Pursue an open concentration or choose a degree emphasis area in early childhood development, educational paraprofessional, or communication. The Associate of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies curriculum offers a broad liberal arts education to help prepare you for a variety of career paths* and brings you at least halfway toward a bachelor's degree.  Each Associate of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies degree rests solidly on a general education foundation, allowing you to plan and design your degree to meet your employment or higher education goals. This emphasis area is designed to help prepare you for the rigorous qualifications required for these positions. Qualified teacher aides are needed to work at the preschool, elementary, and high school levels and in specialized areas such as ESL, bilingual, and special education. After completion of the program, you may be qualified to pursue teaching certification.***Kaplan University's programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, the University does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.
**The University cannot guarantee the student will pass those exams, although certain programs at Kaplan University are designed to prepare students to take various certification or licensing exams. In some cases, field experience and/or background checks may be necessary to be eligible to take or to successfully pass the exams.