University of New England

**bluecactii** · 2005-01-18, 01:00 PM

Has anyone heard of it? More importantly, has anyone got a degree from them? I am partularly interested in the online MA in applied linguistics. Please share your experiences.
Thank you.

**kuro_kitty** · 2005-01-18, 01:29 PM

My father graduated from there in 2000 with his MBA in Project Management. He says it was a fantastic university and as far as I know has a great reputation in Australia.

I am going to enrol there next year to study a science degree as it has been recommended by many specialists in the field I am interested in.

**Gordon** · 2005-01-18, 11:13 PM

I looked at it very seriously last year. The program looks excellent , ask them for a brochure. I know of a few people who got their degrees from UNE. I ended up studying with USQ (a toss up between the two) which I am also happy with, nearly half done.

**kuro_kitty** · 2005-01-19, 11:11 AM

Gordon, you may know my father...after his MBA he started his Phd at USQ, a good university with excellent reputation in Asia.

**bluecactii** · 2005-01-19, 07:48 PM

Gordon, what made you choose USQ over UNE? Anything in particular?

**Gordon** · 2005-01-19, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by bluecactii

Gordon, what made you choose USQ over UNE? Anything in particular?

I thought the courses seemed more interesting at USQ.
USQ has a trimester system rather than 2 semesters. This gives you a little more flexibilty in the amount of classes you want to study and enables you to finish sooner.
I found the program coordinator (Bronwen) at USQ to be extremely helpful and still do. She makes the place run.
The tuition was about the same, quite affordable really (approx. $9,000 AUS) for either of the schools.
Still it wasn't an easy choice, they are both good schools. In fact, I looked closely at over 18 masters programs in TEFL/Linguistics/Education around the world.

**Gordon** · 2005-01-19, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by kuro_kitty

Gordon, you may know my father...after his MBA he started his Phd at USQ, a good university with excellent reputation in Asia.

Is your dad a teacher or student? If he works on the applied linguistics program at USQ, I just might.

**Barely There** · 2005-01-20, 01:19 AM

UNE is a well-respected university and its online courses are great. But if you're going to study on-campus you might want to think again! If you're looking for night-life and excitement for your non-academic hours, UNE is not the place to go!
(It's in my hometown so I'm pretty qualified to comment!)

**skepstito** · 2011-02-26, 08:16 AM

**KansaiBen** · 2011-02-26, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by bluecactii

Has anyone heard of it? More importantly, has anyone got a degree from them? I am partularly interested in the online MA in applied linguistics. Please share your experiences.
Thank you.

I know someone who is doing a PhD there at the moment.

PM and I will put you in touch.

**easa** · 2011-02-26, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by KansaiBen

I know someone who is doing a PhD there at the moment.

PM and I will put you in touch.

A little late, Benny ! Thread started 2005 !

**markwell** · 2011-02-28, 10:44 PM

I finished the online MA in Applied Linguistics through this uni in 2005. The biggest attraction at first was that it could be done in a year. I found that some of the subjects were very well organized and content systematically structured, but others were very ordinary. I believe that things have greatly improved since then with an addition of new subjects and the option of majoring in TESOL. Since I studied linguistics in my BA I honestly felt that the course content was a bit easy for an MA, but it seems to be on par with similar programs internationally.

**SteadyRollingMan** · 2011-03-04, 08:42 PM

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