Anaheim University
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Anaheim University is a nationally accredited for profit university based in Anaheim, California. The University is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council
(DETC), an educational accreditation agency founded in 1926 located in Washington, D.C. The DETC is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the United States Department of Education as an accreditor of institutions of higher education. Anaheim University claims to be one of the first online universities in the United States to offer graduate degree programs entirely online. The University, is based in the City of Anaheim in Orange County
, California
USA and has branch offices in Irvine, California and Tokyo, Japan.
The University is made up of three graduate schools: the Graduate School of Education, the Akio Morita School of Business (named after Sony
founder Akio Morita
), and the Akira Kurosawa School of Film (named after Akira Kurosawa
). It also contains two institutes: the David Nunan Institute for Language Education (established to honor David Nunan
), and the Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute (conceived by architect Kisho Kurokawa). The Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute and the Akio Morita School of Business were jointly developed through the interdisciplinary program "Online MBA in Sustainable management
", which is similar to other distance learning Green MBA
s that started to be offered in the United States after the year 2000.
The university is best known for its online Masters Degree in TESOL
(Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).
Its Master of Arts
in TESOL
degree program is taught by four world-acclaimed authors and linguists including the Dean of the Graduate School of Education Dr. David Nunan
, former President of TESOL
Inc.,. Dr. Nunan is author of a number of widely used academic textbooks.
The Chair of the School of Education is British linguist Rod Ellis
, an Oxford University Press Duke of Edinburgh Award-Winning author of the 824-page textbook The Study of Second Language Acquisition. Dr. Ellis is often referred to as the Father of Second Language Acquisition.
Other notable professors include American linguist Dr. Kathleen Bailey, a former President of TESOL, Inc. and Cambridge University Press author, former TESOL President Dr. Denise Murray, CALL expert Dr. Ken Beatty, Dr. Martha Cummings of Columbia University, Materials Expert Dr. Fran Byrnes, and Professor Emeritus Dr. Ruth Wajnryb an Australia
n linguist and Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press author.
Within the Anaheim University Graduate School of Education is the Anaheim University David Nunan Institute for Language Education, a division of the school focusing on English language education and professional development.
founder Akio Morita
(1921–1999). The school, although based in Anaheim, California
operates the Akio Morita Learning Center, built on the former estate of Morita in Tokyo. It offers graduate degree programs including online and on-campus MBA degree programs and an MBA in Sustainable Management jointly with the school's Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute. The School is run under the direction of its Dean Andrew Honeycutt
.
The school is coordinated with the Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute, conceived by the eco-minded architect Kisho Kurokawa who prior to his passing in October 2007 was Chair of the Executive Advisory Board at Anaheim University. The Institute runs an interdisciplinary program with the Akio Morita School of Business. The institute offers a 12-course, 18-month Online MBA in Sustainable Management referred to as the Online Green MBA, a 6-course 36-week Diploma in Sustainable Management and a 3-course 18-week Certificate in Sustainable Management.
. The school is primarily an online film school; although its headquarters are in Anaheim, California it also has a learning center in Tokyo, Japan. Itl was formerly established on March 23, 2009 during a tribute to celebrate the 99th anniversary of Kurosawa's birth. A celebration was held on March 23, 2010, the 100th anniversary of Kurosawa's birth, to commemorate the launch of the school of film's programs later in 2010. The school is one of the world's premier online digital film schools which will offer online degree and certificate programs in digital filmmaking.
It was established with a donation from Emmy-Award winning actress and comedienne Carol Burnett
in memory of Burnett's daughter, actress Carrie Hamilton
.
, Japan and serves as the University's hub in Asia.
Distance Education and Training Council
The Distance Education and Training Council is a non-profit national educational accreditation agency in the United States specializing in the accreditation of distance education institutions.- History :...
(DETC), an educational accreditation agency founded in 1926 located in Washington, D.C. The DETC is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the United States Department of Education as an accreditor of institutions of higher education. Anaheim University claims to be one of the first online universities in the United States to offer graduate degree programs entirely online. The University, is based in the City of Anaheim in Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
USA and has branch offices in Irvine, California and Tokyo, Japan.
The University is made up of three graduate schools: the Graduate School of Education, the Akio Morita School of Business (named after Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
founder Akio Morita
Akio Morita
Akio Morita KBE was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation along with Masaru Ibuka.-Early life:...
), and the Akira Kurosawa School of Film (named after Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;...
). It also contains two institutes: the David Nunan Institute for Language Education (established to honor David Nunan
David Nunan
David Nunan is an Australian linguist who has focused on the teaching of English. His ELT textbook series "Go For It!" is the largest selling textbook series in the world with sales exceeding 2.5 billion copies....
), and the Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute (conceived by architect Kisho Kurokawa). The Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute and the Akio Morita School of Business were jointly developed through the interdisciplinary program "Online MBA in Sustainable management
Sustainable business
Sustainable business, or green business, is enterprise that has no negative impact on the global or local environment, community, society, or economy—a business that strives to meet the triple bottom line. Often, sustainable businesses have progressive environmental and human rights policies...
", which is similar to other distance learning Green MBA
Sustainable MBA
The traditional MBA degree requires coursework and other study of business from a primarily financial standpoint, with some attention to management of people, to conventional economic theory, and to business ethics. A sustainable MBA program includes these subjects, and also study of managing for...
s that started to be offered in the United States after the year 2000.
The university is best known for its online Masters Degree in TESOL
English language learning and teaching
English as a second language , English for speakers of other languages and English as a foreign language all refer to the use or study of English by speakers with different native languages. The precise usage, including the different use of the terms ESL and ESOL in different countries, is...
(Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).
Graduate School of Education
The Anaheim University Graduate School of Education is the first graduate school within the University and one of the first graduate schools in the United States to offer an online Masters degree program taught almost entirely online through real-time synchronous study.Its Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in TESOL
TESOL
TESOL may refer to:* The acronym "Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages", used in English as a Foreign or Second Language * TESOL Inc., a professional organization based in the United States for people working in this field...
degree program is taught by four world-acclaimed authors and linguists including the Dean of the Graduate School of Education Dr. David Nunan
David Nunan
David Nunan is an Australian linguist who has focused on the teaching of English. His ELT textbook series "Go For It!" is the largest selling textbook series in the world with sales exceeding 2.5 billion copies....
, former President of TESOL
TESOL
TESOL may refer to:* The acronym "Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages", used in English as a Foreign or Second Language * TESOL Inc., a professional organization based in the United States for people working in this field...
Inc.,. Dr. Nunan is author of a number of widely used academic textbooks.
The Chair of the School of Education is British linguist Rod Ellis
Rod Ellis
Professor Rod Ellis is the deputy head of the Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. In addition, he is a Cheung Kong Scholar Chair Professor at Shanghai International Studies University , and also a TESOL Professor and Chair of the...
, an Oxford University Press Duke of Edinburgh Award-Winning author of the 824-page textbook The Study of Second Language Acquisition. Dr. Ellis is often referred to as the Father of Second Language Acquisition.
Other notable professors include American linguist Dr. Kathleen Bailey, a former President of TESOL, Inc. and Cambridge University Press author, former TESOL President Dr. Denise Murray, CALL expert Dr. Ken Beatty, Dr. Martha Cummings of Columbia University, Materials Expert Dr. Fran Byrnes, and Professor Emeritus Dr. Ruth Wajnryb an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n linguist and Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press author.
Within the Anaheim University Graduate School of Education is the Anaheim University David Nunan Institute for Language Education, a division of the school focusing on English language education and professional development.
Akio Morita School of Business
The Akio Morita School of Business is Anaheim University's Business School. It was named in honor of SonySony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
founder Akio Morita
Akio Morita
Akio Morita KBE was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation along with Masaru Ibuka.-Early life:...
(1921–1999). The school, although based in Anaheim, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
operates the Akio Morita Learning Center, built on the former estate of Morita in Tokyo. It offers graduate degree programs including online and on-campus MBA degree programs and an MBA in Sustainable Management jointly with the school's Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute. The School is run under the direction of its Dean Andrew Honeycutt
Andrew Honeycutt
Dr. Andrew Honeycutt is an African-American American educator and political candidate for Georgia's 63rd State House of Representatives District. He is the Distinguished Professor of Business at Shorter University and a Northwestern University Nissan Marketing Fellow...
.
The school is coordinated with the Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute, conceived by the eco-minded architect Kisho Kurokawa who prior to his passing in October 2007 was Chair of the Executive Advisory Board at Anaheim University. The Institute runs an interdisciplinary program with the Akio Morita School of Business. The institute offers a 12-course, 18-month Online MBA in Sustainable Management referred to as the Online Green MBA, a 6-course 36-week Diploma in Sustainable Management and a 3-course 18-week Certificate in Sustainable Management.
Akira Kurosawa School of Film
The Akira Kurosawa School of Film is the university's Film School, located in Anaheim, California and named in honor of the Japanese Film Director Akira KurosawaAkira Kurosawa
was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;...
. The school is primarily an online film school; although its headquarters are in Anaheim, California it also has a learning center in Tokyo, Japan. Itl was formerly established on March 23, 2009 during a tribute to celebrate the 99th anniversary of Kurosawa's birth. A celebration was held on March 23, 2010, the 100th anniversary of Kurosawa's birth, to commemorate the launch of the school of film's programs later in 2010. The school is one of the world's premier online digital film schools which will offer online degree and certificate programs in digital filmmaking.
Carrie Hamilton Entertainment Institute
The Carrie Hamilton Entertainment Institute is a unit of Anaheim University] established in 2010 which plans to offer online entertainment-related programs.It was established with a donation from Emmy-Award winning actress and comedienne Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett
Carol Creighton Burnett is an American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway, she made her television debut...
in memory of Burnett's daughter, actress Carrie Hamilton
Carrie Hamilton
Carrie Louise Hamilton was an American actress, singer, and playwright. She was the daughter of comedienne/actress Carol Burnett and producer Joe Hamilton.-Life:...
.
Locations
The University's headquarters are located in Anaheim, California, United States. Anaheim University Studios, its digital film studios, are located in Irvine, California. The Anaheim University Akio Morita Learning Center is located on the former estate of Sony Founder Akio Morita in the Minami Aoyama district of Minato, TokyoMinato, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...
, Japan and serves as the University's hub in Asia.