G'Day All,
I've noticed in a few of the recent S&S and AusS&T mags that there are a few ads going around for different postgraduate degrees in Astronomy. What are peoples opinion on these? I'd love to enrol in one, but it's hard to tell what's a mickey mouse degree and what's the real thing.
So far the two I have been looking at are offered by Swinburne Uni and JCU. I spoke to a lady named Merran Hunt, who ran the Swinburne one, and she was very helpfull - every time I wrote, she sent back a detailed reply relatively quickly. I asked if there was anything I could do between now and enrolling (which I plan to do mid next year if possible). She recommended becomming known on their private forum, which I've tried to do, but with limited success (the spam post about the Russian Lady got more hits than my question...
).
Now I've found that JCU offers a similar thing, but they also have to option to do not just a masters, but a PhD, if you're good enough. I'm just about to send off an email to them, and ask for more details, but JCU would suit me better if I ever have to visit them, because they have a campus in Cairns, about an hour and a half from my folks home.
Anyways, enough rambling from me, what are peoples thoughts on this? Maybe someone who has some actual post-graduate qualifications in Astronomy can comment?
Cheers,
Brad