Are Australian universities just a scam to make money?
I'm
talking in particular about these postgrad programs they offer like the
Master of Commerce. Instead of truly having it as a postgrad program,
the teach you the exact same courses again that they teach in their
undergrad program. Same professor, same book, same lecture slides. Not
even the classroom changes! The only difference is that they can earn
even more money that way for these programs. What surprises me even more
than that is the fact that there are no admissions tests whatsoever. So
anyone who has a bachelors degree will get in, never mind that they
vary in time depending which country you are from. Some took a bachelors
from some country where it only takes 2 years and you learn nothing,
others took 4-5 years. Australian schools don't seem to care though as
long as they pay in the money. The most absurd thing is that most of the
students that go there don't even seem to speak English that well. I
have no clue how they get in, but I am really surprised that these
schools in Australia don't have any internal language tests before they
let them start the program. I kind of think that they don't have them as
they would not pass them. Hence, they would not study there and pay in
those ridiculous fees. Most students I met only study in Australia
because they did not fulfill the requirements to study in other
countries.
Not sure if anyone has ever been there and witnessed it, but Australian
universities are a joke. I truly think it's a huge scam. Not even
private schools would get away with that in the States. Then they use
their strict grading curves they push you into in order to make it all
look somewhat legit. Nothing about the Australian education is legit.
It's seriously a joke.
The thing I don't understand at all is why these schools run after
students in countries all over the world. I mean usually students run
after the schools, but here it's the other way around. They open their
offices in foreign countries to get these students in. They even file
the application for you and in case you are too lazy to do it. I mean
who does that?
They even fly overseas to talk to students to get more students to study
in Australia. You can deny it, but just take one look around and you
will realize that it's all about money. The education there comes last.
How do Australians regard these postgraduate degrees they offer? Because
I hear from people that completed their undergrad degree in Australia
that they just take the exact same classes again for their postgrad
degree. They don't have to study that way because they had the exact
same class, professor, book, and lecture slides before. What a joke!!!
Well, I had to post the question again bc somebody complained about it
and had it taken off. I have no clue why, but he had it taken off. So I
never got to read the answers and therefore had to ask the question
again if you know what I mean.
Sydney - 1 Answers
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As
you have been told in the countless other times you have posted this
question - a postgrad Masters is not supposed to be a HARDER degree - it
is an upgrade to allow you to have a major in another topic. You do a
BA in Accounting and then want to expand to Commerce - instead of doing
another Bachelors - your option is to do a short term Masters to get the
same qualification.
If you believe a Masters is learning the same topics but only more
stringent - then your understanding of what a Masters by Coursework
ANYWHERE in the world is wrong. The harder, more stringent degree is a
Masters by Research.
