I've just received a provisional offer of candidature in the external linguistics program at the U. of New England in Australia. The web site looks impressive. They claim to be a very old school. The catalogs and information look legitimate, but now that I'm about to send $$$$ I'd like to make sure that it's for real. Has anyone heard of this school? Who could one contact in Australia to get more info?
Look at: http://www.virtualuniversities.net/austtraditunis/traditpage2.htm It is very much indeed a real school witha real campus that is fully-accredited. Best of luck on your program! Christian
The Australian Qualifications Framework. UNE is definitely recognized, though, and indeed very old by Australian standards (founded in the 1930s, making it one of the oldest universities in Australia). Peter French can tell you more about them, as he did their master's in accounting. I'm also very seriously considering them myself. Good luck! Peace, ------------------ Tom Head www.tomhead.net
Not a risk - go right ahead. It used to be the country campus of the University of Sydney. Most Australian Universities have faculty with UNE qualifications as they were one of the first here into post graduate distance education many years ago, and that suits many of us. ------------------ Peter French MEd MAcc(UNE)CMA Melbourne, Australia [email protected]
When I was offered my PhD scholarship there 2 years ago, it was their 50th anniversary of the PhD degree with 90%+ of their students being non resident, as is usually done with a PhD here. You study where you work, and often graduate from somewhere else. ------------------ Peter French MEd MAcc(UNE)CMA Melbourne, Australia [email protected]
I've just sent off my application and supporting materials for admission to their Graduate Diploma in Humanities program. With any luck this will be closely followed by their MA in Philosophy program. Good luck to us both! Jack
Lewchuk - No, I never got an exact listing. However, if you look at the list of faculty, they each describe the courses they teach and so you can get a pretty good feel for the department, etc. To me (someone who is considerably less than a connoisseur in these matters) it seems to be substantially the same as any other department I've seen and so I'm not especially concerned. I expect that a certain number of the teaching staff will change during my studies and I may well lose/gain opportunities as that occurs. Overall I feel that this school is offering me an opportunity that no other has...a Grad Dip/MA in Philosophy by coursework at a very reasonable price. Even if the course list is less than ideal I think this is very likely my best shot. Assuming that I'm accepted, I'm certain to get a course list in due time. I'll be happy to share when that time comes. Jack
A degree in linguistics? Repeat after me the most important words that a ling grad will need: "Would you like fries with that?" Were that I was only kidding. Tom Nixon (BA, MA Linguistics)
Yes but you have the ability to say that phrase in fifty different languages! Jeff PS I have both a BA Honours and a MA in linguistics
You would think some of us would learn - my first degree was in Anthropology! To think my In-laws questioned if I would ever be a contributing member of society! Jeff PS the sad truth is I stumbled on this forum while searching for a place to evaluate PhDs in theology!
