What is the difference in an Associates of Art and a Bachlor of arts degree?

What is the difference in an Associates of Art and a Bachlor of arts degree?
An "Associate of Art" and a "Bachelor of Arts" usually share about 30 credit-hours of coursework in common, but have significant differences. The "Associate of Arts" degree [note the plural "Arts"] is usually attained by the successful completion of the first two years of general studies in a liberal arts college or community college. The study can usually be transferred to another college for credit toward the "Bachelor of Arts", below.The "Bachelor of Arts" degree is pursued in a Liberal Arts college, that is, one that employs a curriculum that imparts general knowledge and develops the students rational thought and intellectual capabilities, unlike the professional, vocational, technical curricula emphasizing specialization. The contemporary liberal arts comprise studying art, literature, languages, philosophy, politics, history, mathematics, and science (the term "Liberal Arts" has nothing to do with politics or painting, in classical antiquity, the "liberal arts" denoted the education proper to a free man (Latin: liber, free), unlike the education proper to a slave).The "Associate of Art" degree (again, note the singular "Art") is a two-year degree that balances the specialized study of the visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture) with a well-rounded academic preparation. These first two years may often be transferred towards a completion of the full "Bachelor of Art" degree.