An
associate's degree is the degree awarded by
community colleges in
Canada and the
United States upon completion of a two-year course of study equivalent to the first two years in a four-year
college or
university. It is the lowest in the hierarchy of
academic degrees offered by Canada and the US. Common abbreviations are A.A. (Associate of Arts) and A.S. (Associate of Science).
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