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blindsheep · Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 5 Location: Barcelona

Just wondering if certain types of University degrees are required (HONS, BA) or if most types of degrees are acceptable... I just ask because I have a 3 year Bachelor of Computing degree and I'm thinking about heading over to Korea to teach english.

Thanks.

Canuck2112 · Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Posts: 239

Anything from pre-medicine to 12th century Celtic knot tying to advanced bee-keeping theory will do. I'm pretty sure it just needs to be a university degree. There are several teachers in my city with 3 year degrees, so you should be fine.

BTW, how are Van Gogh's and Trapper's doing these days? Smile

Canuck2112 · Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Posts: 239

oops, just saw that you mentioned Korea in your post. I'm unsure about the degree requirements there, sorry.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

In Japan, a simple bachelor's degree will do. BA or BS. I've seen teachers with physics, microbiology, hotel management, and geography degrees.

Those are people in language conversation schools as well as high schools. Of course, if you want to teach in a university, you must have a related degree such as linguistics.

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

I'm teaching full-time in Indonesia, and I have both a B.Sc. in Computer Science and a 4 week TEFL Certificate.

I had absolutely no problems at all with getting a work visa. Any major will be fine in most SE Asia.

blindsheep · Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 5 Location: Barcelona

Thanks for the responses,

Canuck2112:

Van Gogh's and Trappers are still getting busyier all the time.... not much of a fan of Trappers though, its been taken over by the 1st year 'I wear my cool sleazy name brand clothing and try to act as ultra-cool as possible crowd' that used to just frequent the Palace.

Guelph... population: 100,000 - bar seeting in the downtown: 10,000... its crazy!

Canuck2112 · Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Posts: 239

I've probably run into you a few times. I used to work at Van Goghs. I agree with you about Trappers/Palace...not a bad location but the clientele leave something to be desired.

I miss Guelph alot. They were the best years of my life, I hope you enjoyed yours.

Cleopatra · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 3:42 pm Post subject:

Universities and some other 3rd level institutions (eg in the Gulf) require you to have a Master's in Applied (not Pure) Linguistics or TESOL.

Corey · Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 112 Location: Canada

I think it will depend on the type of school. If you can, try contacting some different places and find out what they are looking for.

Good luck.

struelle · Joined: 16 May 2003 Posts: 2372 Location: Shanghai