associates degree number of credits
Assiciate degree is offered at 2 year community college. When you transfer to a 4 year college, you would be starting from your junior year. My school require 120 creidts to graduate. So at least 60 credits were needed to be completed in order to get the associate.
The Associates Degree requires the studying for two years and when the student choses, how many credits for an associates degree he needs, he may not prerequisite coursework for testing the basic skills. Some may take longer hours which depends on the required credits number.