OCME Guidelines. 1  The county medical examiner is an officer of the State of North Carolina, charged with the duty of investigating and certifying specified categories of human deaths in North Carolina. 2  A medical examiner's authority derives from Article 16 of Section 130A of the North Carolina General Statutes.
Generally, an associateâs level program is 60 semester credits of study (or 90 quarter credits). This equals about twenty college courses. Most are awarded by private career colleges or by public community colleges.
Report Abuse. An associate's degree is a 2 year degree and it takes about 60 hours. A master's degree is a graduate degree and also takes about 2 years, but you'll need a bachelor's degree first before you can get a master's. Which is better depends a little on what you want to do with your degree.eport Abuse. An associates is typically about 60 credits, but every community college has their own credit system. And you don't automatically get an associates after taking those credits-you also need to fulfill the requirements of a degree (a major and general education classes).