Korean Job Discussion Forums

[mekku]

so i have been putting thought into getting a masters degree. i am sure there are online programs back home i could do but i am considering applying for a program here in korea. i don't know a whole lot about graduate degrees except that it will likely be more helpful than just a bachelors when it comes to job-hunting!!

i would like to hear some of your thoughts on earning a degree from korea- probably keimyung university would be my first choice. i realize that korean universities are not world-renowned for their studies- but i doubt any school i would go through back in the states is either. somehow an online degree seems lesser than a degree earned in person.

what do you see as some of the benefits and downsides to earning a masters while i am here.....besides the obvious benefit that i would have a degree higher just a bachelors?

[el_magico]

This was just discussed last week

[alpope23]

[brento1138]

I am also considering doing a Masters at a uni where I'm currently working. It's very economical (I heard I will get an employee discount..) and (on top of that) Korean unis often seem to give benefits and discounts to foreigners. I am not sure how well it might help out my future job prospects in Canada, however, I honestly don't think a Canadian employer would see it as a "bad thing." At least it shows you were doing something when you were here.

I'm pretty sure you could argue, at your job interview, that it was up to international standards... what'll they know anyways? I've always heard the more education on your resume, the better. I plan on getting maybe 2 masters, and one PHD in my lifetime, if possible... why not start in Korea?

I think if there is a financial opportunity here to do a masters, regardless of whether it is that beneficial back home, you should take it! Besides, they are well recieved here in Korea and people (ex-teachers) seem to be getting those highly paid sought after positions as the weigookin guy in Company X.

Anyhow, if I plan on being here longer than 2 more years, a Masters will be in the works.

[traxxe]

One of my colleagues has an M.A. from Korea. Yet he cannot get an E1 because they don't recognize it.

Enough said.

[bassexpander]

There are lots of good online ones in the USA.

Michigan State
University of Illinois
The New School in NY
My program at the Univ. of Missouri: http://education.missouri.edu/academics/online-programs.php
Shennandoah (they actually come here for a class -- PM cubanlord)
Ball State University

Brits might prefer the Univ. of Birmingham's MA program with tutors here in Korea. More than a few people on Dave's have taken/are taking that program.

There are many others as well.

[jackson7]

Actually Bass, I think you're thinking of UK-Framingham (I think that's Kentucky?). I know they come here periodically for classes. My courses at SU thus far been using discussion forums, DVD lectures, and submitting projects/research via email/blackboard. Great program, though. Really enjoying it and learning a lot.

[crossmr]

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[Landros]

the E1 has more to do with the kind of classes you are teaching I heard. If it is jsut basic English conversation E2 even if you have a masters. At least that is what I have heard. I'm on an F2 so I don't really care but I work with a guy with a masters from the States and they would only give him a E2 and he teaches university classes.

[PeteJB]

Whenever I used to mention higher education to my parents, they'd say I'm too old and by the time I finished I'd never get a job at the end of it. I was what, 22 at the time? Living in the UK is tough man. Get a job or get kicked out. Sadly I come from a family that doesn't value education and only values work and money. I've often thought about going into university full time for a Masters, I'm just afraid it'll ruin my life (damn parents really are good at scaremongering)

[Draz]

[jackson7]

[bassexpander]

I think you're right. Shennandoah is a school, but apparently not the one that holds some classes here.

[Ronald]

What's the opinion on Sogang or Yonsei graduate school program in International Relations?