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RE: European wanting a regional accredited degree from US - bjcheung77 - 08-23-2017
A 3 year Canada or UK degree will work for you. You haven't answered yet, which country are you in?
Further to that question, which school did you go to and what was your highest education level/amount of credits did you get?
I ask because some schools have transfer agreements with UK universities or partnerships, it'll be easier.
Note: Most, if not all universities are 4 year degrees in Canada/UK, the 3 year ones are General Studies.
Whereas, the 4 year degrees are either Major/Concentration, or Specialty/Honors degrees.
Having either degree will get you opportunities to teach abroad as the degree is a Bachelors.
RE: European wanting a regional accredited degree from US - european - 08-24-2017
(08-23-2017, 10:26 AM)bjcheung77 Wrote: A 3 year Canada or UK degree will work for you. You haven't answered yet, which country are you in?
Further to that question, which school did you go to and what was your highest education level/amount of credits did you get?
I ask because some schools have transfer agreements with UK universities or partnerships, it'll be easier.
Note: Most, if not all universities are 4 year degrees in Canada/UK, the 3 year ones are General Studies.
Whereas, the 4 year degrees are either Major/Concentration, or Specialty/Honors degrees.
Having either degree will get you opportunities to teach abroad as the degree is a Bachelors.
I'm from Sweden and studied at Umeå University, I'm gonna evaluate my credits this week. I'm a few credits short from a bachelor degree, but will have all the necessary credits to have a bachelor degree in early 2018. In our system, we need 180 university credits to graduate, while I have 135 right now.
Any special UK/Canadian online schools you can recommend that have a low price and accepts transfer of credits? I would be very happy if I didn't need to do another full year of credits. Thank you so much again, it means a lot to me!
RE: European wanting a regional accredited degree from US - Yenisei - 08-25-2017
You can't just get another bachelor's degree awarded solely on the exact same credits that you earned for another bachelor's degree. Think about getting a master's degree instead, plus I seem to recall that there are some degrees offered in English at Swedish universities.
Where are you planning on teaching English, and for what type of school/at what level?
RE: European wanting a regional accredited degree from US - european - 08-28-2017
(08-25-2017, 11:32 AM)Yenisei Wrote: You can't just get another bachelor's degree awarded solely on the exact same credits that you earned for another bachelor's degree. Think about getting a master's degree instead, plus I seem to recall that there are some degrees offered in English at Swedish universities.
Where are you planning on teaching English, and for what type of school/at what level?
Hi! I see, but hopefully I don't have to study that many more credits to get a regionally accredited degree from UK/Canada? From what I'm reading in this thread anyway.....I want to teach at the high school/university level. Masters would be too expensive as of right now....especially if I do my masters in Canada or UK.
RE: European wanting a regional accredited degree from US - sanantone - 08-28-2017
(08-28-2017, 01:48 AM)european Wrote:(08-25-2017, 11:32 AM)Yenisei Wrote: You can't just get another bachelor's degree awarded solely on the exact same credits that you earned for another bachelor's degree. Think about getting a master's degree instead, plus I seem to recall that there are some degrees offered in English at Swedish universities.
Where are you planning on teaching English, and for what type of school/at what level?
Hi! I see, but hopefully I don't have to study that many more credits to get a regionally accredited degree from UK/Canada? From what I'm reading in this thread anyway.....I want to teach at the high school/university level. Masters would be too expensive as of right now....especially if I do my masters in Canada or UK.
You should look at the school's second degree policy. They might make you earn a year's worth of new credits, which would end up being the same as getting a 4-year degree when it comes to time and effort.
RE: European wanting a regional accredited degree from US - european - 08-29-2017
(08-28-2017, 02:26 AM)sanantone Wrote:(08-28-2017, 01:48 AM)european Wrote:(08-25-2017, 11:32 AM)Yenisei Wrote: You can't just get another bachelor's degree awarded solely on the exact same credits that you earned for another bachelor's degree. Think about getting a master's degree instead, plus I seem to recall that there are some degrees offered in English at Swedish universities.
Where are you planning on teaching English, and for what type of school/at what level?
Hi! I see, but hopefully I don't have to study that many more credits to get a regionally accredited degree from UK/Canada? From what I'm reading in this thread anyway.....I want to teach at the high school/university level. Masters would be too expensive as of right now....especially if I do my masters in Canada or UK.
You should look at the school's second degree policy. They might make you earn a year's worth of new credits, which would end up being the same as getting a 4-year degree when it comes to time and effort.
Would it be possible to do 1 year worth of credits faster than 1 year? And where could I validate my current credits and transfer them to the Canadian university system? Thanks!
RE: European wanting a regional accredited degree from US - bjcheung77 - 08-29-2017
I'm going to reply to your PM here. I actually would recommend you to finish your Swedish degree as you intended by May 2018 or so.
The reason is, you can apply for a Masters degree in the US/Canada or UK easier. The fees are going to be expensive for Canada/UK, however; there are a few in the USA I would highly recommend you as they match your Regional Accreditation.
Top 3 and cheapest/easiest/fastest - Hodges MIS/MPA or Patten MBA ($2K in 4months/$4K in 8months), or WGU MBA/MSML
For Hodges and WGU, they are $3500/6 months and $3250/6months respectively. Those are the top 3 I am going for myself.
You can transfer your credits to the Athabasca BGS 3 year program if you decide, it's the cheapest and will take 90 credits.
From my calculation, your 135 quarter credits roughly should equal 95 credits. But, I don't know what courses you have taken...
Another reason for Athabasca is no residency, they don't take ACE/NCCRS but do take internationally transferable credits.
RE: European wanting a regional accredited degree from US - Gymfan15 - 08-29-2017
This may have already been mentioned, but yeah, check what the admissions requirements are for counting you as an international student. If you graduate with your undergrad as an international student, you may not be counted as an international student for your masters in that country, making it harder to get in.
I applied for/was accepted at several Universities in Taiwan to finish my undergrad, but ultimately I decided not to do that because I wanted to keep my option for applying for my masters as an international student. Had I graduated with my undergrad in Taiwan, it would have been much more difficult.
RE: European wanting a regional accredited degree from US - european - 08-30-2017
(08-29-2017, 12:43 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: I'm going to reply to your PM here. I actually would recommend you to finish your Swedish degree as you intended by May 2018 or so.
The reason is, you can apply for a Masters degree in the US/Canada or UK easier. The fees are going to be expensive for Canada/UK, however; there are a few in the USA I would highly recommend you as they match your Regional Accreditation.
Top 3 and cheapest/easiest/fastest - Hodges MIS/MPA or Patten MBA ($2K in 4months/$4K in 8months), or WGU MBA/MSML
For Hodges and WGU, they are $3500/6 months and $3250/6months respectively. Those are the top 3 I am going for myself.
You can transfer your credits to the Athabasca BGS 3 year program if you decide, it's the cheapest and will take 90 credits.
From my calculation, your 135 quarter credits roughly should equal 95 credits. But, I don't know what courses you have taken...
Another reason for Athabasca is no residency, they don't take ACE/NCCRS but do take internationally transferable credits.
Thank you for replying here! Very interesting, going for a master instead of a bachelor, I guess that could work better for me. But the difficulty level is a lot harder as well though. So for Hodges and WGU its around 7000 USD for a master's degree? Masters in my country are 2 years but in US I'm guessing they are 1 year only. Writing a master's thesis online without meeting with my teacher seems difficult, but surely possible when so many people are doing it including yourself. Are these online universities more lenient perhaps, when it comes to getting a passing grade? I have no experience. I really appreciate you helping me out!
RE: European wanting a regional accredited degree from US - dfrecore - 08-30-2017
(08-30-2017, 09:24 AM)european Wrote: Thank you for replying here! Very interesting, going for a master instead of a bachelor, I guess that could work better for me. But the difficulty level is a lot harder as well though. So for Hodges and WGU its around 7000 USD for a master's degree? Masters in my country are 2 years but in US I'm guessing they are 1 year only. Writing a master's thesis online without meeting with my teacher seems difficult, but surely possible when so many people are doing it including yourself. Are these online universities more lenient perhaps, when it comes to getting a passing grade? I have no experience. I really appreciate you helping me out!
In the US, most masters programs are 2 years, but there are plenty of other non-traditional options. Competency-based programs allow you to go much faster, schools with non-traditional terms also do (terms that start monthly rather than semester-based ones for instance).
Kind of like how most bachelor's programs are 4 years, but there are lots of ways to go more quickly through them.