i enrolled in with SEGI's MBA....from University of South Queensland.....

Class starts next saturday.....part time course.....

Yes...the classes will be on weekends....
according to the timetable given, saturdays are from 2-6 or 2-7
sundays are mostly from 9-2 or 9-1....but there is one sunday from 9 all the way to 6....with 1 hour for lunch...

the duration is 2 years...

the fees are as follows...i'll explain the discounts later

1st year
Application fees - RM300
Registration Fees - RM700
Course Fees - RM6000
Exam Fees - RM1500
5%(of course fees) full payment discount - (RM300)
Early Bird Discount - (RM500)
Total for 1st year - RM7700

2nd year
Course Fees - RM9000
Exam Fees - AUD 3840
5%(of course fees) full payment discounts - (RM450)
Early Bird Discount - (RM1500)
Total for 2nd year = RM7050 + AUD3840

so in total, the whole course is RM7700 + RM7050 + AUD3840 = RM 25,118(taking AUD1 = RM2.7)

On the discounts, if u pay in full (1 shot pay 1 year), u'll be entitled to a 5% discount off the COURSE FEES
Early bird discounts - RM2000. RM500 will be deducted in the 1st year, the remaining (RM1500) will either be given to u as air ticket to go to australia for ur graduation OR u can deduct it from your fees....
i dont know if early bir discount are still available or not...i'll ask about it on 3rd jan....coz one my my friend is interested if the early bird discounts are still available...i'll post it here...

Text books are not included...although they did give me "study materials".....about 1 inch thick photostated books that contains notes and course structures and stuff....

hope that helps....if u need to know more, just pn me...i'll answer it if i can.....hehehe

i think all segi colleges are offering different courses....i.e. only australian MBAs are offered in Segi Ss2 while UK based MBAs are offered in subang.....so i think the timetable are specific ones...

UK MBAs are about the same price as Australian MBAs....from my searchings.....and Australina MBAs do practice the minimum age requirement....for eg, University of South Queensland (segi) requires at least 23 years of agewith basic degree WITH 2 years working experience OR 25 years of age with recognised diploma and 5 years working experience OR 30 years of age without degree with at least 5 years working experience in a superisory/middle managerial capacity and satisfactory 100 words writeup.

VERY true. I've heard from my friends who are from Charles Sturt university/HELP(CSU/Help) about this.
It's like this, CSU/HELP's MBA courses are 80% assingment and only 20% exam. and they dont require an age limit nor working experience(i asked about this already, as long as u have a degree, u can enroll) It was very hard for them to do thier assignments as a lot of the students are fresh grads and they are still bringing their way of studying from degree level, although they are already in Masters level.

it is LAN approved......

gonna start my MBA course in 10 hours time....hahaha.......

it's the induction day for segi southern queensland uni........hahahah.........

just came back from class.....hehehe.......got refreshments some more.....

leng lui got 1 or 2 lah...but have to see the class tomorrow as it is the complete class....

today's induction is only for those who joined the jan-march class.....there are existing students.....so tomorrow lah....hehehe

HELP is about rm21k total.....CSU is RM7800 difference....

i forgot what's the exact fugure....but RM7800 was stressed and stressed and stressed so many times that i remember the price.......

today also got refreshments....hahaha.....maybe every class also got refreshments.....heheheh.....

there are more than 1/2 leng luis .....hehehe....leng jai dun have......if i am not a leng jai then no one is a leng jai........ so i am gonna say there are no leng jai...unless u take back ur word....hehe

i dont knwo how many students are in this intake...but there seems to be a bit of problem....

University of Southern Queensland (USQ) and University of Sunshine Coast (USC) are both offered by Segi......for the 1st year of MBA, the subjects for these 2 universities are the same.....the only difference is the assessments. USQ is 50% exam and 50% assignments (1 assignment for each module), USC is 100% assignments (2 assignments for each module)...First assignments for both universities are the same...

For today's class, Segi combined both these university students into 1 class of about 50-60 students...which is really ridiculous as discussions with such a large group is a bit hard.....

I am taking 2 modules this semester, Business Computing and Marketing Management....

Marketing Management is still ok according to all the people i talked to...this is because the lecturer is covering for both assignment based and exam based students..his lectures are also detailed and easy to understand..and the study materials provided by the college is usable...all the things that he is going to talk about is in the study materials provided...(i think this lecturer is one of the more senior and have a bit of authority in the post grad dept of segi...i am not too sure though)

However, in Business Computing, the lecturer is teaching stuff from the text book...which is very theoratical....and according to him, everyone will not have any problems with the first assignments as everyone is having the same assignments....

The USC students are very concerned about this as they do not need all these theoratical stuff....they just want to do assignments, hand it up and pass the subject....

The USQ students are concerned about the subject and lecturer itself.....he uses slides to teach, and just reading through it....although he explained it here and there, he did not provide lecture notes...i know in MBA, u have to make ur own notes, but the way he is teaching, i dont even understand, how am i gonna write my notes?....he also said that he will not touch the study material that the college distributed for this subject (which is damn easy....introduction to computers, input output devices etc...) ...he uses too many management jargons(i was a Comp Sci graduate and i am in the IT line, i dont really understand a lot of the terms...value chain, 4Ps, Pestel something...)..and the way he is teaching is really confusing...the examples that he gave in explaining a theory is not clear also...i enjoyed the case study though....

the lecturer did say that in the second part of the semester, the college might be splitting the 2 unis into seperate classes....but that is not confirmed yet...

a lot of the students complained these issues to the program coordinator......she says she will look into it...

Existing students said that last semester, the 2 unis were split into seperate classes....

Since today is the 1st class, i am not gonna judge it.......

I did meet a lot of students today, but forming a study group is eeermm....not suitable for me...i like to study alone in a quiet environment.....studying in a study group sometimes tends to lead to chit chatting and there will be someone who is pretending to be studying but his mind is some where else....that someone is usually me....i'll see how it goes as it progress.....

wow....didnt know this thread so many replies already....will try to come here more often and answer questions........since i am already an MBA student.....heheh

She has an MBA....

I am currently studying MBA in segi college from University of Southern Queensland, Australia...

That's not the case with the MBA program I am taking....

Some subjests like Marketing, business computing, international business, econs have constant contributes from my classmates, but subjects like statistics and financial management(the subject i am suffering right now) is purely a lecture-talk-student-listen kinda subject....it's kinda like degree style teaching....

I am still in my first year (exam this weekend, if pass i'll be going to 2nd year) and it'll be my second year next semester. I hope things could change where there are more people contributing to the classes....

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Added on September 13, 2007, 10:47 pmtinkerbel, i hope u dont mind...heheh....

This post has been edited by lokgotz: Sep 13 2007, 10:47 PM

I can understand that is the case for statistics as i dont think statistics (theoratical parts) are widely use in the office.

But Finance is quite common, i think la...according to the lecturer, the subject would be kacang putih to accountants.

There are quite a number of accountants in my class, but none of them gave feedbacks and stuff...

Reading materials were given at the beginning of the semester, but none of the lecuturers use it (in the case of my MBA course, i dont know about other MBA courses)...so there is no point reading the materials beforehand...

There wasn't a of of case studies also....unless examples of companies being used to describe a situation is considered as case studies..

I am too new too all these stuff....hahah.....

OT: All those Kd, Ke, Ko, K???? is driving me nuts for finance...really wanna pass my exams after slaving through my assignments(passed).....hehehe.....

yeah.....my study group was fine...a sales guy, a marketing guy, the IT guy(me) and a an admin girl.....quite diversified.....hehe...

learning a lot on how their company operates, it might be unrelated to the course/subjects we are taking, but at least it's something that is happening real life..something more practical than all those Kd, Ke, Rm,RF stuff in finance management!

P.S. I am still clueless about finance management....and my exams starts in 12 hours and 44 minutes....

nah....not expecting you to be able to help also.....too late to ask for help now....heheh....

yeah...can u define local and foreign....

I am taking an australian MBA in a local college where the lecturers are local and the exams for the second year are from australia....so mine is local or foreign?

What would u like to know about Segi's MBA?

I can only provide you with information on Segi's USQ MBA(the one i am taking), the rest of the MBA u have to ask someone else...hahah....

it terms of facility, Segi sucks to the max(SS2 campus)...
The "library" is just 3 racks of books in a room about the size of a squash court...
No wifi in the campus

but all this will be different in the KD campus....The SS2 campus is closing down this month, infact, my last exam(yesterday) was the last class in SS2...they wont be operating already...

about 95% of the classes are working adults....but from my understanding, they recently accept applications from people without the minimum 2 years working experience as well, on one condition, their specialization must be International business....

As far as the classes go, i've mentioned it in my previous posts....some lecturers spoon feed us...some discuss stuff with us...realy world cases are also discussed...

just post it here if u need to know more....i'll try my best to answer ur questions...

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Added on September 17, 2007, 9:48 pmI cant comment on local MBAs...besides that they are a lot cheaper than foreign MBAs.

For foreign MBAs, some of them will have lecturers coming down to malaysia to conduct full day classes...so u'll have to take leave and attend the classes. This is where u get to ask questions that your usual lecturers wont be able to answer, i.e. how will the exam be marked, based on critical analysis or just textbook answers, how will the assignments be assessed, what type of references do you need...questions like that...

For foreign MBAs, you'll have to keep in constant contact with your lecturers via emails or online forums of the uni...some of the subjects (in my case) does not have any classes for that particular subject....so u'll be relying on emails to complete your course....

So to take a local MBA or a foreign MBA is really your choice....I am sure both has it's pros and cons...

This post has been edited by lokgotz: Sep 17 2007, 09:48 PM

This semester FM? Funny. Maybe it's different from campus to campus because SS2(shifted to KD)/KD campus is doing business computing and marketing management. I thought they have to synchronize all subjects, campus wide.

My tips for FM--->STUDY HARD and ATTEND ALL CLASSES. I don't know about you but to me, FM is the hardest subject of all 6 subjects in the first year.

As for study group, just go with your instincts. It's best if you could get an accounting person in your study group since according to the lecturer, FM will be like kindergartens stuff to accountants.

Bear in mind that the MBA course is a part time course, study groups might not work. Your free time might be your group mate's busiest times.

Some of them have families as well and most of them are working adults. These people are usually at the mid-top management levels, so impromptu meetings and outstation trips are very common, thus affecting your group studies. So it's still best that you rely more on to yourself.

This is just based on my experiences. Maybe you'll have a different bunch of coursemates where they could make it every time you guys have group studies. OT: My group is a young bunch, about 24-27 years old. Everytime there is a group study, 10% of the time is used for studying, 50% of the time for chit chatting and the other 40% is to get drunk. I know, bad example!

BTW, are you taking USQ MBA or Sunderland?

OT:
Since my college didn't call me, I assume that I've passed my exams and I'll be going to the second part of my MBA course in November, where the subjects are externally moderated and it is supposedly a lot harder than the first part. To be honest, the first part was really like a honey moon year. Just do your assignments and study for exams. That's it. Not much research to do anyway.

Second part will be tough. I heard from my coursemates that assignments are due in a shorter period of time, exams are much harder and communication between the student and the lecturers overseas are vital as they will be the ones marking assignments and exams. You'll have to know their style of marking, what do they really want as answers and things like that. The local lecturers are only there to facilitate.

And to make things worst, I've just started my job (I wasn't working during my first part, health problem). I hope I'll be able to cope with it.

Just PM me if you need to know more, or just post it here.....hehe.....

This post has been edited by lokgotz: Oct 4 2007, 02:40 AM

I didn't know all subjects were offered. Only 2 subjects are offered in my campus.

Yeah, keep your group small and flexible. Discussion via emails is good as well, but as I've said earlier, people might not have time to read their emails AND reply them.

No one tell me that I need a study group to survive in part 2! But I should be alright as I still have my current group to study.

We do not have any logins to any website. I don't know why but all these while we thought it was beacause we are part time students, so we have no logins. I got my assignment questions the old skool way, handed out by the program coordinator.hehehe...

I take 2 subjects every semester and it was alright, partly because I wasn't working. All my coursemates were ok too. It all depends on yourselves me thinks. taking 1 subject at a time is slow. Very slow but if you can't cope with it, it most probably is the best way to do it.

Let me know if you need my assignments, you know, for "reference". Tinkerbel helped me with my Marketing Management , so ask her permission before you take mine..heheh..


I am considering taking DBA, maybe 10 year later. hehhe...too tired of studying now

I got a B+ for my marketing management leh! still not good enough??hehehe....anyway, i was too tired back then (u called me when i was sleeping! ), and there was another assignment that needs to be done. so not much time to amend it...hehe....

DBA is too early for me to think right now....i need to build up my career first before anything else right now.....no point going for a DBA but couldn't afford it.....and this MBA course is already tiring enough for me....no time to think of a DBA.....hehe.......

yeah...i still have 1 year to go...i'll slave through this year and give my self a study break for of at least 10 years....hahaha.......been studying since 4 years old.....studied for 20 years already....time to stop for a while....hehe......

BTW, SEGI USQ MBA PART 1 assignment for sale...B+ to A material...PM me for details.....hahaha......not letting tinkerbel get all the profit here.....hehe...

Thanks again for the help...hehe..i really really appreciated it.....i still owe u a meal.....remember?....hehe.....
not planning to defer...i wanted to last semester because i just could go to college.....back problems...i couldnt even walk, stand, sit, sleep at one point....but i went through that and i am feeling a lot better now (health terms)....so i wont be deferring....unless my back acts up again....

references arr? eeerm....not much....like what i said, just go to every class and pay attention....hehe.....but you could always PM me if u need help.....I could send my assignments to u and you could use it as a 'reference', if the questions are same.....hehe....

yeah...i am your senior and i am suppose to help u......if it's within my power lah....hehe.....
anyway, what tinkerbel said was right...go through the notes before you go to class....even if you dont understand them, at least you've read through it and know what the lecturer is talking about.....

go through the stuff again after each lectures and if you still dont understand, go to the lecturer. Most lecturers offer a one to one session on their free time at the college.....

The students in malaysia are not the outgoing type when it comes to studies...so you'll be expecting the lectures to be "lecturer talk, students listen"..however, there are a few out spoken ones....so listen to what they say....usually they'll relate it to real world settings...

the example given by the lecturers to explain a theory will also be a real world setting where he'll use something that just happened with a company to relate to the theory...like when Genting splitted it's stocks into 5 smaller stocks and why are they doing that, what is the outcome and something like that....

as i've said, just PM me if u need my help...i'll do whatever i can to help...heheh.......then u owe me a meal!

RM28K?
i think the price increased already since beginning of this year.....for Segi MBA (USQ)........It's now RM32K

unless u are talking about University of Sunderland, Australia (not england) by segi.....then i'm not too sure about the fees.....could be cheaper me thinks....