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jacqueline
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
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 Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject: Question about degree... |
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Hey Everyone,
Just wondering if anyone knows if a 4-year degree is required to teach in Korea? I have noticed some job postings that specify this but I will only have a 3-year degree....just wondering if I will qualify for most positions?
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dulouz
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Location: Uranus
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| They mean bachelor degree. |
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jacqueline
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, I will have a bachelor's degree but it will be without a major. Instead it will have a concentration and be finished in 3 years instead of the normal 4. I was just wondering if maybe visa's reguired a 4-year degree or if any bachelor degree was fine? |
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vdowd
Joined: 11 Feb 2003
Location: Iksan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject: Degree |
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It's fine. Just say to anyone who asks (employer, etc), I have a bachelor degree from ___ College. If they ask about a major, just say, I had a concentration in ___ and ___. Provide no other information, they will not ask. You only confuse them when you volunteer more.
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dulouz
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| What country are you from? |
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Skaborough
Joined: 03 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto, ON
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| jacqueline wrote: |
| Yes, I will have a bachelor's degree but it will be without a major. Instead it will have a concentration and be finished in 3 years instead of the normal 4. I was just wondering if maybe visa's reguired a 4-year degree or if any bachelor degree was fine? |
Unless you went to school in Canada. 3-year BA's are BA's. It means you had 1 major and nothing else. 4-year/Hon. BA's are ones that have either Major/Minor or Major/Major.
I have a three year BA and immigration haven't said anything (though it is still being processed).
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jacqueline
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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I'm from Canada, but it is a BA. My school is one of the few that offers either a 3 year option with a concentration in a subject and no minor or a 4-year option with a major and a minor. Eventually I will do the fourth year but I need to pay down those student loans first!  Bottom line, I will have a degree, I just noticed on alot of recruiting sites and job postings that a 4-year degree was specifically mentioned and wanted to make sure that it wasn't something visa related. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| jacqueline wrote: |
| I'm from Canada, but it is a BA. My school is one of the few that offers either a 3 year option with a concentration in a subject and no minor or a 4-year option with a major and a minor. Eventually I will do the fourth year but I need to pay down those student loans first! Bottom line, I will have a degree, I just noticed on alot of recruiting sites and job postings that a 4-year degree was specifically mentioned and wanted to make sure that it wasn't something visa related. |
As long as you have a Bachelors degree from an accredited or provincial University (means listed here: http://www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/index_e.html ) then you are fine. |
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kiwigirl :O)
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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i'm from new zealand and my degree is a 3 year degree and i have double majors....a 3 year degree doesn't necessarily mean you don't have a double major...many kiwis have this....in new zealand a 4 year degree is when you are doing two different types of degree like law and humanities or science and business and you combine them to do two degrees simultaneously ...also a 4 year course often gets a humanities student a honours degree
cheers
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