Freie Universität Berlin - MA in East European Studies

[dhfr]

The Sept 10-16, 2005 issue of The Economist has a special section on higher education.

One of the advertisers is Freie Universität Berlin, which is offering a largely DL MA in East European Studies.

In English, and you need to have (or need to develop) a "basic knowledge" of an Eastern European language.

For more info, see http://www.oei.fu-berlin.de/fsg03/

[Denver]

Free University Berlin has two online programs in English, International Relations and Eastern European Studies. The website is here: http://www.global-politics.org/index.html There is a short residency, a total of 20 days (four weeks) over two years. FU Berlin is a highly ranked university in Germany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FU_Berlin and is located in Dahlem, which is a suburb of Berlin, in an area that used to be referred to as the American Sector. I was just in Berlin for business in February and stayed in Dahlem and I paid around $70 a night for a hotel there, much cheaper than central Berlin. The programs are not the same price, the International Relations is a bit more. Even with the fall of the dollar, these are reasonably priced programs for someone that is interested in either of these two areas. Deadline for applications is April 30.

[Dennis Ruhl]

The highly published and respected Muhammad Wolfgang G. A. Schmidt earned his doctorate there. It is a great school. On another network a failed PhD student from Loyola in Chicago has a personal vendetta against him for no apparent reason.

[BrandeX]

He's respected eh? Can't say I know a lot about him but I have seen his site in the past at
http://www.gelber-kaiser.de/Seminary/ESL_Announcement.html and assumed he was an ordinary degree mill operator, hehe. I may give his theological tesol program more though in the future.

[Dennis Ruhl]

He's respected eh? Can't say I know a lot about him but I have seen his site in the past at
http://www.gelber-kaiser.de/Seminary/ESL_Announcement.html and assumed he was an ordinary degree mill operator, hehe. I may give his theological tesol program more though in the future.

For future reference degreemill operators do not give their degrees away. Christian education ministries often do. Because degrees are free or almost free they often lack the full meal deal and may suffer perception problems. These schools usually readily admit that universal acceptance might be a problem.

That being said, I know nothing about this particular school, just that Schmidt himself is a traditionally educated scholar and author.

[Denver]

I will be in Berlin and at the Freie Universität Berlin
Center for Global Politics http://www.global-politics.org/ October 6-10. There are two great online programs there. Eastern European Studies http://www.ees-online.org/ (which is my interest) and International Relations http://www.ir-online.org/index.html . These are blended programs in that they both require a short residency of one week twice a year, but airfare from the US and accommodations in Berlin have been very reasonable. I will be happy to share my experiences – just let me know what questions you have.