Doctor of Education (90 points)

The TESOL Program offers an Ed.D. in TESOL requiring a minimum of 90 points of graduate study. The Ed.D. involves sustained and in-depth study in an area of specialization in TESOL and is designed for students wishing to pursue empirical research in one of the following areas: language teaching methodology, language in the content areas, language teacher education, second language acquisition, second language assessment, second language literacy, second language classroom interaction, and language program evaluation. Students who did not receive an M.A. or Ed.M. in TESOL from Teachers College will be expected to have completed all the required courses, or their equivalent, from the TESOL Ed.M.

 

Doctoral students have three types of requirements: concentration requirements, research methods requirements, and doctoral preparation requirements.

 

Concentration Requirement:

 

Students are required to take a minimum number of points in their concentrations.

 

The exact courses should be decided in consultation with their advisor.

 

Research Requirements (12 points):

 

To ensure that students have the skills to do scholarly research in their area of concentration, they are required to take a minimum of 12 points in research methods, statistics and measurement. Also, depending on the type of dissertation (see research methods, measurement or statistics courses from the Ed.M.) being written, students may be asked to take additional courses in these areas. The following elective research preparation courses should be taken in consultation with the doctoral advisor:

 

Required Research Methods Courses:

 

• C&T 5502                 Introduction to qualitative research in curriculum and teaching (2-3)

 

• HUDM 4050             Introduction to measurement (2-3)

 

• ORLJ 4009               Understanding behavioral research (3)

 

• HUDM 4122             Probability and statistical inference (3)

 

• ITSF 4092                 Qualitative research and evaluation in international education (3)

 

• ITSF 5000                 Methods of inquiry: Ethnography and participant observation (or ITSF 5001 or 5002) (3)

 

• HUDM 5122             Applied Regression Analysis (3)

 

• HUDM 5123             Linear models and experimental design (3)

 

• HUDM 6051-2         Psychometric theory I and 2 (3)

 

• HUDM 6055             Latent structure anaysis (3)

 

• HUDM 6122             Multivariate anaysis I (3)

 

• One of the qualitative research methods courses offered at the college (To be chosen with faculty advisor’s approval). Electives in TESOL or Applied Linguistics (9): To be chosen with an advisor’s approval. 

 

In order to progress through these stages, doctoral students are required to take a sequence of doctoral seminars at the 5500, 6500, 7500, and 8900 levels. Students begin to take these courses when they have reached approximately 45-50 points in the program, and after they have been taking courses at Teachers College for a minimum of one year. After that, doctoral students are required to register for and attend doctoral seminar every semester.

 

Doctoral students are required to demonstrate research preparedness in a substantive area by passing the research paper at the 5500 level, the certification exam at the 6500 level, and the certification paper at the 6500 level. Then, as evidence that they are able to carry out original research under the guidance of a doctoral committee, they must write a dissertation prospectus at the 7500 level as a part of the dissertation seminar, and complete a doctoral dissertation while continuously registered for dissertation advisement at the 8900 level.

 

To prepare for these requirements, students will need to take one or more of the seminars in consultation with an academic advisor. These seminars occur at the 5500, 6500, 7500 and 8900 levels. All of these seminars are offered each semester. To determine which seminar to register for, consult an academic advisor.

 

• A&HL 5501/Research paper in applied A&HT5505/linguistics (1-3 each course) A&HT5507 or

 

• A&HL 6501/Doctoral seminar in applied A&HT6505/linguistics (1-3 each course) A&HT6507 or

 • A&HT 8905             Dissertation advisement: TESOL (0)

Doctoral students should consult the Office of Doctoral Studies to be certain of complying with the latest procedures, deadlines, and documents.