Online Doctoral Programs

Effective project managers provide the strategic competencies that can enable an organization to succeed in the global marketplace. In the DBA Project Management specialization, you can learn the necessary skills to deliver your organization’s strategic objectives through dynamic project portfolio management.

Create your own specialization based on your individual goals and interests in business administration. Choose seminars from the program’s other nine specializations under the guidance of a Walden faculty mentor.

Globalization, advances in technology, and rapid changes in the marketplace all contribute to the need for business professionals to continually develop their leadership skills. Explore new frameworks and perspectives that will help you to lead and manage change effectively.

This DBA specialization is designed to help business leaders analyze the impact of energy production, distribution, and associated risks. Explore how energy production and distribution have evolved into a global market, as well as the natural and man-made risks involved with this business.

Gain the finance tools that help managers maximize their firm’s value, including valuation, capital budgeting and structure, working capital management, multinational concepts, and Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).

Prepare yourself as a leader and administrator in the field of human development. The Administration and Leadership specialization focuses on the latest theories and research in developmental psychology and equips you with knowledge and skills in the areas of organizational behavior, leadership development, and consulting.

Students who want to focus on research in the field of HEP would find this focus area of great interest.

The accelerated program builds on your current knowledge and experience with scholarly research and relevant coursework that will further prepare you for leadership positions in healthcare administration, policy, or academia.

Apply up to 26 credits toward your PhD program, significantly reducing the time to completion and your total cost.

Prepare to research, design, implement, and evaluate cutting-edge educational programs for nurses. This specialization is designed to help future nurse educators lead cutting-edge education programs through coursework focusing on distance education principles and by using multimedia technology to facilitate learning.

Analyze principles that impact healthcare decisions and practice as well as the theoretical foundations of governance and public policy. As a student in this specialization, you will prepare to manage and implement healthcare programs and services by applying best practices in leadership, ethics, and strategic planning.

Customize an interdisciplinary focus area that reflects your professional goals and interests and helps you work more effectively with diverse populations and teams. Choose three courses from the four other PhD in Nursing focus areas: education, healthcare administration, leadership, and public health policy.

Develop leadership and advanced population-health nursing skills in community-based assessment, program planning, interventions, and outcomes.

Explore the changes in organizational innovation agility and develop leadership strategies informed by design thinking.

Develop a deeper understanding of financial models and theoretical tools as you broaden your expertise in relevant topics such as investor led investments, mergers and acquisitions, and managing and mitigating financial crises within a global environment.

Apply current theories to conduct research in areas such as the behavioral implications of environments, motivation, and performance on individuals and teams in global environments; strategic human resource management; the role of collaboration and performance of global teams; regulatory and ethical concerns; and labor relations.

Our PhD dissertation completion program is designed specifically for returning doctoral degree candidates who have completed all coursework for a PhD, except the prospectus and dissertation process, at an accredited university.

Create your own specialization based on your individual goals and interests in management. Choose courses from other specializations within the program under the guidance of a Walden faculty mentor.

Challenge your critical thinking abilities by testing conventional organizational strategies and structures in this specialization. Develop alternative conceptualizations of management, understand what a socially conscious leader is, and create 21st-century leadership practices.

Extend your research skills beyond our core requirements. Coursework includes survey research, tests/measurement, advanced mixed-methods analysis, and multivariate analysis.

This specialization is ideal if you’re interested in teaching adult learners, particularly through online instruction.

This PhD in Psychology specialization focuses on classic educational psychology theory and how to use testing and measurement, with emphasis on adult learners.

Focuses on how our thinking is affected by social context. It includes a focus on social cognition/attitudes, survey research, and applied social psychology.

Design your own program of study. This specialization provides you with maximum flexibility to create a program that closely matches your personal and professional goals.

Learn the skills necessary to manage and lead a spectrum of workers, managers, and teams in a global marketplace. Examine the financial implications of conducting business internationally, including how capital investment is undertaken globally and how financial markets and global trade influence investment opportunities.