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kimcheeking
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Well,
I am 1/3 finished my degree - taking it slow - and I am pretty happy with everything. I'm learning alot. Before taking this I had already read quite a bit of literature in the field so I am not necessarily agreeing with everything that is being taught. Over all I am very satisfied.
In fact, I have gotten 2 of my friends to apply and a third is thinkiing about it. I think Macquarie should give me a deal. Get 3 friends in get one class for free or soemthing like that.
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Pyongshin Sangja
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| Yo, K-king~! Congrats on the third. Anything to offer me as to whether or not I should choose USQ over Macquarie or vice versa? |
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seoulman
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Well,
I am 1/3 finished my degree - taking it slow - and I am pretty happy with everything. I'm learning alot. Before taking this I had already read quite a bit of literature in the field so I am not necessarily agreeing with everything that is being taught. Over all I am very satisfied.
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As a brick and mortar grad student in the States, I find these online programs a bit dubious. I guess if you learn the same material and apply yourself it's all good. But with all due respect I sure as heck wouldn't tell anybody that I got an M.A. online. Do you have to submit and defend a thesis? Also, just out of curiosity, what are some of the studies and authors that you are coming across? Even if the online program is sufficient on these counts I would still downgrade it because a lot of what I've learned in my graduate career has come from interaction with other students. |
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kimcheeking
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulman wrote: |
As a brick and mortar grad student in the States, I find these online programs a bit dubious. I guess if you learn the same material and apply yourself it's all good. But with all due respect I sure as heck wouldn't tell anybody that I got an M.A. online. Do you have to submit and defend a thesis? Also, just out of curiosity, what are some of the studies and authors that you are coming across? Even if the online program is sufficient on these counts I would still downgrade it because a lot of what I've learned in my graduate career has come from interaction with other students. |
Yes I have to write a dissertation, 15000 words. I have read,
Braj Kachru
Cecil nelson
David graddol
Denise murray
David Crystal
Vijay Bhatia
Alastair Pennycook
Caroline Coffin
Anne Burns
M.A.K. Halliday
Patsy Lightbrown
Nina Spada
Lyle f. Bachman
Rod Ellis
Peter Skehan
Leo Van Lier
Micheal Breen
Jack Richards
David Nunan
Neil Mercer
Kathleen Bailey
Athur Hughes
Andrew Cohen
Jeremy Harmer
H. Douglas Brown
Marianne Celce-Murcia
Rebecca Oxford
Joy M. Reid
And several others... keep in mind that I have only finished 1/3 of my studies, so I will encounter many other authors. As for interaction with other students there is an online component with discussion boards where the students get rather lively debating issues back and forth. Furthermore one of my colleagues took the same course as me this past semester so we were talking about parts that were difficult to understand.
Don't knock a distance M.A it has a lot to offer and is becoming more and more common in this field. I did a lot of research before doing this, and am confident that I made the correct choice.
While there are disadvantages to a distance M.A. there are also advantages - I can immediately apply what I have studied to my classes. Additionally I have to analyze different issues according to the context of my teaching and write essays about those issues from a practical point of view. One of my colleagues did her M.A. (exact same major) in australia, but she had difficulties with the practical application of what she was learning as she had no way to practice it. I found this out when picking her brain for ideas.
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some waygug-in
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Not exactly the same question, but here goes.
Does anyone know if a person can take classes via distance education through a Canadian university that would qualify, count or lead to a regular education degree in Canada? (sorry if that's an earfull)
I know there are lots of MA distance courses, but they don't seem to count for much back home. I'm just wondering if I couldn't work towards a regular BEd through some kind of distance program.
Thanks in advance
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jesse livermore
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Any one heard of AIU online? (www.aiuonline.edu). they claim to be accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate's, Bachelor's and Master's degrees. Is that an acceptable place to be accredited by? they claim you can get an MA in eduction in 10 months. Would this degree be worth anything?
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Zed
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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I just started following this thread. How can I find out whether a university in Aus is accredited in Canada. (Kimcheeking said that Macquarie was 'recognized'.) I'm interested in finding out about the 3 Aus unis discussed in this thread as I don't want to get a limited degree just to save myself $4000.
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Pyongshin Sangja
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The top three professors at McQ are PhD. grads of Oxford, Stanford and UCLA. It is definitely "accredited," although why the Canadian government would be accrediting unis in Aus. is beyond me. "Recognised" is correct, I think. Anyway, it is a good university with a good international reputation and some of the world's top linguists are former profs. I just enrolled, it better be good. USQ's profs are mostly MEds from USQ itself, some of them only have BSc's. USQ is a former technical college that was recently granted degree granting status. I am spending the extra to go with a good school: Macquarie.
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Tiger Beer
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 3:37 am Post subject: Re: Um |
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Scott be a little bit careful as a lot of places won't accept a person from the west with a non western degree.
But if you do want to go that way then the Phillipines Woman's University in Manilla is American accredited and will take male live in students. So an English major surrounded by beautiful ladies sounds better! |
WHOA! Its accredited and recongized by the U.S.?? What kind of programs do they specialize in?
What other universities in Asia are recognized AND accredited by the U.S.?
An additional question, if its recognized and accredited, but someone sees its in the Philippines for example.. will it still be just as good as having studied in the U.S.? (I mean perception wise to employers)? |
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rudyflyer
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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| OK here's a question. Has any American enrolled in one of these programs been able to get a student loan? Its the only way we can our loans reconsolidated at better terms |
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waterbaby
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Tiger Beer
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Okay, so here is my question.. all these different programs online and such.. and I don't know if they are recognized in the home country..
But actually, in my situation, I would only do an online masters with the intention of never having to go back home again.. so I'm wondering.. as long as its very well-recognized in the universities throughout Asia, Europe, and South America.. I would be fine.. is that pretty much a sure thing in that regards? As well as high-paying Middle East jobs? |
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TECO
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I don't think you'll have too many problems except in Taiwan.
I understand, USQ graduates for example, have found jobs teaching in universities and colleges with their distance M.A. degrees in Japan and Korea.
The only stickler seems to be Taiwan and to a lesser extent China from what my faculty advisor told me. |
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peppermint
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For the poster asking about online courses that are accepted at Canadian bricks and mortar unis, try Athabaska university
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/history.htm
A friend did some courses through them while living in the Yukon and transferred credit to Memorial in Newfoundland |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 5:42 am Post subject: |
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Peppermint Knob:
I tried your link and got a lesson in Korean History- interesting, but not a university program. |
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