<p>Hello ucbalumnus, the AS is about 73 credit hours and the AAS is 62-63 credit hours, however if I was to concentrate in Civil and pursue a CS degree aswell, I could take about 9 credit hours of the CS courses at the my community college that will transfer to university. At the university, they offer a second BS degree in computer science for 30 additional credit hours of CS course after a BS in civil Engineering. 15 of those credit hours would give me a minor in CS which I would have already taken 9 of those at community college. a couple of the CS courses overlap with CE course due to there being programing courses in the CE curriculum. I would say that With the AAS I would be done in 3 terms less than if I would go the university route in either CE or CS, now of course if I chose to do Both the CE and CS I would add an additional year of school. I’m trying to determine the opportunity cost of the AAS route vs. CS or CE AS . I’m just not sure what route I want to take. I would be happy with either profession. However I could jump-start a new career in programing in a shorter time, I would also be content with that, being that there is a lot of opportunity for programers as well a CS here in my state of New Mexico at the national labs, I think an AAS in programing would could also lead a good job down the line with the experience I would gain by just getting the AAS and getting to work. But if the BS In Engineering would help me make more money I would concentrate on going that route. It just seems like programers and CS make more money than Civil. So I’m just trying to decide what to do. Which profession is more promising? Im thinking, there will always be a demand for both and I should be pretty safe with either choice but i would rather have the more promising career. </p>