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Hatcher
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 4:07 pm Post subject: Alphabet soup - online degrees |
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| I am looking over online degrees and I see grad degrees, diplomas and certificates... I know there is a difference in time and costs but is a grad diploma any different than a grad degree in terms of respect by employers? |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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As long as you're getting an MA or MS, or the equivalent in Europe, you should be fine. To qualify for the teaching visa, though, you have to have your undergrad from one of the English speaking countries on 'the approved list', I believe.
Some universities, for whatever reason, are biased against on-line degrees. I have a bunch of friends who did their MAs on-line, though, and they've had no problem. A couple of guys even did their MA in TESOL here in Korea, and THAT degree has worked for them. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:36 pm Post subject: Re: Alphabet soup - online degrees |
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| Hatcher wrote: |
| I am looking over online degrees and I see grad degrees, diplomas and certificates... I know there is a difference in time and costs but is a grad diploma any different than a grad degree in terms of respect by employers? |
It really does depend on what you want to do afterward.
A grad.dip or grad cert is usually 1 year and often leads to licensure.
A grad degree is academic, often involves research and leads into academia.
As to "respect by employers" it is more a case of the right tool for the job.
If you want to teach elementary age students then a theoretical MA TESOL won't help much but a grad cert in education (PGCE) would be focused on that specifically. The Dip.T (in its various flavors) is sort of in between the PGCE and MA.
If you want to move into the tertiary sector as a lecturer then the MA is almost mandatory in most markets now a days. It may also lead away from teaching EFL to teaching TEFL (teaching how to teach rather than teaching English as language) or into positions that are more focused on linguistics (applied linguistics: (pragmatics, phonetics and phonology, etc.
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greyhound
Joined: 10 Jun 2016
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| My graduate diploma took 4 years not 1. So I don't know whether the OP's grad dip is the same or not. I will let everyone know how it goes with immi this week or the beginning of next week once I have a decision (if they'll give me a E2 visa or not I mean) |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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ttompatz is the go to poster for any and all professional and visa related info. As far as I can recall, though, an E2 visa is predicated on the Bachelor's degree, not the Master's.
At any rate, good luck with your job hunt and with work in Korea. |
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