MBA EMBA Degree University 1 Year Part-Time Programme
Auston School of Mgmt & Technology MBA EMBA 2) Course: Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Communication (With Double Majors In Mass Communication And Marketing) 3) Uni awarding degree: Upper Iowa Uni 4) Length of course: 1 yr part-time 5) Classes: Twice a week, 7-10pm. 1 of the terms will be thrice a week.
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7) Price: $2700 before GST for each term. Total 4 terms.
There is only one class for UIU students. New students join during every intake & the newbies basically "replace" those who graduated that year. So everyone in the UIU class takes the same subjects, just that some are 1st term students, others are 2nd term, etc.
Now out of the 4 terms, u will encounter 2 double modules for 2 terms. That means u have 4 subjects for 2 terms. For the other 2 terms, one is 3 double module (6 subjects), while the other term is 1 triple module & 1 double module (5 subjects).
Since there are quite a few subjects crammed in 1 year, the pace is rather hectic. Needless to say, procrastination will get u no where. Classes are usually conducted in classrooms EXCEPT when UIU mass comm is combined with UIU business (during all marketing, accounts, HR related classes). Then u will be in the lecture theatre.
Security guard very siao on, 10pm odd he starts locking classrooms so no chance of staying back for further discussion. Computer lab rather pathetic. Using Celeron 700mhz PCs. Dreamweaver & Photoshop are all trial version. The latter can't even save images! :rolleyes: However the PCs are connected via wat appears to be at least 256kbps broadband.
Grading system for UIU is rather high:
A: 90% & above
B: 80-89%
C: 70-79%
D: 60-69%
F: 59% & below
U need to get at least C for everything to get GPA 2.0 which is a pass. Anything less & u don't graduate. For 3rd class honours, at least GPA 3.3. 2nd class at least GPA 3.6. 1st class at least GPA 3.8.
If u fail a subject, u can sit for a supp paper. Flunk that supp paper & u can procede to the next term BUT u will graduate later than other's 'cos u have to wait till that subject is offered again to repeat it.
Confusing? Ok, let's say u are in term 1 & flunked the supp paper for Mgmt Accounting. U can proceed to term 2. But u have to retake Mgmt Accounting. However Mgmt Accounting is only offered once a year. Meaning u can't retake it in term 2. U have to wait till its offered again in term 1 of the next year to retake it. Kapish?
In order to pass a subject, u have to submit & pass everything i.e. exams, assignments, watever was given. Don't submit ur assignment & u will still fail even if u get A for your exam.
As for staff, well as per everything in life, u have the good & the not so good. Lecturers are generally ok. As for marketing / student admin staff, well let's just say u need to know who to approach to to get the job done.
Marketing staff aka course consultants are assigned to various programmes. So if u want to enquire about UIU mass comm for e.g. u will speak to 1 or 2 folks & not the rest. Now this may sound DUH, but the reason why I mentioned this is 'cos IMHO if u wanna enquire about this programme, I strongly advice u to speak to Stephanie.
Am not flaming the other chap, neither do I have a personal vendetta against him. Just that he was the one who sold me the programme & let's just say he left out some vital info PLUS the info he gave me was also questionable i.e. wrong info. A friend of mine went thru him too & had the same feedback.
If you're interested to know more about my bad experience with this chap, PM me.
In conclusion, this course is more marketing-comm actually. If u want lotsa hands on stuff like working in a mock up radio station, u ain't gonna find it here. If u are into production aspect, I suggest another school. Very little is covered of film or radio production in this course.