific salary projections, and Broward College’s related degree
programs.
FOCUS Assessment contains personality, work interest, skills assessments, job tasks, an
overview of work conditions and environment, education requirements and professional
associations.
Virtual Job Shadow allows you to explore hundreds of career videos.
Once you have a transfer plan in mind, the next step is to explore your options.
Connecting a transfer plan to a job title can be done by exploring Match Careers to
Majors and/or Career Ladders. Career exploration is a very important step and there
are several resources that can provide you with additional information. Visit the Career
Center to learn more about available services to assist with your educational and career
goal.
Career Center locations:
Central Campus Bldg. 19, Rm. 130 954-201-6612
North Campus Bldg. 46, Rm. 238 954-201-2355
South Campus Bldg. 68, Rm. 100 954-201-8865
Degrees and Programs at Broward College
Associate of Arts Degree (AA): Complete this 60-credit hour degree in as little as two
years (as a full-time student) and you will be guaranteed transfer into one of Florida’s
four-year public universities. Please note that it may not be your preferred university and
limited access programs require a separate admissions process. See an academic advisor
to create your academic plan and receive additional university transfer information
including lower level prerequisites for your intended major.
Associate of Science Degrees (AS): Complete a 60-88 credit hour degree, dependent
upon the program, in as little as two years (as a full-time student) of specialized training,
designed to allow you to enter the workforce in a high-demand career with marketable
job skills. You may also choose to continue your education by transferring to a Broward
College bachelor’s program to pursue a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS), Bachelor of
Science (BS), or Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN) degree. To maximize the transfer of
credits, students are encouraged to pursue a bachelor’s program that is closely aligned
to their earned AS degree.
Associate of Applied Science Degrees (AAS): Complete a 66-74 credit hour degree,
dependent upon the program, in as little as two years (as a full-time student) of
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