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[valium kilmer]

I currently have a HND - two years of a (admittedly pointless) Music Production Degree and am teaching in a Public School in Korea - legally, I might add, on a government program.

I never bothered topping up the extra year on my degree as the course was so pointless. However, I've found if there's one thing more worthless than a degree in Music Production, it's a notquitecomplete degree in Music Production.

As it stands, I can teach for one more year before I return back home, at which point I would go back to Uni and complete the course, and then hopefully come back. However, I was wondering if anyone knew about the possibility of studying in Korea. Basically, I was thinking about websites that might offer information - prices, possible grants (if there are any), routes of application.

I'm currently in Cheongju, so Seoul is not entirely out of the question. It's a specific major, so I'm not that hopeful, but any info would be great.

Thanks in advance.

[oldfatfarang]

Don't even bother studying at a Korean university. Their degrees are worth nothing.

A few years ago I taught with an English guy in Seoul. Mark was just finishing his degree at a uiniversity in Seoul. He was trying to become a licenced teacher in the Korean public school system (the first, I think). He was all over tv etc, and the Korean teachers/school used him to shamelessly promote their own interests/careers. However, the teachers talked behind his back and simply wouldn't believe that a foreigner was going to be a licenced Korean teacher.

You guessed it. When mark applied to SMOE, he was rejected, and told that because he hadn't studied for his degree in a native speaking country, he could not be employed as a licenced Korean teacher.

You had to feel sorry for the guy, as he'd spent 3 years in a Korean university, and God knows how much money getting a useless piece of paper.

Anyway, forget it. Not worth the time, trouble or money. Best to go home and finish what you started.

Good luck.

[valium kilmer]

But surely a Korean degree would still be valid enough to get work in a Hakwon? And this would only be partially a Korean degree, with the majority having being studied in England

[Murakano]

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[Thiuda]

Studying at a Korean University is a good idea idea: you might receive a tuition waiver and a monthly stipend if you're accepted. The best place to check for info is the NIIED (http://www.niied.go.kr/). Specific university websites also offer info; I suggest checking out the SKY unis, as well as some of the other better schools, like HUFS, Sungkyunkwan or Konkuk. Prior to applying for NIIED scholarships you'll have to get accepted by a uni, so call the undergrad admissions office/international students office and ask what prerequisites are necessary to get accepted. I believe most unis ask that you speak at least intermediate level Korean.