View our EdD Early Childhood specialization completion requirements
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
- Core courses (50 cr.)
- Capstone (10 cr.)
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
Courses
In the EdD Early Childhood Education specialization, you’ll build skills and progress toward your final capstone project in every course.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
PhD completion program courses help you return to doctoral work, match with an advisor, and stay on track to finishing your dissertation.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
Develop the skills and confidence you need to tackle complex managerial challenges, contribute new knowledge, or teach at the graduate level.
Courses
Develop the skills and confidence needed for complex managerial challenges and research with Walden’s ACBSP-accredited PhD program.
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Dr. A. Victor Ferreros 's formal training is in public policy analysis ,public administration and quantitative data analysis. He has been a practicing public administrator for most of his career having served in federal, state and local government with stints in the private sector and higher education. Highlights in this area include working as Director for the US Senate Computer Center in Washington DC. He served as OMB and Planning Directors for the states of Alaska and Kansas, and prior to that as Chief Staff Economist and Senior Policy Analyst for the states of Kansas and Alaska. He has also served as Chief Information Officer for the county governments of Palm Beach and Martin counties in Florida . He was also a Project Manager in the Office of Research in the Council of State Governments in Lexington, Kentucky. Prior to working at Walden, he was an adjunct faculty member in the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University and Director of the Northwest Regional Data Center . Dr.Ferreros has had over 20 years of teaching experience at Walden and other universities. At Walden, Dr. Ferreros teaches the quantitative reasoning courses and analytic methods . He has served on numerous doctoral student dissertation committees and has served as a subject matter expert in analytics and applied econometrics for policy analysis.
He received his M.P.A. ,M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Kansas and has taught at numerous brick and mortar schools prior to his tenure at Walden.
Rsch 8250 - Advanced Quantitative Reasoning
Rsch 8210 - Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis
DPPA 8210 - Analytics for Evidence Based Decision Making
PhD, The University of Kansas
MPA, University of Kansas
MPhil, University of Kansas
BA, Ateneo de Manila Jesuit University
Fulbright Specialist Roster Candidate, US Dept of State Insititute for International Education, 2015
Fulbright Specialist Program Discipline Peer Review Committee for 2016, US Dept of State Insititute for International Education, 2016
Honored in Congressional Record: Senate of the United States, Majority Leader US Senator Bob Dole, 1988
Recipient: William English Presidents Award: FAED, , 2007
Nominee: Quality Leadership Executive of the Year, , 2006
Nominee: Information Security Executive of the Year, , 2007
Fai, E., Anderson, C., Ferreros, A. V. (2017). Role of Attitudes and Intentions in Predicting Adherence to Oral Diabetes Medications. Endocrine Connections
Fai, E., Anderson, C., Ferreros, A. V. (2017). Role of Attitudes and Intentions in Predicting Adherence to Oral Diabetes Medications. Endocrine Connections
Gerlach, L., Ferreros, A. V. (2018). Increasing Organ Donations in Maryland : An Interrupted Time Series Analysis. Scholar Journal of Applied Sciences and Research
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