Online Doctor of Education in TESOL (Ed.D.)
Anaheim, USA
PhD
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: Earn an accredited Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from Anaheim University online. The program mixes weekly live HD webcam classes with TESOL professors and classmates, 16 nine-week online courses plus dissertation, and two four-day residential sessions. You register 1 or 2 courses per 10-week term; one course is 4 credit points and the program totals 76 credit points. Finish the Ed.D. in approximately 3–4 years while working full-time.
Career Outcomes: Graduates may pursue university lecturer, TESOL director, curriculum developer, assessment specialist, educational consultant, researcher roles in schools, higher education, NGOs, government.
Earn your accredited Doctor of Education in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Ed.D. in TESOL) online while studying face-to-face with Anaheim University's globally acclaimed TESOL professors and classmates through live weekly online HD webcam classes and at 2 four-day on-campus residential sessions.
- Weekly Online HD Webcam classes with globally acclaimed linguists
- 16 online courses + Dissertation
- 2 four-day residential sessions in California and other parts of the world
- Earn an accredited Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in TESOL in 3-4 years while working full-time
- Reasonable tuition
Benefits
- Learn under globally acclaimed professors through live webcam classes
- Receive Doctor of Education in TESOL through the flexibility of online learning
- Meet your professors and classmates from around the world face-to-face at 2 residential sessions
- Earn your Doctoral degree in approximately 3 years while working full-time
- Improve your teaching skills and qualifications
Features
- 16 x 9 week Online Courses + Dissertation
- Weekly live webcam classes
- New terms begin every 10 weeks
- Register for 1 or 2 courses per term
- 1 Course = 4 Credit Points
- Ed.D. in TESOL Program = 76 Credit Points
- 2 x 4-day residential sessions. Sessions held annually in California or other select locations
- Total duration = 3+ years
Curriculum
The Ed.D. in TESOL program includes courses in four areas that link theory, research, practice and professional development.
- EDU 700 Instructed Second Language Acquisition
- EDU 701 Interlanguage Pragmatics
- EDU 702 Individual Learner Differences in Language Learning and Teaching
- EDU 703 Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching
- EDU 704 Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers
- EDU 705 Language Testing
- EDU 706 Special Topic
- EDU 710 Curriculum Design
- EDU 711 Technology and Language Education
- EDU 712 ELT Materials Development
- EDU 713 Special Topic
- EDU 720 ELT Leadership and Management
- EDU 721 Language Teacher Education
- EDU 730 Qualitative Research Methods
- EDU 731 Quantitative Research Methods
- EDU 732 Dissertation Proposal Writing
- EDU 733 Dissertation
