Korean Job Discussion Forums

mssinmymind · Joined: 12 Oct 2008

At the time of starting you ESL Career in Korea,

If interested, you may reply with your opinions on the best situation to be in, with degree, without degree, doesn't matter, differences of having one over the other etc...

UknowsI · Joined: 16 Apr 2009

Maybe it's just me not understanding the American education system, but isn't option 2 and 3 the same? And there are no options for higher degrees?

Mr. Pink · Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: China

I agree, the options are not that good on this poll. I would have gone with:

Post-graduate Degree (this would cover ppl with B.Ed/Masters/Doctrates)
4 Year Degree
3 Year Degree
Currently in a degree program
2 Year College
No post-secondary education

Oh well.

mssinmymind · Joined: 12 Oct 2008

Ok, I will agree the poll wasn't done properly to allow for all options.

My main issue was...do you or do you not have a degree ?

Maybe I should have just asked that instead.

I guess I was in the thinking of...how good are the options of getting contracts if you haven't finished your degree, and maybe getting the degree online once you're there ?

But, thanx to all who replied !!

.38 Special · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania

In the United States, there is no "three-year degree." All bachelor's degrees are implicitly four-year (associates two-year, master's two- to three-year, etc.), regardless of how long it took to complete the degree. I know nothing about the universities of the commonwealth nations, but in the U.S. the students freely make their own schedule from a catalog of available courses and need only to satisfy a core of requirements (usually 3/4 of their course load), and, therefore, may take as many electives as they choose and for as long as they like (usually).

missinmymind: A four-year degree (or bachelor's) is a requirement for the E2 visa, necessary for legal employment as an EFL instructor (unless you are eligible for other visas).

mssinmymind · Joined: 12 Oct 2008

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

23 and straight out of an MBA. Didn't come here to teach though.

ekul · Joined: 04 Mar 2009 Location: [Mod Edit]

Pretty much most bachelor's degrees in the UK are three years unless you do a work placement or a year abroad. Everyone I know has had no problem getting a visa with a three year degree.

morrisonhotel · Joined: 18 Jul 2009 Location: Gyeonggi-do

Moldy Rutabaga · Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Location: Ansan, Korea

My first degree in Canada was a three-year bachelors, but most institutions have phased them out now for four-year ones. Mine did not do me very much good in the 90s as all the unis I wanted to transfer to required a lot of make-up work for a three-year degree. It would likely be fine for an E-2 in Korea, though.