Speak with a state community college counselor about a school's Two Plus Two program. It may be a way for you to transfer credits from any A.A.S. degree more readily than someone else with just a post secondary certificate, for example. Know that universities and community colleges formally structure the manner in which people may transfer credits from one institution to the other. Ask about how your credits may factor into that potential equation.
Apply to a school and major of your choice. Attend an associate of arts program at a state community college, for example. Know that even though you have already completed associate level coursework, you must take a certain amount of general education credits that are not required of most A.A.S. degrees. Visit the Santa Monica Community College Associate in Arts General Education Requirements website at Smc.edu. Here you can review a common example of what most state community college general education coursework entails.
Submit transcripts to the school you want to attend. Contact the registrar's office of your former college or trade school, and then pay a processing fee (usually about $10 to $20) to that office. Understand that a school transcript is a record of your performance the new school will use to evaluate you. Have the registrar's office send an official transcript to the new school.
Try to test out of college coursework. It may be a way to transfer any A.A.S. degree knowledge you've already acquired. Reduce the cost of tuition by obtaining credits for school without having to actually attend classes. People who already hold an A.A.S. degree in a specialized field of study such as computer science, for example, may sometimes demonstrate high math proficiency. They may not need to formally attend a lower level math class. Visit the College Board CLEP (College Level Examination Program) website at Collegeboard.com about various testing options.